Is this double barrel cruel?!

Maybe just use yours but you could give your husbands as a middle name?

I don't think it's an issue. It represents you both and it doesn't create a rude word or meaning it's just a double Mc.

I think it a good thing, as it's meaning teaches your child about equality of the sexes.

Double barrelled names aren't naff, that's pure snobbery and small mindedness.

OP, I have a long double barrelled name and I love it! It's not got the double mc though. I like the fact that no one else in the world ( except sibling) has it. I didn't change it when I got married and I'm really pleased because it's part of my identity. I also like the idea that a PP suggested of just having one mc- that's cool too. Good luck

Sorry OP, as someone who also didn't go for a much theoretically wanted double barrel due to too much surname punctuation, you can't do that to a child!

Just give the baby your name.

Double barrels are an mouthful at the best of times, and really just kicking the problem into the long grass; what if you're DC had a baby with another double-barrelled? Quad barrel?

I didn't want to double barrel as the babes didn't go, and there was no way on Earth I was going to grow humans in my own body and give them someone else's name!

I gave him the option to change his name, including us both choosing a new surname but he wasn't into it so my kids have my name.

From being young I noticed that lots of my mum's feminist friends had kept their maiden names when they got married but the kids got the dad's name. Or just seemed absolutely mad to me.

If a man wants to try to insist that the baby you carry gets his name and not yours, he's clearly a bit of a twat. Ask him why, dig into it and he'll either realise he's unreasonable or have to admit that he thinks men are more important than women. Twat.

Kinley-Dade.

Whatever you choose, imagine them having a lifetime of ringing insurance companies etc. then having to spell that phonetically, or corporate email addresses.
I'd personally choose a shorter option, as suggested use McKinley as a middle name. Perhaps drop the Mc's and have Kinley-Dade if you do like the hyphen idea?x

I actually really like it, I think the two 'Mc' beginnings flow really nicely. I'd probably go for a shorter first name, but which is what I've done with my daughter's name. But to be honest, I double barrelled my name when I married, and I have an unusual three syllable name and it works fine, so I'd say go for it. If the child doesn't like it when they're older they can always just use one as a middle name. At least they have options!

I think two Macs sounds like something you'd order at McDonald's

I would use one as a middle name.

I like it - especially with a short first name as pp have said.
I have a long double barrel surname from birth (both parents names) and love having it/will not change it. It feels important to have both my parents names. I know a lot of people with db surnames and none of us hate it or think it’s naff, if that helps.

I'd drop both 'Mc's actually rather than one. The name that follows the Mc is the family name technically and if it's important to both families you should treat both surnames the same. Does that combination work?

Friends of ours got around this by giving their DD one of their surnames as a first name. So, Mr Mackenzie and Mrs Macintosh called their DD Mackenzie Macintosh. Which I think is really cool.

I used to work in the airline industry and there were different procedures for a parent travelling with a child who had a different surname to his/her parent.

Could you do McKinley-Dade ?

partyatthepalace, ridiculous? I rather think suggesting any opinion that differs from yours is an absolute based in fact is somewhat more ridiculous.

Double barrel names are naff, in the extreme, in my opinion. Is that better? A bit estuary.

Drop a Mc or have one as a middle name?

This one is a bit much tho OP, you could use it, but only use one in daily life, or otherwise just use one as a middle name.

That’s going to be a right ballache for them growing up and writing it out. I’d not.

I’d also go with McKinley-Dade

@Tier500, Katarina Johnson-Thompson double barrelled her surname herswlf when she was older because her parents had split up.

I would just have your surname as the baby’s surname and add your DH as a middle name.

Either Kinley or Dade work for a middle name for a boy

Mum- Dad (unmarried given at birth)
Mum-Dad-Mumsnewhusband (age 3)
Mum-Dad-Mumsnewhusband-Mumsnewliveinpartner (age 5)

Try using it yourself and see how you get on. I was going to double barrel my DC and myself, but after using the combined surname for only a few weeks I was sick of it. It was just such a hassle. DC subsequently got DH’s surname and mine as a middle name.