Show middle arne custom I 1 the practice 0 ghang a middle name to children dien was unknown in england before the period of the stuarts and it did not become at all common until georgian times there wis was in fact a law on tile the statute books forbidding parents to give more than one name to their children tile the same condl tlona prevailed in north america not nor a member of the mayflower party had a middle name name and add there are only three among the signatures to the declaration of independence the first five pre presidents a of the united states had on one christian name only |