Would you take your wife's name?

Maybe because my name causes endless pronounciation problems in Sweden.

Met another Brit here that uses his wife's name for his car repair business, gets him more work. Racist swedes.
 
No I wouldn't want to. I wouldn't care if she didn't want my name. I also don't care about marriage. Well that's not strictly true, I like the perks like cheaper car insurance.
 
I would have no objection to changing my name in principle - wouldn’t bother me at all.

Just go with whatever sounds more badass, surely!
 
Changing my name - no
Changing her name - up to her
Kid takes her name - no
Double barrel - no
Marry feminist - no
Will Marry anyone - doubt it
Will Have kids - doubt it
 
I was the last of my surname, my 2 brothers with the same surname changed theirs to my mums maiden name when our parents split, an act of vengeance from my mother against my father.

Even at 9 years old I knew I had to keep it just so the name didn't die and the 5 years of abuse it caused me from my mother and the resulting BPD there was no way I was going to give it up.

I now have a son and I hope he keeps the name going, as for my daughter, when that time comes (if the boyfriend passes the dad tests) then that choice will be up her.


As for double-barreled names, where does it end? What happens when a child with a double-barreled surname grows up and gets married? do they go triple-barreled? choose which one they prefer of the 2 in order to double-barrel it with the new surname or give them all up? bloody stupid things.
 
My biological dad doesn't mean much to me so I'd have no problem changing my name.
Bit of a faff work forms etc but other than that, no issues.

It's a no to double barrel
 
I will be, why not? Hers is rarer and I will still have the same initials. I am not precious about a daft name, it the passing of my genes that matters.

It also has the added bonus that my children will be extra protected against bank fraud - ‘what was your mothers maiden name’ - the last name they will expect will be their own surname ;)
 
MBennett said:
It also has the added bonus that my children will be extra protected against bank fraud - ‘what was your mothers maiden name’ - the last name they will expect will be their own surname ;)
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Never enter true values into these questions.
E.g. Q: "what is your mother's maiden name", A: 1337n00b
 
dowie said:
Since it is [current year] and feminism is still trending would you be willing to take your wife's name instead of her taking yours?
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I like the American way of adding names. Not double-barrelling them. Like Hilary Rodham became Hilary Rodham Clinton.
 
Quartz said:
I like the American way of adding names. Not double-barrelling them. Like Hilary Rodham became Hilary Rodham Clinton.
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Same problems:

1) 2 names in the 1st generation. 4 names in the 2nd generation. 8 names in the 3rd generation. 16 names in the 4th generation. 32 names in the 5th generation......19 generations later and people have over a million family names. 19 generations is only a few hundred years and even by the 3rd generation (i.e. less than one lifetime) it becomes impractical. "Hello, my name is John Rodham Clinton Lee Williams Hernandez Johnson Williamson Delgardo...and this is my daughter Christina Rodham Clinton Lee Williams Hernandez Johnson Williamson Delgardo Smith Florencio Cooper Adams Rossi Giordano Smith Baxter."

2) Which family takes priority? Since there is a priority, the same problem still exists (albeit to a lesser extent).
 
Yes and yes. Nearly did but went for double-barrelled surname. Nothing to do with pretentious, almost entirely to do with academic rankings etc.
 
I wouldn't have a problem with the principle of using the woman's name, as I wouldn't be marrying someone who is a feminist to such an extent they would insist on it! I personally hate double barrelled surnames so that ain't happening. My Mum (Worth) and Dad (Rose) were going to combine it to Roseworth which probably would have been a ticket into any posh school I wanted!
 
No and I wouldn't care if she kept her name. In fact that's what we did originalyo. I kept mine. She kept hers. When our daughter was born we double barrelled our daughters name.

But it started causing a lot of confusion so my wife wanted to change all surnames to mine for simplicity. But I wouldn't have cared if we carried on as we were.

But me adopting someone else's name is out of the question.
 
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