I've recently gotten married and we are going to hyphenate our names. Please tell me which sounds better Cairns-Mason or Mason-Cairns?
Thanks!
2006-07-31 06:09:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Pick ONE. Hyphenated names are sending the wrong message.
2006-07-31 06:12:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mason Cairns
2006-07-31 06:13:10 · answer #2 · answered by Tiffany.P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mason-Cairns
2006-08-03 16:11:00 · answer #3 · answered by Samba Queen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mason-Cairns sounds better to me but if you are planning to ever have children, it will create a world of trouble for them in school. Why put a child through that? You don't have an appreciation for it because you didn't have to endure a pretentious hyphenated name as a child, one which people will have trouble fitting into an alphabetized list and will confuse your child as well. Just accept one name or the other as the last name and be done with it. It is the custom in most western cultures to accept the man's last name. The female's last name comes from another male anyway so what difference does it make whether a woman has her husband's last name or her father's?
2006-07-31 06:16:19 · answer #4 · answered by CleverGal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cairns-Mason
2006-07-31 06:13:29 · answer #5 · answered by Brandi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The woman should hyphenate with her original last name first.
The man should not change his.
If you have children, name them "Andrew Cairns Mason" or "Elizabeth Mason Cairns" with no hyphen and your last name first.
2006-07-31 06:15:33 · answer #6 · answered by wmp55 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Mason-Cairns better. However, I prefer it to be one or the othere, but it is your decision and I respect that.
2006-07-31 06:18:38 · answer #7 · answered by Jesuslovesyou! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Mason-Cairns sounds better for some reason.....
2006-07-31 06:13:05 · answer #8 · answered by justme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hyphens are so 90s. Just pick one and go with it, why do you have to have both? So annoying.
If you insist on continuing with this foolishness, proper etiquette is to put the maiden name first, followed by the "new" name; not which one "sounds" best.
2006-07-31 07:12:39 · answer #9 · answered by Goose&Tonic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why hyphenate?
2006-07-31 06:14:21 · answer #10 · answered by ♠♣♥Rogue♣♥♠ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋