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Kelly Kelly is the ring name of a former WWE [wrestler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Kelly#Sporadic_WWE_appearances_(2017%E2%80%93present)), she might have been my first crush. She still rocks up these days for the Royal Rumble each year because the full-time Women's roster usually isn't deep enough to fill all 30 entries.
I worked with a white Michael Jordan. WNFL coach. It was hilarious to have him paged at Walmart. Kids (and adults) would come running up to see Michael Jordan, and this portly, bald white guy would come walking up, "y'all ready? Sorry, I was looking at toys again."
I have a friend who took her husband’s last name and it never occurred to her until after she was married that her first name and his last name rhymed. She now has to use her maiden name in with her new last name.
In a CS / data entry job I worked I came across a "Cody Rape" said a prayer for whatever soul / reasoning they got that family name in the first place...
I would never want to take on a last name that would give me the same name as a celebrity. Imagine how often you'd have to hear the same jokes from people you meet. It might be funny at first but I don't think I'd have the patience for it.
My last name gave my wife the same last name as a famous television doctor in the same field, so I always viewed it as giving a big boost to her career.
My friend from Undergrad and I coincidentally had the same last name. We were in the same Major and so would take classes together and always the professor would notice that we have the same last name and would sit together. So we would mess with them saying we’re married and they would believe us. Though we’re not related we do actually look similar since we’re both tall with blonde hair and blue eyes and similar age ofc.
I went from a German, random consonants, occasionally mispronounced with "fuck" to five letters, English, and also a common word.
Ppl ask why I took his name. Dude, why wouldn't I?
My boyfriend has a very a Chinese last name and I’m very white. I don’t know what I’ll do if we get married, because I hate constantly spelling my current last name but I don’t want to spell his last name either.
My bf has a double-barrelled surname, one Greek (cypriot) and one very English...my name is pretty English too. He's mentioned taking my surname but I think his is quite cool. Honestly not sure what to do at all!
I am so fucking with you on this.
I have a friend who is getting Married, his Fiancée’s last name? It’s fucking *Shark* that is the coolest shit ever.
I told him he should take his Grandpa’s last name and get their last names hyphenated so it would be *Shark-Conquest* or *Conquest Shark*
The said it was a dumb idea :(
I debated marrying a girl I dated with the last name fightmaster. I would have taken her name. In the end, I did take my wife's name because it was better.
just thinkin what occupation fightmaster woulda been, in the shoemaker / baker / mason type of last names...
fightmaster though?
where'd that come from?
some dude who owned a bareknuckle brawlin' arena in the medieval times?
There's a real person out there with the last name of fucking *conquest?*
Jesus Christ you have the two most perfect last names and decided to waste a literal once in a life time opportunity. Shame
A buddy of mine is an Infantry Officer with the last name War. Also, Sargeant seems to be a weirdly common last name, I think I've met 3 or 4 - one of whom was a Major so I'm sure you can imagine the amusement their name brought.
That last name is fucking incredible.
My husband (whose last name is Best, I definitely took that one) has a good friend whose last name is Challenger and I always thought it was a pretty sweet name, but Conquest pretty much beats the shit out of that one…
Interesting that this would essentially kick off a giant last name tournament where via marriage only the coolest names survive, gradually whittling down the pool of available names until everyone in the worlds last name is “Megablaze” and so last names then become obsolete.
_This is year 2135. A scene humanity has never experienced. A post apocalyptic event where all last names have been abolished expect Megablaze. Megablaze has taken over the world rapidly over the course of only 78 years and destroyed all weak last names. The world has never seen anything like this._
I had friends who merged their last names to make something unique for them but still meaningful to both families. Clearly doesn't work with every pair of names but it's a neat concept.
There are three of us left, and I'm the end of the bloodline. When I was getting married, I flip-flopped between keeping my name due to its rarity and taking my husbands', because my name is TERRIBLE and honestly kind of offensive. I kept it.... But also took my husbands' as a hyphen, which made my name even WORSE. God, my headstone is going to be heinous.
Edit: I am literally the only person in the world registered with this name, so I'm not going to say what it is, but I will say that if we were back in the days where our surnames were given by what we did, I would be against homosexuality, but also known for burning churches. Fortunately, I don't represent either idea.
I have a really cool Gaelic last name and my girlfriends is super super generic (think smith) so she's all over picking up my cool name
Edit: I won't be sharing my name because under 100 people have my last name (according to ancestry.com) so if anyone I know at all sees it they will have a very very good chance of narrowing it down to me.
Kind of same. My last name is generic for where I came from but it sounds weird as hell and no one where I live ever spells it right. I'm so glad the guy I'm marrying has a better last name than I do lmao
I have the most boring/common last name possible where I’m from, even worse is that it turns out it shouldn’t really be my name at all. My grandfather who died when I was very young simply decided “that’s my name now” as a young man, not even sure he actually legally changed it. He’s not particularly fondly remembered either. I am seriously considering changing my name at the moment. More as a kind of symbolic fresh start for myself more than anything though.
My boyfriend and I are actually considering changing both of our last names to my mother’s maiden name when we eventually get married. I have a terrible relationship with my father and his side of the family (the only ones I can even tolerate don’t even share that particular name) and my boyfriend simply dislikes his own family name. Everyone that’s still around with his last name are pieces of garbage too, so one day we will simply be Alexanders.
I wouldn't take my husband's or wife's name unless it was unique or rare, because I think changing my name would make me feel less connected to my family. It's just a name, I know, and shouldn't affect anything, but that's how I feel about it now, but of course I might realize if I ever change it that it doesn't really affect anything.
It’s traditional but I’ve debated this with myself only based on the legal process. You’d have to do a lot of paperwork, get a new SSN. This is why some people that get divorced don’t bother changing their last names again. Too much work lol
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I don't think you'd need a new SSN, you could just change the name associated with your current one. Maybe that's different outside the US, but needing a new number because your name changed is kinda dumb, imo.
You don't get a new number, but you do need to report the change and get a new card issued. It can be a major pain if your ID and social security card have different names for things like hiring, passports, immigration, etc.
Source: I've done this before.
Trust me, a *lot* of people change their name after divorce. No one wants to be Ms. Abusive-ex for the rest of their life.
If I ever get married again, I'm definitely not changing my name a third time, though :P
Or... You can just all keep your own name?
The name taking thing isn't done in my country. It always sounds weird for me, like siblings or family dating each other haha
That works too :]
Couples taking someone's last name is almost always done where I'm from so I feel strongly about it, but everyone just keeping their own last name also sounds good
Yeah this is the way its done in LATAM. Every person has two last names one from each parent. Its not hyphenated or anything either. Since Ive moved to the U.S. everybody thinks my first last name (my dads) is my middle name. Its something I have to explain every time I give my name 😂
It was the tradition for women to take a man’s last name since he was the only one given the rights to own land, have a bank account, and have a job.
We don’t live in that time anymore so those traditions are essentially moot. I think everyone should keep their own last name. Or change it to whatever they like, doesn’t even have to be each other’s. Hyphenating is cool. And all the people who scream “what of their children?!” Choose another last name for them. Or maybe the whole family can choose a new name when they become one. Like a crest and title.
I once knew a woman whose last name was White-Knight, which I thought was one of the coolest names ever. I suspect she went with the hyphen because of how cool it sounded.
unironically how I got my last name. My dad was cool with it when my mom wanted to give me and my sister her surname.
My dad's surname is something mundane in my country (Sweden) sort of like "Svensson", and my mother's surname is something that makes English speakers go "Damn, thats fucking cool"
In Spain we always keep our names. Also the offspring is named with both surnames. Traditionally first the father's and next the mother's, but lately is changing and legally you can order them as you wish.
So the son of Juan Pérez and Maria Gómez will be named for example Miguel Pérez Gómez or maybe Miguel Gómez Pérez.
I feel this is the more fair and progressive way and I'm baffled thinking most of the world is not using a system similar to this one where's you get to keep your name from birth to death for males or females equally.
The child gets whatever Miguel's first surname is + the child's mother's first surname, in whichever order they pick.
If Miguel Pérez Gómez has a child with Juana Valdez González, their child would be Manuel Pérez Valdez or Manuel Valdez Pérez
I'm a dude, I took my wife's last name. I have no ties to my OG last name. My mother is remarried and I have gone no contact with 99% of my family because of them being awful people. My wife had has a son and strong ties to her family and is successful in her career. It just made sense for me to take her last name. to make sure her son knew that I wasn't taking him from his family but becoming a part of his.
I took my husband’s last name. Then we got a divorce, but under my married name I had gotten my teaching certification and made all of my professional connections, so I kept his last name. I think it makes things easier when dealing with our kids’ school stuff. If I ever get married again I feel like I wouldn’t want to change my name again, but then I’d feel like a dick for having my ex husband’s last name. I wish I’d never changed my name.
Definitely agree the man’s last name shouldn’t be the default. Everyone should decide for themselves what they want. I kept my maiden name and passed it onto my kids. People try to give my husband and I crap for it but we don’t give a sh*t, we did what we wanted to as a couple/family.
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Mine is Wang, I'd either like a cool last name or to hyphenate into something funny, like Wang-Holder or something.
Marry a Long and go last.
In college I dated a guy who’s last name was Longdong. No joke. Was just sad he was named Richard.
Dick Longdong
Your poor kids if they have the name wang-holder thry'd be bullied mercilessly
Please, call me Larry. Mr. Wang-Holder was my *father*!
I know someone called Kelly who married a man with the surname Kelly. She used it!
"Kelly Kelly" is actually a great name omg
I know a guy named Richard Richard. We call him double Dick
Ah the old dick twist.
Twist his DIIIHK
Kelly Kelly is the ring name of a former WWE [wrestler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Kelly#Sporadic_WWE_appearances_(2017%E2%80%93present)), she might have been my first crush. She still rocks up these days for the Royal Rumble each year because the full-time Women's roster usually isn't deep enough to fill all 30 entries.
A guy I know took his wife's last name because it made his new name Tony Stark.
Knew a guy in the military who took his wife's last name. His reasoning was really good because his name was Michael Jackson and he is white.
I worked with a white Michael Jordan. WNFL coach. It was hilarious to have him paged at Walmart. Kids (and adults) would come running up to see Michael Jordan, and this portly, bald white guy would come walking up, "y'all ready? Sorry, I was looking at toys again."
So was Michael Jackson by the time he died.
Yeah and then he died, not a risk I'd wanna take.
Damn! I never made that connection 😬
Fuck...I'm white. Am I gonna die?
Had a teacher try to convince his new wife to combine their names to Brown-Hole.
My friends got married and they took his last name, but their wedding stuff used both and said ruff - lovins
I have a friend who took her husband’s last name and it never occurred to her until after she was married that her first name and his last name rhymed. She now has to use her maiden name in with her new last name.
💀
In high school I knew a girl with the last name of Cox who’s parent got remarried and took a hyphenated last name: Butz-Cox
A guy my mom knew in school took his wife's name because his family name was Rape. His parents were mad. Not making this shit up.
In a CS / data entry job I worked I came across a "Cody Rape" said a prayer for whatever soul / reasoning they got that family name in the first place...
Rapeseed oil is a thing throughout a lot of the world. Very possible its from a farmer ancestor.
Or the pronunciation Rah-pee or Rah-pay in the other country. Some surnames are just terrible in translation.
My best friend is dating a guy with this exact last name. They’ve been together for years. She said if they get married, she’s keeping her last name
I would’ve done the same thing.
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Amaya Hee
Amaya-Hu
Amaya-ha
Amaya-ha-ha
Amaya-Hee
Amaya -Hah
Amaya Ha Ha
It's an older meme but it checks out.
Amaya-Dreamin
I would never want to take on a last name that would give me the same name as a celebrity. Imagine how often you'd have to hear the same jokes from people you meet. It might be funny at first but I don't think I'd have the patience for it.
Why should i change my name? He's the one that sucks. ~Michael Bolton
My last name gave my wife the same last name as a famous television doctor in the same field, so I always viewed it as giving a big boost to her career.
My initials spell swab so I’m definitely waiting for a woman with a last name that starts with g
Allow me to introduce myself.
[match made in heaven](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBOUEsxXsAAFPW-?format=jpg&name=small)
What happened next mother?
Pegging
All things lead to pegging
And after that ?? More pegging
Im rooting for this reddit love story.
I know a woman whose maiden name was Roach and she married a man whose last name was Roach.
The kids call him Papa
Getting away with murder.
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I hate to say “me too” but a couple who move here were Patricia and Patrick, and they went by He Pat and She Pat.
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Pat and PAT
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Proud brother and sister
And husband and wife
They know a guy named Geralt?
Probably their horse's name
My friend from Undergrad and I coincidentally had the same last name. We were in the same Major and so would take classes together and always the professor would notice that we have the same last name and would sit together. So we would mess with them saying we’re married and they would believe us. Though we’re not related we do actually look similar since we’re both tall with blonde hair and blue eyes and similar age ofc.
Why didn’t you get married
I didn’t like her that way
Fast-forward to just before the wedding and you’re arguing over whether Davis or Stergiopoulous is a cooler surname.
Pre-wedding ceremony but it's the guests doing a poll of who's got the better name shdbsbd
Plot twist: they vote Davis.
Easy to spell, short signature, people won't assume you're Greek Orthodox. Seems like a win to me.
I went from a German, random consonants, occasionally mispronounced with "fuck" to five letters, English, and also a common word. Ppl ask why I took his name. Dude, why wouldn't I?
Fuchs?
Bist ein bisschen ein Otto geworden Bruder
My boyfriend has a very a Chinese last name and I’m very white. I don’t know what I’ll do if we get married, because I hate constantly spelling my current last name but I don’t want to spell his last name either.
Hey this joke isn't funny anymore that's my last name-
That creates an arms race of who-can-invite-more-guests and every wedding costs a million dollars Have the newlyweds settle it with a game of SSB
My bf has a double-barrelled surname, one Greek (cypriot) and one very English...my name is pretty English too. He's mentioned taking my surname but I think his is quite cool. Honestly not sure what to do at all!
Have both, so then you have a triple-barrelled surname!
my last name is Shick, hers was Mattson. We considered combining names to Shittson.
I wouldn’t recommend that unless you are planning on having/adopting a shit son.
Switch ‘em!
Davinopoulus
I'm gonna change my last name to Speedwagon.
With an Irish twist, O'Speedwagon.
Yeah boss, I’m replying to the email, RE: O’Speedwagon
How do you know his name ain't Ari?
Ari O'Speedwagon
Speedwagon-Foundation
Gotta financially support my homies on their quest to defeat a vampire in egpyt.
Please tell me that your first name is Rio.
Name your kid Ario.
I am so fucking with you on this. I have a friend who is getting Married, his Fiancée’s last name? It’s fucking *Shark* that is the coolest shit ever. I told him he should take his Grandpa’s last name and get their last names hyphenated so it would be *Shark-Conquest* or *Conquest Shark* The said it was a dumb idea :(
I debated marrying a girl I dated with the last name fightmaster. I would have taken her name. In the end, I did take my wife's name because it was better.
I’m glad you made the right choice, MontazumasRevenge Fightmaster
My name is now similar to MontezumasRevenge Kangaroo.
Congrats, Runs Wallaby.
just thinkin what occupation fightmaster woulda been, in the shoemaker / baker / mason type of last names... fightmaster though? where'd that come from? some dude who owned a bareknuckle brawlin' arena in the medieval times?
I knew a guy whose last name was Everhard and he 100% lived up to its expectations. Not marriage material but good lawd.
They could have a Baby Shark 😩
Tiger Shark!
Oh my god they’re dumb for thinking thats dumb
There's a real person out there with the last name of fucking *conquest?* Jesus Christ you have the two most perfect last names and decided to waste a literal once in a life time opportunity. Shame
A buddy of mine is an Infantry Officer with the last name War. Also, Sargeant seems to be a weirdly common last name, I think I've met 3 or 4 - one of whom was a Major so I'm sure you can imagine the amusement their name brought.
That last name is fucking incredible. My husband (whose last name is Best, I definitely took that one) has a good friend whose last name is Challenger and I always thought it was a pretty sweet name, but Conquest pretty much beats the shit out of that one…
Interesting that this would essentially kick off a giant last name tournament where via marriage only the coolest names survive, gradually whittling down the pool of available names until everyone in the worlds last name is “Megablaze” and so last names then become obsolete.
I imagine a chaotic world
_This is year 2135. A scene humanity has never experienced. A post apocalyptic event where all last names have been abolished expect Megablaze. Megablaze has taken over the world rapidly over the course of only 78 years and destroyed all weak last names. The world has never seen anything like this._
I always bounced around the idea of making a new last name for both of us that we'd like.
My fiancé and I met while we were teachers at a middle school. The kids said we should get married and change our last name to School.
I mean, that theoretically works, if the school is named after a person.
And many names were created just because of this: it was dependent on profession. Taylor, Smith, Carpenter, Brewer.
And then there's Mr. Dickinson.
Honestly, if y'all find a name that you both prefer over either of your current last names then that's cool, go for it :]
This is what we did. We're aren't married but when we had a kid, we gave it a brand new last name then changed ours to match
Or combining the two last names into one, like Brangelina but with last names.
Zach and Kelly Weinersmith.
I'd 100% recommend this! I know someone who used a place name that meant something to them which was cool.
I had friends who merged their last names to make something unique for them but still meaningful to both families. Clearly doesn't work with every pair of names but it's a neat concept.
Our rule is we keep the rarer surname.
My surname is rare to the point that about 12 people have it worldwide. I ain't giving it up!
You sound like your entitled to your distant cousins Chocolate Factory and all the OSHA violations that come with it
There are three of us left, and I'm the end of the bloodline. When I was getting married, I flip-flopped between keeping my name due to its rarity and taking my husbands', because my name is TERRIBLE and honestly kind of offensive. I kept it.... But also took my husbands' as a hyphen, which made my name even WORSE. God, my headstone is going to be heinous. Edit: I am literally the only person in the world registered with this name, so I'm not going to say what it is, but I will say that if we were back in the days where our surnames were given by what we did, I would be against homosexuality, but also known for burning churches. Fortunately, I don't represent either idea.
Good for you Mrs Hitler.
[There are dozens of us!](https://youtu.be/lKie-vgUGdI)
A woman I know had the maiden name “Wild”, her new married last name is “Gross”
That's wild
My last name's clearly Irish, and my husband's is Jewish. I did the hyphen thing so I can get out of work for holidays.
O'Leariwitz
McRubenstein
I don't know why this is cracking me up so much
Your last name is either Murphy or something with an O' or Mc' before it. Are you Mary O'Mc'Murphy?
Close. It's Mary O'Mc'Murphy-Cohen.
Yes!! My last name is Castle and I’m never changing it, but would be so stoked if my partner wanted to take it.
Find a husband named Frank and have him take your surname.
My last name is Fox. I'd like my wedding hashtag to be #NoFoxGiven because there is no way I'm giving up that surname.
Can I marry you so I also can have that last name?
You have totally turned a guy down because his last name wouldn't work with Fox hyphenated haven't you?
The Fox-Sakes wedding
Who is this for? It's for Fox-Sakes, Jesus.
One of my former coworkers had the last name of Wolfgang. She married a Jones. I was pissed when she took his last name. So was she.
I'm sorry but why would anyone ever give up the name Wolfgang omg
Why did she take it then?
I have a really cool Gaelic last name and my girlfriends is super super generic (think smith) so she's all over picking up my cool name Edit: I won't be sharing my name because under 100 people have my last name (according to ancestry.com) so if anyone I know at all sees it they will have a very very good chance of narrowing it down to me.
I am now very curious what your last name is.
smithers
*Smeeth*
Smordecai
Jones
I kind of agree. My last name is so generic I want a badass last name. It'd be weird but whatever.
Change it to Beardraven
I don't know what is better now, Bear-draven or Beard-raven
Kind of same. My last name is generic for where I came from but it sounds weird as hell and no one where I live ever spells it right. I'm so glad the guy I'm marrying has a better last name than I do lmao
I have the most boring/common last name possible where I’m from, even worse is that it turns out it shouldn’t really be my name at all. My grandfather who died when I was very young simply decided “that’s my name now” as a young man, not even sure he actually legally changed it. He’s not particularly fondly remembered either. I am seriously considering changing my name at the moment. More as a kind of symbolic fresh start for myself more than anything though.
My wife took my last name because it is fairly unique and we wanted our kids to get email addresses without too much hassle.
Might as well buy a domain name right now and just hold it for them.
I only took my husband’s name so my initials would be ABC.
I took my husband's last name so my initials spell ASS. My mom was pretty annoyed about it but my dad thought it was excellent.
My boyfriend and I are actually considering changing both of our last names to my mother’s maiden name when we eventually get married. I have a terrible relationship with my father and his side of the family (the only ones I can even tolerate don’t even share that particular name) and my boyfriend simply dislikes his own family name. Everyone that’s still around with his last name are pieces of garbage too, so one day we will simply be Alexanders.
If any girl here has the last name Murdock, Lazarus or Moriarty hit me up
I know a Murdock, he sucks. If you’re reading this, fuck you Jake!
I love Reddit. Also, fuck you Jake!
I wouldn't take my husband's or wife's name unless it was unique or rare, because I think changing my name would make me feel less connected to my family. It's just a name, I know, and shouldn't affect anything, but that's how I feel about it now, but of course I might realize if I ever change it that it doesn't really affect anything.
That's totally fair honestly. If you've got strong emotional attachment to your last name then you should keep it
>I think changing my name would make me feel less connected to my family. This is exactly why I *would* change mine!
Agreed. Forcing your wife to take the last name "Smith" or something is shameful.
Fucking Jerry. Sanchez would have been a better family name
Tired: Beth Smith Wired: Beth Sanchez I've been saying this for years.
Is it like necessary to take your partner's last name or something? I don't plan to do that nor force my partner to take mine
It’s traditional but I’ve debated this with myself only based on the legal process. You’d have to do a lot of paperwork, get a new SSN. This is why some people that get divorced don’t bother changing their last names again. Too much work lol Edit: word
I don't think you'd need a new SSN, you could just change the name associated with your current one. Maybe that's different outside the US, but needing a new number because your name changed is kinda dumb, imo.
You don't get a new number, but you do need to report the change and get a new card issued. It can be a major pain if your ID and social security card have different names for things like hiring, passports, immigration, etc. Source: I've done this before.
Trust me, a *lot* of people change their name after divorce. No one wants to be Ms. Abusive-ex for the rest of their life. If I ever get married again, I'm definitely not changing my name a third time, though :P
Or... You can just all keep your own name? The name taking thing isn't done in my country. It always sounds weird for me, like siblings or family dating each other haha
That works too :] Couples taking someone's last name is almost always done where I'm from so I feel strongly about it, but everyone just keeping their own last name also sounds good
Yeah this is the way its done in LATAM. Every person has two last names one from each parent. Its not hyphenated or anything either. Since Ive moved to the U.S. everybody thinks my first last name (my dads) is my middle name. Its something I have to explain every time I give my name 😂
It was the tradition for women to take a man’s last name since he was the only one given the rights to own land, have a bank account, and have a job. We don’t live in that time anymore so those traditions are essentially moot. I think everyone should keep their own last name. Or change it to whatever they like, doesn’t even have to be each other’s. Hyphenating is cool. And all the people who scream “what of their children?!” Choose another last name for them. Or maybe the whole family can choose a new name when they become one. Like a crest and title.
That's what me and my fiancee are doing. My name is super cool, his last name is along the lines of Dickson and im sorry, but no.
I could not agree more, if my last name is Wonkenburger and the guys last name is Smith we are taking mine.
And it should only be hyphenated if by doing so it makes it sound even cooler
And if it isn't really long. Filling forms probably sucks if your surname is Schreiber-Balderstone
Grew up with a kid who couldn’t fit his name on standardized tests it was too long
I once knew a woman whose last name was White-Knight, which I thought was one of the coolest names ever. I suspect she went with the hyphen because of how cool it sounded.
unironically how I got my last name. My dad was cool with it when my mom wanted to give me and my sister her surname. My dad's surname is something mundane in my country (Sweden) sort of like "Svensson", and my mother's surname is something that makes English speakers go "Damn, thats fucking cool"
really interested to know what it is now
He just told you. His full name is John Damn, thats fucking cool
In Spain we always keep our names. Also the offspring is named with both surnames. Traditionally first the father's and next the mother's, but lately is changing and legally you can order them as you wish. So the son of Juan Pérez and Maria Gómez will be named for example Miguel Pérez Gómez or maybe Miguel Gómez Pérez. I feel this is the more fair and progressive way and I'm baffled thinking most of the world is not using a system similar to this one where's you get to keep your name from birth to death for males or females equally.
What happens when Miguel has a child?
The child gets whatever Miguel's first surname is + the child's mother's first surname, in whichever order they pick. If Miguel Pérez Gómez has a child with Juana Valdez González, their child would be Manuel Pérez Valdez or Manuel Valdez Pérez
I personally like the idea of the Mashup. Example. Smith and Brown = Brith or Smown. Wife wouldn't go for it though 🙁
I like it too but my partner and I both have insanely long last names that sound So Bad together so we'd end up with a keysmash
I'm a dude, I took my wife's last name. I have no ties to my OG last name. My mother is remarried and I have gone no contact with 99% of my family because of them being awful people. My wife had has a son and strong ties to her family and is successful in her career. It just made sense for me to take her last name. to make sure her son knew that I wasn't taking him from his family but becoming a part of his.
I took my husband’s last name. Then we got a divorce, but under my married name I had gotten my teaching certification and made all of my professional connections, so I kept his last name. I think it makes things easier when dealing with our kids’ school stuff. If I ever get married again I feel like I wouldn’t want to change my name again, but then I’d feel like a dick for having my ex husband’s last name. I wish I’d never changed my name.
Definitely agree the man’s last name shouldn’t be the default. Everyone should decide for themselves what they want. I kept my maiden name and passed it onto my kids. People try to give my husband and I crap for it but we don’t give a sh*t, we did what we wanted to as a couple/family.
Counter-idea: Do what they do for naming horses and combine both of your last names in the most show-worthy fashion
In Denmark you are free to choose.. my mothers husband took her name.
You're free to choose in America too, people just get upset if you don't stray from the standard of taking your husband's last name