Some British people have names like Andrew Lloyd Webber. The last two names are the last name. How so?

Question

Other examples are David Lloyd George and Arthur Conan Doyle. Was Arthur's mother named Conan and Father named Doyle? Does a dual last name mean some closeness to royalty?

Answer 1

no doesn't mean royalty some women when they get married want to keep their maiden name so they combine that with their future husbands name and then you get a dual last name

Answer 2

A dual last name has no connection to royalty. It just means the person has a double barrelled surname. Usually the first one is the mother's name, the second one is the father's name. But if some dude had a dual name - John Wilson Jones for example, and he got married and had a child, he could use the double barrelled name for his child, and his child could use it for his child -- so it becomes a two-name surname that is a tradition within the family.
I'm sure you know married women who use both their maiden name and their married name (often times they hyphenate it) and their children carry both names as well. Same thing.

Answer 3

Andrew plus Nicholas kicks butt. It says conservative in so many ways. For a last name Wise will take him far. Point is pick on last name or another. The fathers last should just be it. To have two is redneck and will be confusing for the child.

Answer 4

We call it double-barrelled surnames. Usually only people who are either upper class or would very much like to be upper class bother. You know the type?! Ugh!

Answer 5

i dunno