Former chaplain Norris Burkes recalls the summer he adopted a different name and the long-lasting consequences.

Even so, other middle name-ers, like Sid, take it in stride: “For airlines, credit card companies, hotels, etc., I just let ...

He has fully embraced his first name for more than 20 years now, and we tend to forget he was ever called Alex. But some people in our lives still refer to him by his middle name — often his ...