Are double barelled surnames shellfish?

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Are double barelled surnames selfish?

I was just watching an interview with Jessica Ennis-Hill and it got me thinking. What if she has a child called [for example] Jess who grows up and wants to marry the offspring of, say, Shaun Wright-Phillips; would they become Jess Wright-Phillips-Ennis-Hill?

Seeing as every man and his dog is now falling for the fad of double barrelling upon marriage, does that mean surnames are just going to get longer and longer? Aren't you just causing future problems for your offspring?

I mentioned this a friend with double barrelled surname and he said that he'd just pick one of them and double it up with his spouse's (or one of them is they also have a double barrelled name) but then doesn't this cause issues with the parents as whichever one you pick would surely upset the parent who originally had the other?

P.S It doesn't make you sound posh either.
 
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Live and let live. It's their choice so let them get on with it. I went to school with a lad who had 5 Christian names before his surname, but he just used one of them. Problem solved.
 
My sister went for a double-barrel and to be quite frank it's ****e. Both names don't fit together.

Personally I think it's pretentious rather than selfish.

My view is if you don't want to your spouse's surname then don't get married. If you do get married then choose one or the other.
 
Sliver said:
Live and let live. It's their choice so let them get on with it. I went to school with a lad who had 5 Christian names before his surname, but he just used one of them. Problem solved.
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Maybe for him, but not or the Passport Office or any other administrative body that has to store his details.
 
Haha. I have had the same thought. It will just go on and on until everyone has 100s of last names. At the end of the day someone has to lose their last name when married. It's just traditional for the woman to lose her name. Sucks for her but what else can be done. A coin toss, or maybe both choose the surname which you both prefer.
 
Suarez7 said:
Anyone with a double barreled name should be disliked.
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Resident said:
My sister went for a double-barrel and to be quite frank it's ****e. Both names don't fit together.

Personally I think it's pretentious rather than selfish.

My view is if you don't want to your spouse's surname then don't get married. If you do get married then choose one or the other.
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All of these statements are true.

I've come across some godawful and just bizarre double-barrelled names in my time. Take your spouse's surname or don't get married.

Even weirder are guys who take the girl's surname. What the hell is that about.
 
starfighter said:
Haha. I have had the same thought. It will just go on and on until everyone has 100s of last names. At the end of the day someone has to lose their last name when married. It's just traditional for the woman to lose her name. Sucks for her but what else can be done. A coin toss, or maybe both choose the surname which you both prefer.
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ill probably drop mine, my biodad and me have no connection so makes sense
 
Longbow said:
I don't understand why she couldn't have just kept Ennis.
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Because some people are quite traditional, infact I believe the majority are and would therefore like to take their husband's name.

In Jessica Ennis' case, its likely she has done that because her name is already out there as an athlete, celebrity, role model and former poster girl of the London Olympic Games. I would think she wants it to be Hill, but has kept Ennis because of who she is.
 
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