What surname would you give a child outside of marriage??

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I am expecting in December, first bubs.
I am uncertain about the childs surmane, Both me a DP are together (have been for 8 years) although we never married we never felt the need. We are going through the gardianship of the child at the moment and that seem stright forward. Its the surmane that has us cought. If we name the child with mine and his surmane, or his surmane, or just my surname. What are the legal rights to having his surname only??
Any advice welcome as were stuck on this!

Thanks

I think you are allowed to have an unhyphenated surname blu - tho I seem to remember reading somewhere only about 6 families are 'entitled' to a double barrel without a hyphen - was I dreaming? - anyway we use both as surname, registrar said it was fine, though as mine is the last I'm not fussed as I want ds to have mine particularly

Not sure blu. Registered my daughter the other week and discussed this with registrar. Daughter has partner's name and my name as surname (no hyphens, mine will be the "working surname"). But for official forms etc have to put both whereas if his name was an extra forename, not sure would have to. Having already received letter from GP with both surnames despite saying she is to be known as xxx, am beginning to wonder if made right decision.

what do you think you'd have preferred tinker?

Might have been simpler to have 3 forenames and just my surname as the surname. Oh well, not the end of the world.

I didn't like the way my name and my partner's name sounded together so we did a Faustian pact - the boys got his surname which pleased his parents no end (my Dad didn't seem to care) but I got inalienable casting vote on first names/middle names (which pleased my Dad no end as the boys' middle names are after him and my mum plus he now doesn't have grandchildren called Chester and Spike, which would have severely challenged his bourgious sensibilities.)

well you can bring that in as time goes by just referring to your surname, eg ds is down for school with my surname only so that is how he will be known (having said that although he's only 2.10 he's developed quite an attachment to the whole thing)

Bourgeois I mean.

Spike is cool

I know- I'm saving it for if we ever get a dog or cat.

un married fathers have no rights anyway I dont think

They have no rights unless we sign him to be a gardian over the bubs (which we will) In Ireland if father has signed the birth cert he has no rights, in UK if father signs birth cert he has rights. Its a mad ole world.