and did your parents have the imagination to give you a middle name? Or was that too non-working class for them too? I ask in seriousness, because most kids of my generation didn't have middle names. It was thought of as "posh" and unnecessary in the society I grew up in.
Somewhere around the early 70's though, things began to change and we had all these American names coming into fashion - probably because folks had heard them on American TV shows which were becoming very popular around the same time. Names like "Wayne" and "Cody" and "Brett" and shite like that. (I nearly added "Kyle" and "Courtney" to that list, but I won't).
It's interesting the trend with names. And it can say a lot about your social class - the one you came from at least. I particularly dislike the "Surname Clan" trend. You know, the one where folks give their kids a Christian name, that isn't really a Christian name at all, but a surname. Like calling someone "Harrison" for their first name. Let's hope the poor kid's surname isn't Harrison as well or someone is going to think he's got an impediment when they ask him his name.
As regards to double barrelled names - my wife had the idea that she would keep hers and adopt mine as well when we got married. Until I pointed out that it made for a rather unfortunate combination which would get us noticed for the wrong reasons. She eventually gave up on that idea and just adopted mine. Then, I bred the bitch and got two sons - so my name lives on while hers crumbles in the dust.
(Not that I'm sensitive about it).
