AIBU to think double barrel surnames all sound stupid and there's just no need for it?

[ExpectoPatronummmm]

I realise I will offend all you double barrellers
But why?
Do you realise it's a mouthful and makes you look like you're trying to be some kind of lord or lady?
What's wrong with one surname?
When I marry my OH i'lol take his surname. I won't just add it to mine and cause an unnecessarly long name to have to say/write/spell.

I think they make you look like a pleb.

[ChazsBrilliantAttitude]

That's nice dearie

[trinity0097]

Someone in my mother's past decided to double barrel the same name, so something like Smith-Smith - it's a right pain with the bank as you have to give your mothers maiden name as security often and they think you are repeating the name.

[AndNowItsSeven]

Yanbu it's pretentious and unnecessary.

[OwlinaTree]

And this effects you how?

[OwlinaTree]

Unless you are a school teacher and have to fit it on a tray!!

[Lostmyemailaddress]

my kids have double barrelled surnames as I don't intend on marrying their df. He wanted them to have his surname which was fair enough but I also wanted them to have mine so double barrelling them both was a compromise.

[FearTheLiving]

Any future kids will either have my surname or double. Not just his as I won't be taking his name when I get married.

[Lessthanaballpark]

That's the whole of Spain told then!

[ilovesooty]

Thanks for sharing that interesting opinion with us. People will doubtless have their own reasons, none of which I imagine affect you.

[Gwenhwyfar]

"my kids have double barrelled surnames as I don't intend on marrying their df. He wanted them to have his surname which was fair enough but I also wanted them to have mine so double barrelling them both was a compromise."

That's a very good reason for double-barrelling.
I think a lot of the issue comes from the reputation for double-barrelled names to be posh, bu if you're Smith-Jones, it's really not the same as being Parker-Bowles or something.

[hackmum]

It's "double-barrelled", not "double-barrel".

Why do people keep leaving the "ed" off the end of words?

[Bluntness100]

Why are you focused on this? Who gives a shit, really. 🙄

[MiladyThesaurus]

Presumably it depends on the names though.

My surname would be hideous double barrelled with DH's.

[schokolade]

Well equally there's no need to take your husband's name OP. It makes you look spineless and as if you're trying to be someone from the 1800s.

[HighbrowEyebrow]

Double-barreled names are now more likely to indicate unmarried parents than anything else.

I think writing people off as 'plebs' because of their surname is very silly.

[RainbowsAndUnicorn]

I think it's silly too, either take his name or keep your own.

With children it just makes me think that the dad had no desire to marry.

[WorraLiberty]

That's nice for you OP.

Just as long as you're still happy if you divorce and end up having a different surname to the kids you're raising.

[Lessthanaballpark]

shokolade said what I wanted to say but was too polite to!!

[Bambambini]

I used to think like that but i got married 20 yrs ago and came from a little wc town. I was sparky about just being expected to take the husbands name but didn't want to double barell. Now i've thought about it - it makes a lot of sense and allows any kids to have bith parents names. What those kids then do with naming their own kids - i'm not sure.

[Crankycunt]

I'm going to have a double barrelled surname when I get married. My surname is rare, and it's mine, I will add his to mine.

It's got absolutely fuck all to do with you.

[Auspiciouspanda]

Was I fuck going to give up my surname after 26 years!

My DH double barrelled his too - how does that make you feel?

[andpeggy29]

My maiden name was double barrelled due to my parents being unmarried. It was the Bain on my fucking life!

The amount of people who don't grasp the fact you have 2 names, constant misspellings, forms not long enough. I had to send my driving licence back 5 times due to various combos of my first and last names.

I was so happy to change my name to something singular and normal when I got married to my husband.

I get why people double barrel names, but really some names sound awful together and allot of the time it's more trouble than it's worth!

[DustyMaiden]

ExpectoPatronummmmmmmmmmmmm ?

[Astro55]

So if two people have double barreled names - will their kids have a double double barreled name?

Jane Green-Smith-Duncan-Jones

What happens to the grand children?

[Thumbcat]

I'm far more judgy of women who give up their own name and take their husbands without a second thought. Each to their own though.