It isn't necessary really but its a nice gesture I think- especially if it is a family name.
Plus- its just fun to be able to pick 2 names!!
Perhaps your DH will like the idea of a son having his name as a middle name? Or for his daughter- a name from his family or a female you both admire?
My son's first name is very uncommon but his middle name is James after my father- who we both love to bits. Middle names can be a good way to 'traditionalise' an uncommon name.
My two girls have my fave two girls names as their middle names from when I was a kid (Arabella and Jade). Whilst pregnant both their first name's came to me like they were chosen for me, so that's why I had to have middle names, so my other fave's got used too!!
So for me it's totally just a way to use more names! Saying that if this baby is a boy, it will have DH"s middle name. That's really because there are no boys name's we liked enough after the one we have chosen.
Middle names so rarely get used, that it's more for you and your children than anything else. xo
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