Smallwood-Lockwood - can we?

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My surname is Smallwood... DP's is Lockwood. We have decided on William (Billy) and would like him to have both our surnames. However, is Smallwood-Lockwood awful? if so, I will push for my surname - as we are not married.

Thank you!

Willy small wood very unfortunate name.

Far too much. How about
Wood
Locksmall
Smalllock

Not smalllock! That's Willy small cock then!

No- please don't do that! There are a number of combinations PPs have mentioned that could work.

It's a mouthful but no more of a mouthful than Katarina Johnson-Thompson's name is, and the Olympic commentators managed that.

Billy Smallwood-Lock sounds great

Is this a joke?

If it's not... then you definitely can't call your son Billy Smallwood.

If you do go for Lockwood-Smallwood, would you consider going the whole hog and calling him Edward?

He'll be called small willy, I can promise you that now.

Billy Woodward?

The only combination that is not unfortunate is William Locksmall. Actually that's unfortunate as well. How about your mum's maiden name OP? Maybe you can use that?

SHE WANTS TO USE SMALLWOOD

It's a bit of a mouthful but people would get used to it. I wouldn't go for William Smallwood. Smallwood on its own is ok but I think there might be teasing issues if he were called William. Willy SmallWood is a bit too much of a risk.

If your partner won't be seeing his son so much then how about him getting to choose the surname as you are getting the actual child. Iyswim - I presume he is in the military or something.

I suppose You could have your name as an unused middle name.

I think a woman can get away with the name Smallwood but not a boy and not a boy called Willy .

Please do rethink this - you say he'll be Billy and won't even know about William. Fairly sure most teens are smart enough to work it out though so he will definitely end up being small willy at school!

I think Smallwood is a perfectly fine name. And there's nothing wrong with Smallwood-Lockwood.

But William (or Billy!) Smallwood(-Lockwood)
What about Henry? Or Charles or Albert, Anton, Thaddeus, Robert, Rupert, Wilhelm, Arlo, Thomas....?

It's just the combination of William and Smallwood that's...well, pretty awful, tbh...

I know a Richman-Langman.

Smallwood-Lockwood is fine - but only if you call him Edward

You can say he will be called Billy all you like but he won't be, if he's called William Smallwood he will be mocked for having a tiny erection by teenage boys everywhere. And if lots of people are telling you he will be you might want to consider the possibility that we're speaking the truth, however much you say that we're not.

If he is at school, his full whole name will be on the register, called out at exam time etc so even if you want him to be known as Billy his official name will be William. i don't know any Williams known as Billy.

OP you can't discount people teasing him as Willy small wood, even if you insist on calling him Billy. I knew a Richard Pullar. He tried to get people to call him Rich, but everyone called him Dick. I used to wonder how his parents hadn't seen that one coming. Don't do that to your son. If you're going to go with Smallwood, then please give him any other first name other than William.

Hmm, it might be deeply irritating having everyone focus on the willy Smallwood angle, but it's representing a disinterested audience and if this is what a nice mn crowd spot instantly, it's definitely what teenagers will do.

Feel your pain re surnames though, I think you should have both unhyphenated like the Spanish, we have done this and it gives us a lot of flexibility over what names we use where.

Smallwood Lockwood is awful imo.

Woodwood, doublewood, wood or Woodward if you wanted to do that. I know 2 couples who have made up names 'mcwood' being a mixture of Mcarthur and Smallwood. They have used this name as a family. Each to their own.

Yoarchie why?