WIBU to give our baby the surname Georgeson-Johns?

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Not much else to it!

I quite it. As someone else pointed out, it will probably be mistaken for George St John when spoken but other than that, I think it's fine. It flows nicely.

I like it. An interesting, memorable surname

As a woman, you have the right to choose

Does the baby not have two parents then?

I like it!

It's a hell of a mouthful. It sounds a bit like a character from a Dickens novel, rather than the name of an actual person....

It sounds ridiculous, just choose one name, it's only a name, I can't understand all this angst about it being your 'identity'.

I used to live in a village that had an incredibly difficult name to spell/pronounce .............. your future DC will not thank you for giving them such a moutfull. See article in today's DM.

If you're not married it should just be Johns.

Double barrelled surname is shorthand round here for parents not married. There are loads and loads of them.

I always see them as a pretentious mix of maiden and the mans sir names and think what twats.

Really DontPanicPyke?!

People's surnames make you think to yourself that those people are TWATS?

I'd give him your husbands surname

Hey! Diana by Paul Anka is at number one!

Oh dear. Some depressing replies overnight.

Bee Nope, married or not the surname should be whatever they want it to be.

On threads like this people always start asking "but what do you people with double barrelled names do when they get married?" Hmmm let me see, they have lots of options - they could each keep both their surnames, one person could change both surnames to the other's, or one or both could keep one name and change the other. In Spain, everyone has two surnames, no-one changes their name after marriage, and children have one surname from each parent. The tradition is to pass on names from the male line but it doesn't have to be that way - you could give the child one or both of the grandmother's names, or just pick whichever combo you think works best.

"As someone who grew up with a double barreled surname (not through marriage) I had no choice when I came to get married I could either keep it or lose it all."
As explained above, you did have a choice. I've had two surnames since birth and when I got married, I decided to keep one surname and change the other surname to DH's. You did have that option too. (And FWIW our child(ren) will have both surnames.)

I think it's absolutely fine, I wish I had given my DS my surname as well as his father's. yes it may be a mouthful but tbh it's not as if people will need to refer to him in everyday life by his full name, most of the time they will just say his first name, therefore it won't be too big a deal how long his surname is.

It's fine.

There are two children in DD's class with double barrelled names that are more than a mouthful than yours is. It's not a problem.

It's a bit of a mouthful. I wouldn't want it as my surname and I'd probably drop one of the names if I'd been given them both as a child.

Oh and I get so fucking sick of people saying double-barrelled surnames are "pretentious"

Nice to know that people think equality is pretentious - apparently it's so much better judge people for their naming choices and perpetuate the patriarchy for the sake of appearances

I quite like it. But would probably go with plain Georgeson

But I don't care about names. Dh picked all the dcs names.

Well said Emma. This subject seems to attract thickos.

My vote would be a- get married, this is by far the best and easiest way to enter into a legal contract that will cover the child and you both in the event of one of you passing away, or should one of you decide to call it a day it is in fact much easier to divorce than arrange maintenance and division of assets if one party wishes to be uncooperative (a friend has recently discovered this with 2dc after 12 years cohabiting and is having a nightmare) you need not have 'a wedding', you could just go to the registry office in your jeans if a big fuss isn't your style. Or b- drop the hyphen and just use one surname in every day use

John-Georgeson?

And why do "people" need to know which part came from the him or from you? You know, he knows, the kiddo will know... seems like it's enough.

Phalen a wedding (royal or registry) doesn't solve the name dilemma in any way

I'd just do it. You and your DCs are the ones it has to please, no-one else at all.

I thought the op wanted to have the same name as dc, so it would, kind of solve it

It's a bit of a mouthful, but it's fine. Not the best double-barrelled surname ever but far from the worst.