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I think that was the case with my grandmother on my dads side, her middle name was Scott.

I always find it a bit sad when a name dies out. My maternal grandad was an only child, as is my mum so the name goes with my grandad. My wife is the same, she is an only child and took my name when we married so her dads name goes with him. We had kids before we were married and considered double barrelling to preserve her family name but we both have long surnames so it was just an aesthetic and practical decision not to.

My son's middle name is William and that seems to occur in every generation of my wife's family going back at least a couple of hundred years hence why we chose it. It's her dad's middle name, her cousin's name, was her grandad's middle name and her great grandad's name and a whole lot more before that.
I have the same name as my Grandfather, middle name as well. I’d never really thought about where the middle name came from. My Dad didn’t know. Turned out it went back three generations and was the surname of an obviously much loved step- father who had stepped up to the plate when needed. I really like that .