2007-05-02 04:29:42 · 11 answers · asked by mary 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Is the whole point of a double barrelled name that the wife does not want to give up her surname
2007-05-02 04:56:56 · update #1
there's no hard and fast rules about this, but double-barrelled names are frequently made up of the father and mother's family names. So if two people come to a marriage, if they agree to share their name, it is common to 'drop' the mothers' part of their surnames and merge the two father's names and that their future surname consists of just two surnames representing the male part of their lines.
It's a bit pretentious though, isn't it.
2007-05-02 05:00:09 · answer #1 · answered by gorgeousfluffpot 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question! The reason you have double-barrelled names is often because a bride does not want to give up her own surname and adopt her husbands - historically it was often aristocratic families who wanted the family name to continue. So, if a bride already has a double-barrelled surname and feels like this, you could be looking at triple or qualdruple barrel surnames. God knows where you'd be another generation down the line!
2007-05-02 04:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by Tufty Porcupine 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Usually the wife takes on the husband's surname. She would just take on his double barrelled name.
Edit - Tufty Porcupine. Surely you are talking about the bride's family name, as opposed to what she wants to be known as once married!? Just because she has inherited a double barrelled surname from her parents does not necessarily mean she wants to keep that one when she is married.
2007-05-02 04:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by Ginny Jin 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
wouldnt you just take the husbands surname regardless if its double barrelled or not.
2007-05-02 04:34:56 · answer #4 · answered by redshoes805 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to be fair, in this age of many unmarried couples giving children both names, this is the future. I have no answer, That´s why I am here.
2014-03-11 04:00:09 · answer #5 · answered by Jennifer L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually you'd take your hubbies name....otherwise you risk sounding absolutely rediculous with a quadruple barrelled name!
2007-05-02 04:32:44 · answer #6 · answered by sarahscarah78 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your kids will be in the 6th grade before they can spell their entire last name!
Bobby Mcmasters-Johnson,Goldsmith-Jackson
2007-05-02 06:25:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are husband and wife
wtf is a double barrelled name? oh are you trying to be clever?
shotgun haha
2007-05-02 04:32:40 · answer #8 · answered by ann s 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Shotgun wedding?
2007-05-02 04:32:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Let me experience first.
2007-05-02 04:59:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋