Hi Ladies,

Just wanting to get your opinions on middle names. I really don't want to choose a random middle name, otherwise I don't see the point of having one at all.

On my side of the family my dads surname will be gone once my sister gets married, so it's a bit sad that there is noone to carry on the family name (sadly his brother died at a young age and my grandad is long gone too). We are having a girl (our first) and I was thinking of using my dads first name as a middle name as a sort of tribute, but with a more femine spelling. His name is Michael and I was thinking of Mykel...what does everyone think of it?

I think we've decided on Aaliyah for her, so it would be Aaliyah Mykel...?? We have a fairly strong and "normal" surname so think it may balance out the unusual/different names...

I'd love to know what you all think