Double barrelled name thoughts?

[loullou90]

Hi guys. My partner and I are expecting a baby girl later in the year and are a bit stuck on names.
We’re not married but I feel tight just giving her my surname as we have been together for 10 years and is his baby too, but I would like my name included.
The double barrell surname would be Wilson - Young. Is this awful? I don’t want it to end up a bit of a mouthful for her and a pain, but I think it’s unlikely my partner and I will marry, and sounds silly but I don’t want a different surname completely to my baby.
FYI first names we are stuck between Lily, Phoebe, Lucy and Charlotte 🙄so any thoughts of what goes would be appreciated! X

The surname sounds fine with any of the names you have chosen.
You will get the double barrel haters on this post though.

Charlotte Lucy Wilson-Young is very nice

They all go fine

The double barrel works fine

I have never noticed any double barrel haters on MN

worry not

.. or Phoebe Charlotte as second choice

Lucy a bit wet as a first name
Lily very wet

I don't mind double barrel surnames and in your case Wilson-Young works well I think. Congrats on your baby girl btw😊

For names I really like the first three, I find Charlotte a bit too long with the surname.

As double barrelled surnames go yours is fine, it’s quite elegant actually. I don’t think DB surnames work when the names are too incongruent i.e. Ramsbottom - D’Sanchez (just my opinion and apologies to anyone with that name!)
Charlotte or Lucy Wilson-Young are my faves. I would normally pick Lucy but think it pairs up well with the longer surname

My children have happily lived with a much less euphonious hyphenated name for 26 and 22 years now-there's never been the slightest problem. Hyphenated or yours are really the only options!

Whatever you do, don't be persuaded to drop the hyphen!

Double barrel name sounds absolutely fine!

I've had one my whole life, DM didn't want to change her name when she married and was a bit ahead of the trend double barrelling (oldest sib is 40). I've always liked that inhsbe DMs name so also didn't want to change my name when I married so DC are double barrelled with one of my names (DMs!) and DH's.

For first names go for whichever you like best :)

Should say "I've always liked that I have Dam's name"

Thanks everyone for the comments, I feel more reassured now that it isn’t daft to have the double barrel 😊

This.

My DD's name works without the hyphen but because British people are so thick my DP insisted it was put in.

We gave DS my DH’s surname. My SIL would send us cards addressed to DH and DS Smith and Marie Taylor. And inside she’d write, Dear DH & DS, and Marie’. Like I was not part of the family. Just an after thought.

It pissed me off so much, I changed DS’s surname so that he had both our names. It sounds quite nice double-barrelled actually. SIL did us a favour.

It's a nice double barrel.

In my daughter's class about a third have a double now mostly got the same reason.

Go for it

As a PP said don't get pressured into losing the hyphen and making it two names.

Sounds lovely. Good luck 👍

Wilson Young sounds and looks great as a surname.
Why do you need the hyphen?
Sacha Baron Cohen doesn't use one.

The two names I prefer from your list are ..
Phoebe Wilson Young
Charlotte Wilson Young

Because some people will assume that Wilson is a middle name then. There is no ambiguity when there is a hyphen.

I think that both your surnames go excellent together and all your name choices are lovely 🙂

If it had ever occurred to me to do the same (waaay back) our DC would have been a laughing stock - due mainly to a very long (and always unpronounceable in the UK) foreign surname involved 😂

My DC have his surname only and seem very happy with it though.

My husband and I have been married for 10 years, but I only use my maiden name and haven't changed any legal documents to take his name. My name is my name and it was my name for 30 years before I met him, and I didn't want to change it just because I got married. But it did pose a problem when we started a family. Our daughter has his surname but I gave her my surname as an extra middle name. It works well. I have an unusual surname and no male relatives with the name so after my generation the surname will be no more.