I hadn’t thought about that but makes me wonder if it will become more common since not taking your husbands name has become more common. I wouldn’t think so, but I’m pushing 50 and can’t think of ever meeting a female named after her mom so if it shows up at all in the data that would be interesting.

Funny enough, I think it’s common for the female middle name to be a mom/grandma/aunt name.

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Xirdus 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My guess is no, because carrying the family legacy is falling out of fashion as much as taking the husband's name, maybe even more so.

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nemomarx 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Doesn't everyone do that? My brother has a grandparents name as his middle. I never thought of it as a gendered tradition

Is it a specific cultural thing I wonder

	▲	Root_Denied 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		All the men on my dad's side of the family have the same middle name, with just a different first name. It's apparently not an uncommon tradition in several areas of the world to either have either the first or middle name be shared, and then a unique name for the unmatched one (e.g. John Alan Doe, John James Doe, John Matthew Doe - Alan John Doe, James John Doe, Matthew John Doe).
	▲	conductr 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Possibly. I’ve just heard it more with girls and wouldn’t expect it’s evenly common on relative basis but certainly could be wrong