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I didn't have a legal middle name until this year and I lost count of how many imaginary middle initials and names I've had to make up until now. Then... My hu
by silencio 12y ago
I didn't have a legal middle name until this year and I lost count of how many imaginary middle initials and names I've had to make up until now.
Then... My husband decided to hyphenate one of his names and Social Security explicitly didn't use the hyphen even though it's on the marriage certificate. I wonder what DMV and the Department of State will do with his documents next.
Even the author of the original post kinda gets it vague by saying Korean names are three names - maybe technically so - but the middle name is not a middle name like in the US sense. My parents' given name is the first+middle put together unless you're looking at their English names that got separated out. My name they chose on purpose to match in both languages - Jane in English, 제인 (jae-in) in Korean. My nickname Janey works in Korean too - 제인이. ;)
Speaking of Korean, I'm not sure there's even a process for changing my Korean name like there was my English name since it's rare for women to change their names after marriage. I'm looking into dual citizenship right now. The idea of having passports with mismatching names is kinda sad and funny at the same time.
Names are hard but there's definitely a nice feeling when people don't screw it up. :)