Are double barelled surnames shellfish?

estebanrey · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:25

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.

estebanrey · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:31

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.

Maybe for him, but not or the Passport Office or any other administrative body that has to store his details.

estebanrey · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:36

Sliver said:
Lmao ! So you care about admins in government departments ? Nice trolling.

Well yes I do, being one and all.

estebanrey · 14 Sep 2013 at 16:48

Sliver said:
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Fair enough, I'll stop giving a **** about making people's lives easier. Let's all just care about our own pretentiousness and I'm sure that'll make society a better place.

estebanrey · 14 Sep 2013 at 18:54

Monserrat said:
Double-barrelled names do come across to me as being from a posh background, but not necessarily selfish.

Let me explain the selfish bit again because I think it's got lost.

I don't mean selfish in the sense the person wants to retain their name partly, I mean because of the future ramifications of giving your children a problem when they come to marry. Do they keep adding on names (which is clearly silly) or forced to make a choice as to which parent they disappoint by dropping one.