what's in a last name??

[angelmommy13]

It will have his last name.

 

[mowat]

THanks. I'm still thinking we should just flip a coin for the twins last names! I dunno. We use the other last name as a middle name so it doesn't matter that much anyway I don't think.

 

[tulip1975]

I kept my maiden name, but baby will have my husband's last name. We haven't talked yet about whether my last name should be his middle name - we're very early in the name discussion.

 

[LavenderLove]

I couldn't wait to get rid of my maiden name. Computers freaked out because of the apostrophe and people got it wrong constantly with the spelling and pronunciation!

Thankfully DH's name is simple and almost impossible to get wrong, so I'll gladly let our children take it.

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

hyphenated x I wont be changing my surname even when married x

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

oh my eldest just has mine and after his dad turnt into an ass I cant thank my lucky stars enough that he had MY name!

 

[THart]

My thoughts despite disagreeing with a patriarchal society and by no means do I mean to minimize the issues that we're still facing by going along with "what has always been"...

I took my husband's last name when we got married so the baby will have our last name.

If I wasn't married or kept my maiden name, it would probably still be his last name so the baby didn't have a ridiculously, long last name. It would be 18 letters long without the hyphen!

If the father wasn't planning on being in the picture, then I'd give the kid my maiden name which would have been my current name.

This applies for me as well

 

[ZooMa]

Our kids will have our "family name" - a combination of both of our one-syllable last names. Combined together, they form a very reasonable last name (think Bullock, but slightly different). We didn't want to hyphenate for various reasons.

We have considered changing our own names, but haven't done that yet. We both have professional and adult identities with our own surnames, and I'm not keen on getting used to a new self-conception. Maybe, someday, but there hasn't yet been a convincing need.

My husband's surname is a common first name, and people consistently confuse the two. I wouldn't want to wish that upon our children, especially any boys.

My only disappointment in that our search for a family name, my husband didn't agree with the surname "Awesome."

 

[Bex84]

I took Dhs name when we married just as names wouldent mesh and did think long and hard. My children have more of connection in my mind to my family as my daughter is named after my grandma and son after grandad. My mil fumes over that

 

[pinklightbulb]

Both my boys have FOB's name.