I have that in some cases, but the middle name is usually the grandparents surname. A boy got his own fathers surname prefaced by his maternal grandfathers 'full' name. A daughter got her paternal grandmothers 'full' name as her first and middle names. A generation later the thing broke down and a favoured middle name, formerly a surname, was passed down regardless. Judy ---------- >From: "Jerri Linke" <jlinke@wecnet.com> >To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Scottish Naming Patterns >Date: 01, Sun Aug, 2004, 10:32 pm > > Dean, > > Have the same in my Scots (Dunlop) family and Welsh (Hughes) family where > the mother's maiden name was given to one of the children as their middle > name.....