What's your favourite surname?

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I'm divorcing DH soon and hoping to just change my name to something I like. I've been saddled with his since the age of 18

What's your favourite surname? I think I might go with 'Knight'

You could double barrel it, Knight-Rider for example.

If you like Knight, what about Nightingale? I've always loved that surname.

I had friends with the surnames 'Sonnet' and 'Nightingale' which I thought were lovely. I would go with 'Knight-Freewoman' in your position - in for a penny, in for a pound!

I’ve always fancied Fitzpatrick or Fitzgerald.

Valentine is lovely

Knight-Rider for example

Sister to Pussy Galore @morosetinkler ?

I really like the traditional occupation names like ‘Baker’, ‘Fisher’, ‘Gardener’ etc. They go with almost any name, they’re easy to spell and to pronounce, they don’t betray any geographic ties or class aspirations etc. Very versatile.

Nightingale would be lovely but I prefer Fitzpatrick.
If you like literature and reading perhaps you could think of a surname associated with a book you like? Nothing obvious, I mean I wouldn't use Montague or Capulet but you could think of something linked to a book.

Kirkpatrick or Fitzanything

A friend briefly married a Kirkpatrick. Very nice.

I like Taylor, it's clean sounding
I also like Porter for the same reason

Longbottom

Rainbow!

An Ex-Boyfriends best friend had that Surname and i would have happily married him for it too

Fitz names - there's Fitzwilliam if you are a Pride & Prejudice fan - Mr Darcy's first name.

I really like the traditional occupation names like ‘Baker’, ‘Fisher’, ‘Gardener’ etc. They go with almost any name, they’re easy to spell and to pronounce, they don’t betray any geographic ties or class aspirations etc.

I like them too but I'd say they betrayed class aspirations more than many surnames. Barrister or Butcher for example. An improvement on some of the double barrelled suggestions though

I HATED my maiden name, but love my married name. It probably would be one of my favourites, but obviously that would be very outing

My favourite always used to be Morgan.

Knight-Rider is my new favourite though

Purcell
Pepper

I always liked Elliot and Taylor. When I was little they were always the surnames I gave my dolls!

Cavendish. It's such a beautiful name!

Oh, yes, Cavendish is lovely.

How about Knightly or Rochester?

This might help.

https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/mostcommonnsurnamesranking.php

I'd say they betrayed class aspirations more than many surnames

I agree they may have In the past @morosetinkler but they’re so ubiquitous now. However they have the advantage of not being too common (in the sense of how many you come across). Smith the obvious exception though!

I once read on MN somebody had seen a headstones where the person's surname was Flowerbuttons. Imagine being Mrs Flowerbuttons!

I've always liked the way Penhaligon or Houlihan roll off the tongue.

Or the surname of a character from a book I read as a child ....Gotobed

Or Cavanagh is another Cav- option.