My dad passed away in April of 05, about a week before he passed, I promised I would hyphen my last name when I got married...
My fiance and I have decided on names for our first child....the problem I face now, is that my name and his name will be too long!
Boy: Hunter Keith M****-L******
Girl: Karah-Ann Faith M****-L******
I guess on legal document I could do the hyphened name...but other then that they and I can just use the L. last name.
I dunno...what do you think?
I'm in no hurry to decide.....but it'd be nice to have an idea of what I'd like to do. :)
2007-01-15 16:39:09 · 22 answers · asked by Bride2Be 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
The deal is between you & your dad. Not your dad & his grandchildren. More value to all parties to use an apt derivative of your fathers one or more parts of his full name for your children first & /or, middle names rather than a hyphenated surname. Remember the children surname is whatever you both feel comfortable to put on their birth cert. Write them out & sound them out you'll work it out when they are born. I'll hit you. x is best rather than y combination. No set rule that states it has to be paternal surname. It could just be your maiden only. What full name you put on their birth cert will be theres till they turn 18. They have to live it not you. Hyphenated or non that's your business. If all fails at age 18 & beyond your child can change it to whatever s/he likes legally.
2007-01-15 19:12:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both my brother and I have 3 middle names each, plus first name and last names, so it is a bit of a mouthful, but I like having a long name. She did not do this to be cruel to us, but because she thought that I would be the last child she had, so she gave me all the names she liked, and then a few years later she got pregnant with my little brother, so he got all the boys names she liked. Mine is pretty unique, without being tacky or made up looking. I say go for it!
2007-01-15 22:11:13 · answer #2 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because you hyphenate your name, doesn't mean your kids have to do the same. When does it stop? When your daughter gets married, would she be Karah-Ann Faith Mason-Larson-Jones? Just give the kids your husband's last name.
2007-01-16 03:06:17 · answer #3 · answered by Tiss 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because you hyphen your name does not mean your children need to. Actually as far as I know children will always only take the father's name. But I guess there are always exceptions. I would just give your children their father's last name and thats it.
2007-01-16 05:48:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For your kids you can just use your husband's last name.
Just because you took your father's last name doesnt mean they have to.
I know a family like that. The wife had a hyphened name and the kids of course had their father's last name just as you did when you were born.
Good luck and take care
2007-01-15 16:44:12 · answer #5 · answered by princesandy2004 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ana-Maria would all go in the First Name box. I have a similar problem, my middle name(s?) is Taylenna-Ellana. My mom has always just put it all in the Middle name section, and for the initial, she puts either TE or just T. TE mostly. I know it's confusing, but soon it'll just be normal (: Hope I Helped! :D --Addie<3
2016-05-24 20:38:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hyphen yours, not theirs. Keep it simple for them.
My daughter's name was my last name. Once I was married I took my husband's name, & then hyphened her last name, just so she'd have a common name. However, with my next 2, (my husband's only 2) they have his name.
2007-01-15 17:31:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think it matters. i have a really long hyphenated name, and it doesn't bother me. Lindsey Beth A********-B*************. there is no limit on how many letters you can put in a name. just decide on whether or not you think it would be dishonest to your father to not hyphenate your children's names. if you're okay with it, i'm sure he will be as well. best of luck to you, and congrats.
2007-01-15 16:46:32 · answer #8 · answered by sinaka23 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could use your maiden name as a second middle name for the children and your married name as their last name.
ex. Hunter Keith M**** L*****
2007-01-15 18:52:09 · answer #9 · answered by bluelights 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you take your maiden last name as a second middle name - like Firstname Middlename Middlename Lastname? Then you, your husband, and your kids will all have one, shorter, last name legally, but you're still honoring your family and your dad's passing.
2007-01-16 04:11:50 · answer #10 · answered by aj1020 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋