Surname used as a middle name

[phil57]

No Cordleys in my tree. I have one Cole, but from Depwade in Norfolk. Not actually related, but she married the son of the woman who fostered my grandfather in Suffolk.

[Andrew Tarr]

Then we have surnames used as forenames

My maternal grandmother was born a Liversidge; her grandfather Kinder Liversidge was given just the surnames of his parents.
My father's middle name, Cresser, was the surname of his gg-grandmother born in 1784.  That name had also been given to two earlier descendants.
My wife has been irritated all her life by her middle name, Whitfield, because it had no possible use as an alternative to her first name.  Funnily enough, although it has been handed down it does not appear to have been a recent family surname; it originates in Alston in the Pennines where it pops up quite frequently.  I have found a few Whitfield Whitfields.

[Viktoria]

I like the name Kinder, has a dignity about it .
Perhaps it brings to mind the movement for hikers to walk unimpeded through our lovely countryside , there was a mass “ sit in “ at Kinder Scout in the 1930’s, against gamekeepers etc from threatening and removing walkers from estates where sheep roamed freely.
They were also grouse moors and the gentry did not want them upset, there would not be much to shoot if the grouse left!
Can’t remember the name of the chap who organised the sit in .

I ‘m a rambler, I’m a rambler from Manchester way,
And I earn my living the hard working way,
I may be a wage slave on Mondays .
But I am a free man on Sundays.
Yes I like Kinder.
Viktoria.

[BettyofKent]

 I've one tree with families who seem particularly keen on using surnames as middle names, such as Millgate, Redman, Wyborn, Clayson. Usually it helps with searches, but with the usual repeated fornames, I have 3 Edward Millgate ARCHERs, & 4 Richard Redman ARCHERs.
One lucky man was given 6 forenames, 2 of which are surnames - Richard Redman Samuel William George Abbott ARCHER.

Annoyingly my 4xGt grandfather was a Thomas MILGATE (one L) but I haven't (yet) found a connection with the other tree.