Blended surname

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Mrstraditional · 15/02/2020 17:52

Has anyone created a blended or double barrelled surname when getting married?

I'm not keen on taking his name, like the idea of something that represents both of us, isn't so patriarchal and also want our child to have the same name.

Keen to hear people's experiences when creating something new. Has it caused any issues? Raised eyebrows?

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pollyputthepastaon · 15/02/2020 18:13

My husband and I talked about it. Also talked about choosing a surname from further back in one of our family trees. In the end never did but it’s a good idea.

MorbidMuch · 15/02/2020 18:12

My lesbian friends blended their surnames together after marriage to create a new one. Everyone reacted very positively. I don't want to be too specific, but they were able to find a name that represented each of their original names, along the lines of 'Beach' when one of them was 'Waters' and the other 'Sanderson'.

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Mrstraditional · 15/02/2020 18:05

So you created a new one for your children and kept yours? Have you encountered any legal issues with it at all?

Our child currently has one of our surnames as we add yet to marry.

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YellowPirate · 15/02/2020 17:53

Our kids do (we have each kept our own). Havent had any raised eye brows but it does sometimes accidentally get double barrelled by mistake.

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