What do people think of double barrel surnames?

No you are not ridiculous at all! We are married but we’ve kept our own surname for years and it has been fine. But since we now have a baby, we were seriously considering what to do with our surname. It is ridiculous to assume that women need to change their surname, in my opinion. We discussed a lot (including double barrel but then we found it’s too long for us) so we decided to take the sound-simpler surname (which is mine) 😊 we are happy now because we reached our own conclusion (which might be wired to many) 🥰

Aw that would be nice I just want everyone to happy but don’t want to feel like I’ve been pushed into something and just done as I’m told like the more I’m told to take his name the more I don’t want to but I know if I don’t it’s going to cause arguments 🤦🏻‍♀️

I have my both of my parents surname and my baby has mine and his dad’s surname too. My name is very long but I love having both of their surnames.

@Chantelle I completely understand that! We also thought about starting a new surname that we would be happy with. I personally think double barrel is beautiful if you don’t mind a bit longer surname!

My daughter is double barrelled and I don’t care that it’s long 🤷🏻‍♀️ I was raised by a single mother but had my father’s surname, I hated that she had a completely different last name to me so I’ve given my daughter both. If she wants to change it when she’s older, I’ll help her do so. We’re happily married, together nearly 11 years.

I think one surname is enough personally… I wonder what will happen when people with double-barrelled surnames have a baby… you can’t include them all! Maybe your surname could be a middle name

I double barrelled my girls surname and so glad we did.. 🙂

We aren’t married and my son is double-barrelled and my one that’s coming next year will be also double-barrelled. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Who cares what anyone else thinks ? This is about what you want

I have both my parents’ names. We’ll give our baby my first surname and my partner’s name. My mum is Spanish and that’s how surnames work there. I personally can’t imagine my baby not having my name.

We double barreled my daughter last name because me and my partner aren’t married. If we get married we will all have double barreled last names

Both my kids have double barrelled names xx

We have done dad's surname hyphen my surname. Yes it's long but it feels right. Now that baby's here I feel its a shame that the three of us have different surnames but maybe I can use this as a point to get bf to do this proposal he has been saying he will do for the past idk how many years 😅 the assumption when we agreed on baby's surname was we would all eventually have this surname. Bf said out loud he assumed we will both end up with the same surname our child now has. So I don't think I'm kidding myself but for right now I think the current situation is the best out of all the options available

My little boys name is doubled barrelled, as will mine be when we are married. My partner will remain the same as my last name is Roberts and he is called Robert, if this had not been the case he would double barrel too. We had a discussion quite early on and I said I would always keep my name and take his - it’s who I have been all my life and I didn’t want it to change! We did have arguments about it, but we both made the baby.. not just him!

My son has his dads last name which is double barrelled, I personally don’t like double barrelled names but that’s just my personal opinion x

Double barrel my last name wasn't happy to let mine go. Partner was happy to pick mine up

I double barrelled my Lo even though it’s long! Me & her dad aren’t married so it was never gonna to be just his name, no way. But tbh I feel strongly about this and even if we were Lo would still be DB & I’d be keeping mine 🤣 Personally you’re not being ridiculous they are cultures were they keep the wives surname and I think Spanish keep both names but one becomes the middle name, correct me if I am wrong.

Definitely double barrel if that’s what you want to do. Me and my husband were engaged and married the year after our little one was born but if we weren’t engaged I would have double barrelled his surname. Would have been a mouthful though as we both have unusual surnames 😂

My partners (also unmarried) is double barrelled because of a messy divorce & he's just too lazy to change it (he dislikes it & so do I tbh) I am traditional in that I think we should have fathers surname (if fathers actively in the childrens lives) so my LG has her grandfathers surname (it's not a name I'm fond of either) We wouldn't have triple barrelled; where do you draw the line? But everyone's different, a compromise will happen