Double-barrelled surnames

[MrsMiniver1942]

I'm watching football today. Macclesfield FC v Crystal Palace. At least 4 of the players have double-barrelled surnames. It seems to be on the rise.

In football? It's been on the rise for decades generally since marriage and women always taking their husband's name became less of the norm.

In some countries like Spain (almost) everyone has two surnames.

My relative and his wife double-barrelled both of theirs when they got married. I think it is getting a lot more common for people to do that now, instead of the wife either keeping her own surname or changing to his. It is a good thing in that respect.

What do we think all the double-barrel kids will do when they eventually marry?

Erm choose their pick of names and move on? Countless cultures including Spanish and Icelandic choirs appear to manage just fine without this tradition of “family last names” going down the generations —penises of generations—

Double barrelling is nothing new, it got big in the 80s when unmarried parents had kids without breaking a cultural taboo. What I did when I got married was dropped DFs name and double barrelled DMs with DHs last name. That is similar to what the Spanish do, too. It’s really not so complicated.

choirs?