Why would you give up your own name?
Especially as a professional
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:06, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Professionally I guess it's not worth the bother
But in personal life it's kind of snuggly, isn't it?
Although I think my dad would rather I didn't let our name die out.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:16, Reply)

I don't think I could do it
I don't like double-barrelled names generally, but I quite like my last name. Why shouldn't he change his name and become part of my domicile rather than the other way round?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:18, Reply)

Looking at it that way,
why do you have your father's name and not your mother's?
You have a male's name imposed upon you now anyway because of convention.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:21, Reply)

Yeah but that's because my mother
didn't like her surname! I'm half my dad anyway. But since I don't intend to have children, why on earth would I want to take someone else's name? My name is me after all.

Edit: though I acknowledge the unliklihood of me ever marrying haha
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:25, Reply)

I think that when you get married you should choose another surname that neither of you have.
Might be fun.
( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:27, Reply)

there's nothing stopping you
my mrs is taking my surname, but that's because hers is shit.

I'd like to change it to Mr and Mrs Awesome.

and if we were to have kids they'd be called Totally and Freaking
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:36, Reply)

'I like this'

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I liek the Scandinavian convention
where the males keep the father's name and the daughters the mother's. They've also got a "daughter" suffix as well as the more common "son" one.
( Kroney, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Aw, like Bjork Gudmundsdottir

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:31, Reply)

I like that

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:33, Reply)

Me too

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:35, Reply)

That's the kiddie right there.
Scandinavian names are pretty cool. If it weren't for the frigid temperatures, ridiculous cost of living and the habit of eating rotten fish, I could stand to be one, I think.
( Kroney, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I agree
But I think there's something odd they're not telling us.
I'd like some of that like that hygge shit that the Danes have.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:44, Reply)

I shouldn't ask them about it
a good half of them look like they're one funny look shy of going a-Viking again.
( Kroney, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:45, Reply)

Oh I know

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Me and my sister did get my Mum's surname
Yay for feminism and rare surnames
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:39, Reply)

my mum had two really ordinary ones double-barrelled
was probably a relief to get my dad's classy surname
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:41, Reply)

my mother's was not good
and I'd rather have my dad's because I like my surname
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:46, Reply)

My Mum had to double-barrell my half sister's surname
But my half-sister's Dad has a surname that's also a man's name.

Now people think we've just given her a really mean middle name.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Pubert?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Melvin :(
She's only 6, and all long blonde hair and sweetness. People think we're monsters.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:55, Reply)

I like this

( Kroney, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 12:00, Reply)

So, she either has a massive afro, or her underwear on her head?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 12:00, Reply)

No, she has a stupid cheb-end of a Dad
Who is more concerned with stamping his, quite frankly, stupid surname all over his progeny than his progeny having to live with said stupid surname.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 14 Dec 2010, 12:06, Reply)

Is Rambo her Mum?
If so, be thankful for the ace surname!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:52, Reply)

I hope you're not referring to my nana there
But yeah!
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:57, Reply)

You were the one who told me that's what she's called!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:59, Reply)

I told you what my mates call her
It is with good cause though, the woman's a fucking loony. Awesome though.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Tue 14 Dec 2010, 12:07, Reply)

"Is OK, is a scratch"

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 12:23, Reply)

Aye, all my publications are in my name and future ones will be too.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 11:19, Reply)