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all of my family died and there will be no one to carry on the last name.
my husband said he doesnt mind giving all of our children MY familys last name so the name will continue. we dont have any children yet but I am pregnant with our first.

2006-12-27 04:48:39 · 22 answers · asked by chan 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting Pregnancy

22 answers

I knew of a couple who did just what you are asking. The woman was the only child of an only son for about 4 generations back, and she had an unusual name. The man's name was Davis, from a hole bunch of Davises. It worked for them, and I thought is was a creative idea to solve a cultural problem that really amounts to a worn-out, ancient custom, anyway. Best Wishes!

2006-12-27 04:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by correrafan 7 · 0 0

Well that's a question you and your husband will have to answer. Even though they will have your last name, I'm sure your husband would like his boys to carry his name on. Girls usually take on their husbands names anyway unless they choose to keep their maiden name. If you have boys and give them your family's last they may still change it themself when they get grown to carry on their father's last name, they may even be a bit angry with you because you didn't give them their father's last name in the beginning.
So you and your husband really need to do some serious thinking on what you think your childern would want, because remember this is their whole life you're dealing with, so don't take it lightly. Hope this helps.

2006-12-27 04:58:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No. the only way i could provide the toddler a relatives call that I hated is that if a tremendous massive money contemporary replaced into going to take delivery of via the relatives upon the advent of yet another little Mini Pearl. i'm enthusiastic approximately giving teenagers their very own identity. interior the Jewish faith, that's undesirable luck to call a clean toddler after a living relative. that's in basic terms approximately like hastening the dying of the living relative. The chinese language do no longer call toddlers after living or lifeless kin and that they are very relatives oriented people, too. in the experience that your pal continuously hated the call Pearl, then she knows how her toddler will sense. She ought to easily tell all people that the toddler is termed Pearl and bypass forward and placed however she and the father please on the decent beginning certificates. No offense, yet Lola sounds like a stripper's call.

2016-10-19 01:05:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

i'm somewhat in the same boat. i was an only child from my dad and the only family i know with my last name ended up having 2 girls.i love my maiden name. its unique. but at the same time i want to go with the traditional ways of giving the fathers last name.

but heres a suggestion. my mother-in-law told me that for past family members they would give the maiden name to their 2nd boy. its never a guarentee when you give it to the 2nd boy so you could always give it to the first. usually if its meangingful it will still get passed on down the line somewhere.

2006-12-27 05:30:27 · answer #4 · answered by LaRae L 4 · 0 0

Check with your local probate court to see if this is legal in your state, city and county first. I think as long as the husband agress, there shouldn't be a problem. Some people add the mother's name attached to the end of the fathers... likeyours is Smith and his is Jones and the baby is named Amanda Jones-Smith. Or you could do it the other way around: Smith-Jones.

2006-12-27 04:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by miladybc 6 · 1 0

I think it's fine. But if you have your husbands last name, then your child may find it odd growing up with a different name. Think of the confusion your child will go through when all of their friends names match the rest of their families. Perhaps you should change your last name back to you maiden - unless you never changed it to begin with.

2006-12-27 04:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by jblu 2 · 0 0

I have a friend with kind of the same thing....... Her dad was an only child, and he had 2 girls.. my friend her younger sister..... so when my friend got married she hyphenated her last name inorder to keep it.... and when they had kids their kids also got the hyphenated last name too..... Example would be.... girl before marriage would be Becky Boo..... after she got married she made her married name Becky Boo- Do, and now that she has kids her kids name is Cindy Boo Do....... I know cheesy example but you get the point.

She wanted to carry on her family last name, but also wanted to have her husbands last name, so she passed on both to the kids.
Which I think is a very cool and noble thing to do for your family.

Congratulations by the way

2006-12-27 04:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by KTINA 3 · 1 0

As long as you and your husband agree, there are no legal limitations to WHOSE last name the baby will have.

Before you take me to the bank on that, though, be sure to check the laws in your state. I don't see why the kids cannot have your maiden name, though.

What a loving husband you have!

2006-12-27 05:04:12 · answer #8 · answered by <3 The Pest <3 6 · 0 0

There is no reason that you child should not be able to carry on your last name. Especially if your husband agrees. (Tell him he is a good man.) Just make shure that when you have your child they know what you want his last name to be. Cause they always assume you want your husbands last name. My oldest son is carring on my family name and my last 3 are carring on my husbands last name.
Ex:
(Baby name) (his last name) ( your last name)

2006-12-27 06:06:34 · answer #9 · answered by Hi 2 · 0 0

Giving your children your maiden family name is totally ok. It sounds like your husband is very understanding and supportive of you. Congratulations on the coming baby and enjoy.

2006-12-27 04:53:53 · answer #10 · answered by Cheryl 2 · 0 0

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