Pfr: "My mrs hasn't got a middle name.. [is that a Welsh culture thing...????]"

Life gets complicasted pfr.

I’m English and neither me or my 3 brothers have middle names. Neither parent has one either but I do know mum’s mum had the forenames Daisy Nellie Freshwater...


I lived some of my childhood (and a longer later spell) in N Wales and I am not aware of any of the few (all Welsh first language) in the village we'd mplay with having middle names except for one who’s middle name was more likely part of a surname (other part being Jones). But there is something I was able to work out recently, ie, referred to person was a brother of one of “our” group by mention of a middle name and knowing the father’s name and coupling with age...

One of the first jobs I had was as a forecourt attendant/car cleaner in a garage and I can assure you that both of those were “very Welsh” , had middle names, and go as far as to say that one of those was known by his middle name.