So, my husband and I have very similar naming traditions in our families that we'd both like to stick to in some way, but we're unsure if it'd be too much.

In my family, baby girls are given two middle names. The first one is chosen by her parents, and the second is the first name of the mother's grandmother.

In my husband's family, baby girls are also given two middle names. The first one is a chosen name, and the second is the name of the maternal head of the family, which would be his great grandmother at the moment. In his culture, the last name of a child (and the mother) is also hyphenated.

So if we stuck to both our traditions, our daughter would be named something like Rosa Marie Julianna Safina King-Dávila. Those are not the actual names, but they have the same amount of syllables. I've heard longer names, of course, but never in the US where I am.

Just so everyone knows, no one will be upset if we decide against sticking to them. My grandmother and his great grandmother may be a bit disappointed, but they have both said that the most important thing is just bring them a healthy and happy baby to spoil no matter how we choose to name them.

So what do you guys think? Are 3 middle names a bad idea or too much?

EDIT: Someone pointed out that I added an extra great in the third paragraph. I fixed it. Thanks!

EDIT 2: We've decided to honor the traditions. They're special to us and we want to stick to them, so we will, though we may leave out the chosen middle name. I talked to some of his adult cousins who have longer names (3 or 4 middle names and hyphenated last names), which I should have done to begin with but I was afraid walking up to them and being like "Hey! Do you hate your name? It's a little long, right?" would be taken as an insult.

I brought up all the concerns people brought up here and asked about them, and they all said it's really not that big of a deal, and their names have never caused any actual issues, even with US legal documents and passports, which they all have. They also said that their names are things that they have always bragged about and that they've never met anyone who didn't think it was cool that they had more than one middle name, especially after explaining the tradition and culture of it. They said they've never once hated their names or been mad at their parents for them. I also asked the eleven year old step cousin if she likes her short name (one middle name) or if she'd prefer to have a longer one and she said likes her name but she thinks having a long name would be cooler and sometimes she gives herself extra middle names to be like her sister lol