What would you change your surname to ?

[CheshireDing]

Thinking from the numerous threads always on mn about surname changing (which are always interesting and insightful reading). It made me think what surname would I go for if I was deciding a completely new one ?

I’m thinking something that sounds old fancy English so it sounds like I have money, even though I don’t 🤣

Farquhar or Cholmondeley maybe 🤔

I had a very unusual surname. I spent 30 years listening to people comment on it, make jokes, or misspell it.

I married someone with one of the most common surnames in the UK

My best friend is dating a Mr Smiles, I love it, he sounds like one of the Mr Men!

Got married, we chose a new one for us both together. Very easy, no idea why more who aren't happy with the trad set up don't do it.

Rainbird. I love that name.

@JeanneDoe may I ask why those. One of those is my married name and I'm still struggling to come round to it. Not found anything I like perhaps you can help.
I loved my maiden name.

@dianebrewster, that's so interesting about names ending in -ster. Never knew those names had come down a female line!

I like the very straightforward English occupation names - like Miller, Fletcher, Fuller etc. No mess, no fuss and easy to spell and pronounce

Haagen-Dazs - which is totally made-up anyway.

But then you can have kids called Cherry, Vanilla and possibly Rainbow Sherbert.

DH has always harboured a secret desire to change his surname to Loxley. For added wankiness he rather fancied double-barrelling it with our actual surname, which then sounds exceptionally posh.

Thankfully he's almost given up on the idea and thinks he'll use the name "Loxley" for our next dog instead

@Champagneforeveryone

DH has always harboured a secret desire to change his surname to Loxley. For added wankiness he rather fancied double-barrelling it with our actual surname, which then sounds exceptionally posh.

Thankfully he's almost given up on the idea and thinks he'll use the name "Loxley" for our next dog instead

He definitely daydreams about being Robin Hood.

I know someone with the surname Samphire. I love it.

Lascelles, Fielding, Copeland, Vettriano, Aster, Lauder.

I love the surname Mistry, but don't have any south Asian ancestry so couldn't use it.

I met someone with the surname Arrowsmith once. That's pretty cool.

Winters, Waters or Rainbow

@redpontipine no idea re Blackmore and Jourdier.
Now that I'm thinking about it however, I think Blackmore sounds quite classy, and Jourdier, well I like the way it looks different from how it sounds.

You could say the same about Knight, I just think there is something very cool about it. The bearer of it is going to be confident, outgoing, not the shy retiring type.
I love how it looks written down. I really cannot say why other than I like how it sounds and how it looks.

Weirdly, the words Knight and Night feel completely different.
So for example, I wouldn't like the surname Night but I love Knight.
Very strange I know!

De'Vere would be my choice.

I've got an unusual last name, the origins of which aren't clearly known . Could be old French, might be old Irish or Welsh. No one actually knows.

It's seemingly impossible to spell or pronounce by many (it's really not!) So I'd go for something simple like May. Ah I can just imagine the joy of not spelling it out letter by letter multiple times a day!

Van Zanten or de Courcey

I was going to say Honeychurch or DeLuca but after seeing Baudelaire and Valentine I really like those as well!

Fallon, just think it sounds nice

Kennedy
Or Russell

Labonaire

I did not know that DianeBrewster, I love the idea of the strong minded woman.
After some thought I think I'd go for a colour, probably Teal.