Double Barrel Surname

[Wallie]

My sister had a daughter when she wasn't married and she used her surname as a middle name. That way her surname was still in part of her daughters and kept in the family but is not double barrelled.

HTH

 

[ittybitty]

My baby's daddy already has a 2 word last name so there is NO WAY we would make it 3. Especially because my last name has 11 letters which would bring the last name total to 3 words, 18 letters.

We're going to just go with his last name because it's standard.

Even married parents sometimes get divorced and the mother's last name ends up different from the child's so I don't really see what the big deal is.

 

[welshwarriors]

After I got married to kept my maiden name and double barreled with hubby names...I wouldn't give it to my child cause he/she won't understand the reasons behind my decision to double barrel my name. The baby will just get hubby's name.

 

[Szaffi]

I decided against it, as they do not sound great together, and would have to spend ages filling out any form or spelling the name for someone.

When we got married I took my husband's family name in a double barrel form though. I use it on my official paperwork, but at work, i go by my maiden name, while at other places outside work, i use my husbands.

 

[Pixie M]

My sister had a daughter when she wasn't married and she used her surname as a middle name. That way her surname was still in part of her daughters and kept in the family but is not double barrelled.

My OH and I are not married either but he's really against the double barrel thing. (He's against alot of things depending which way the wind blows!!) I wondered if using my surname as a middle name might be a 'more acceptable' suggestion!

 

[bailey98]

When my girls were born i was a little upset that my maiden name ,martin, was never going to be used (even though i was married so we all had the same name). Then a few years later we were blessed with our son Luke, i was so chuffed as i was able to use my name which was so important to me, Luke martin just seemed so right and my dad was chuffed to bits that one of he's granchildren would have our family name, even if it's not he's actual sirname!
When the time comes just do what feels right for you hun, when your baby is all grown up they can decide wether they want to drop one of the names or not, if you go with the double that is!

 

[Becyboo__x]

This is something me and boyfriend think will be best but i wouldnt want my baby to just have his last name and he doesnt want baby to just have mine so its all we can do really.. but it will be a mouthful like someone else said if we have a boy seen as he will have 2 middle names as there after mine and his grandad and we really wanted to do that .. but girl she will only have 1 middle name that goes with her first really .. but i dont think our names go together a great deal "/ but should be ok

My Last name is Haskard
and OH is Booth (but he might be changin it back to Flint soon as all his family is that)

 

[Emma1980]

Remember if you give the baby your name, and you get married, you can change it to your married name easy, if you give it the fathers surname, and you split, you'll struggle to ever get it changed, unless you do depolls an that!

I want to give my baby my surname as me and FOB have already split up HOWEVER, i HATE my surname, so why would i want to give that to a child? but if FOB, messes about i wouldnt want my child to have a name from its father that it doesnt know! ARGH so confusing...

but is Spooner-Davidson as a surname acceptable?!

confusion!

 

[Becyboo__x]

To me that name sounds fine...
im glad you told me about you can change the name easily if you get married to the father i thought you couldnt or it was hard but i wouldnt just give my baby his last name because if anything does happen but im sure you can change a baby name cause you can change your name anyway for a payment .. my boyfriend might be doing it soon as his mum and dad never got married but he had his dads last name but because he dont see his dad no more and they dont get on he wants to have his name changed back to his mums .. it is all confusing i have to agree x

 

[x-Rainbow-x]

my neice has her mams surname as a middle name and then the dads as a surname.

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

yes one of my good friends has her mum's maiden name as her middle name, I think it's nice.
OH and I aren't married but Ruby has his surname. When we do get married I'll use a double barreled name at work so as not to confuse clients. But in personal life I will want the same surname as Ruby and OH. My parents split up when I was 9 and I remember I was always pleased that my mum still kept my dad's surname.

 

[suzanne108]

I have a double barrel surname and love it!!

Mine is because my grandad was adopted...we've got his biological parents surname and his adopted parents surname so its kinda cool

 

[emmerypemmery]

we double barrelled when we got married so baby will just have our name

 

[Kirstin]

A friend of my mums double barrelled her sons names with her OHs as she was 1 of 3 girls and the family name would have therefore ended. I dont think it looks too bad as long as the names aren't ridiculously long.