What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?

Hello and welcome to the world in which I exist.

I love my middle name because it was my maternal grandmothers middle name. To me her name just rolls off my tongue, with a warm caress.

Nellie Marie Louise

I inherited the Louise for which I am so happy for. It makes up for the fact growing up I simply hated my Christian/first name Kim

The name Kim is from the Old English word, “cumb,” which means royal fortress or meadow.” Kim can also be a shortened form of the names from the Old English name Cyneburga.

Cyneburga – daughter of a king

But and I mean but it is also a unisex name in the short form and more so in the 1960s.

Also growing I had so many little songs made about my name I became very sensitive. Silly looking back but it’s all about growing into your identity.

So I am very much an Ancestry sleuth and the middle name Louise has been handed down through the family for many generations

Louise

The name Louise is primarily a female name of French origin that means Famous Warrior.Feminine form of the name Louis.

The history of Louise spans back to the early Middle Ages when the ancient saints and royal members popularized it. The 16th-century saint ‘Louise de Marillac’ was a historical personality bearing this name; she co-founded The Company of the Daughters of Charity, a group or society for women within the Catholic Church

Now I realise Louise is a common middle name, that makes no difference to me, it was my Grandmother’s and means so much. Louise is special enough for me to have given it to my eldest daughter, as her middle name

So my dilemma over not liking my first name and loving my second name was solved with a simple – . Yes I chose to write as

Kim-Louise

If you please 💜

It pleases me to hyphenate the names and makes Kim a little less austere, please remember this is how I feel and never a judgement on the actual names

Take care

Kim-Louise