To think this double barrelled name will sound odd

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So we’re sorting DS surname , we’re not married.

My last name is Indian and DP‘s is english.

would it be strange to double barrel the names?
Has anyone else done this?

It depends on how the names sound together. Some sound great, others not. I didn’t take my DH’s last name, which is also not British, but our names double barrelled sound bad together.

Marriage and surnames have zero legal connection. They’re two different issues.

My SIL is Indian. She and my brother gave my nephew an Indian first and middle name but he has my brother's extremely common Welsh surname.

It will be fine, I have a double barrel that’s one part British and one not, it’s fine, doesn’t sound odder than any other name, people get used to “unusual” names all the time, it’s no hassle.

I think having a double barrelled names make total sense when the parents are intercultural couple. I don't think it really matters how it will sound. Once it is a name, they'll get used to it.

If they go to the registry office, what name will the child get?

Marriage is completely irrelevant to what name anyone has.

My Dc have IndianName-BritishName surname , has caused no issues, reflects their family, cultural mix, lifestyle etc and that they have inherited a name from each parent.

They will make their own choices and decisions about names in the future, without pressure from us, and I doubt that any grandchildren I have will have 4 names.

Surely it depends on the names? Kanagasundaram-Featherstonehaugh
might be a bit of a mouthful.

Pretty much like this name. Nothing long or hard to pronounce.

Why have you put “multiple syllables” in quotation marks?

My bil & sil have just done this exact thing, they have Indian surname - Scottish surname.

It sounds perfectly fine

The traditional way. No need to double barrell.

Think about the future. The double barrel name will die out. Bob and Sue get married, their surname is now, Johnson-Smith. Their child Sandra gets married to Mr Jones. Their new name becomes, Johnson-Smith-Jones. If they have a daughter, it's going to get even longer! It's stupid and won't last past a generation.

Whatever name they choose to put on the birth certificate

No one seems to have a problem with women's surnames lasting not even a whole generation, if they give up their birth name on marriage.

One of my Dc is planning marriage to someone who also has a hypenated surname. I think they are planning to keep his paternal name and her maternal name.

I hate to break it to you but although I was married when DS was born I still had my maiden name on my NHS records. So DS was labelled “Baby maiden name” in hospital.

As far as the registrar is concerned, you can register your child with any name you like and-shock horror- it doesn’t even have to be the surname of either parent! You can give your child any surname you like.

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That's not how it works in the real world.

Good heavens the Spanish all seem to
manage. Maria López Garcia marries Luis Echevarría Sánchez. Their child is Pedro Echevarría López. They don’t do endless names. Women don’t change or add to their names on marriage anymore (they do in parts of Latin America).

but then there’s Brazilian names…

My name is double barrelled, vaguely English + Indian

It's cool AF

No but on MN it is one of the BINGO! Posts on surname threads.

Yes. Both my children. Double barreled Pakistani- Scottish!

The Welsh women’s football team’s goalie is called Safia Middleton-Patel, I think it sounds amazing

I didn’t and was in the same boat, as yes, it sounded ridiculous. They took their dads name and they are mid-late teens now and it’s never bothered me or been a problem

We also gave our son a Welsh first name and dad’s Indian surname, and our daughter an Arabic name (that’s also popular in English) and Indian surname. Son has an Arabic middle name but daughter doesn’t have a Welsh middle name as couldn’t find one to go (I am Welsh, ex is Indian origin)

My husband and I kept our own surnames. Our daughter has both our surnames, but they’re not hyphenated, just a space in between.