I don't have a middle name so am I Thai ?
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French people don't get a middle name? Well, learn something new every day. :)
I have 3 names - 2 given at baptism, the other at confirmation. Joseph Stephen Michael
It was usual back then to only name children after saints. More variety in first names now. I was known as Philomena back in my stripper days.
From what I heard, the official first names and family names in Thailand are fairly unique, so there is no need for middle names. For older generations I have the impression that nicknames and first names are related or even the same. Sometimes when they arrive in a new social circle, friends will call them by a new nickname.
Reminds me of the old joke about the Indian child who asked his father how he was named and the father replied "All indian children after named after the first thing the father sees as the baby is born my son, now, why is it you ask two dogs fucking?" :-)