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Boys/men having a double barrell name

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  • #32
    schaffer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭schaffer


    PLL wrote: »
    I don't want to lose my name - that's probably why I wanted my daughter to have it to.

    So keep your name. My wife still uses her maiden name after 11 years of marriage.
    Just don't make your kids suffer. If you really want your kids to have your surname then get your husband to take your name.
    AFAIK when you marry you can take any surname even make one up.


  • #33
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    OP I wouldn't be worrying too much about it tbh, go with whatever you and your partner feel is right for you both, and when your children are old enough themselves they'll be able to decide for themselves what way they want to go, like this -

    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    He can decide for himself what to do if that's the case or if he wants to drop one when he's older then that's his decision.


    A friend of mine whose parents were divorced decided to keep her fathers surname while her mother changed back to her maiden name when my friend was only 3 at the time. It didn't cause her any issues at school or anything else. I haven't heard of too many men or boys with double barrelled surnames anyway but it'll probably become more common in the future anyway. Johnathan Philbin-Bowman is about the only one I can think of off the top of my head.


  • #34
    LeinsterDub
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    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    I don't get the hate for double barrel names. I wanted my son to have my name and so did his mother so now he has a double barrel surname. Job done. I don't see how we are, or were, pretentious.

    As for the OP, I can't understand why you would change now after giving your first born a double barreled name. It would seem silly to me for one to have it and another to not.
    Which name does he drop when naming his kids?


  • #35
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    LeinsterDub wrote: »
    Which name does he drop when naming his kids?

    None, both, either... I don't know, you'll have to ask him. His only words so far are quack and mammy, so you may wait a few years.


  • #36
    TheBiz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 511 ✭✭✭TheBiz


    Plenty of surnames are double barrelled.. No wait.. I'm thinking of syllables.

    It's your son, it's up to you and the mother.


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  • #37
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    Johnathan Philbin-Bowman is about the only one I can think of off the top of my head.

    Gavin Lambe-Murphy. Now there's a blast from the past for ye, the face of the Celtic Tiger. <shudder>


  • #38
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    maudgonner wrote: »
    Gavin Lambe-Murphy. Now there's a blast from the past for ye, the face of the Celtic Tiger. <shudder>

    Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

    The Healy Rays


  • #39
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Jimmy Barry - Murphy.

    But he's allowed it has he was so good at 2 different sports he deserves 2 surnames.


  • #40
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Jimmy Barry - Murphy.

    But he's allowed it has he was so good at 2 different sports he deserves 2 surnames.

    Jimmy Barry-Murphy has a brother called Barry apparently.


  • #41
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Another double barelled name from the GAA was Stuart MacKenzie - Smith who played full forward for Kildare in the 00's and it is possible the most un-GAA name to ever appear at inter-county level.


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  • #42
    LeinsterDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,229 ✭✭✭LeinsterDub


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    None, both, either... I don't know, you'll have to ask him. His only words so far are quack and mammy, so you may wait a few years.

    Kicking the can down the road so.


  • #43
    To Elland Back
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭To Elland Back


    Cost you a fortune to put the kid's name on the back of a footie shirt.


  • #44
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Its a woman thing.


  • #45
    armaghlad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭armaghlad


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Another double barelled name from the GAA was Stuart MacKenzie - Smith who played full forward for Kildare in the 00's and it is possible the most un-GAA name to ever appear at inter-county level.
    Was just about to mention him - Arguably a triple barrel surname!


  • #46
    happyoutscan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭happyoutscan


    It's dumb.


  • #47
    Peter Anthony
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 454 ✭✭Peter Anthony


    I think most people would assume if 2 "siblings" had differing surnames they had different parents like half brothers or sisters. One thing some people do is give the mothers maiden name as the childrens middle name if its suitable. I do see more girls with double barrelled surnames now and also first names, they seem to like to show it off. In the end the lad will probably just pick one name, or be assigned a shorter nickname.


  • #48
    failinis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,691 ✭✭✭failinis


    Peter Anthony wrote: »
    I think most people would assume if 2 "siblings" had differing surnames they had different parents like half brothers or sisters. One thing some people do is give the mothers maiden name as the childrens middle name if its suitable. I do see more girls with double barrelled surnames now and also first names, they seem to like to show it off. In the end the lad will probably just pick one name, or be assigned a shorter nickname.

    I have my mother maiden name as a middle name, so I still have it but not tripping over double names.

    If I met two siblings with that situation of surnames I would presume half-siblings, I say give them both the same surname and their friends (and bullies) will shorten and pick which ever.


  • #49
    Elian Hot Signboard
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Elian Hot Signboard


    eviltwin wrote: »
    Me neither. Mine have two names, I'm about as down to earth and unpretentious as you can get. I don't use my husband's name so I want my kids names to reflect my side of the family. However I get two names are a lot more annoying than one so my kids have the option to drop one. My daughter has already done this. I don't expect people to like it but I don't get the downright nastiness over it. I'm not trying to be snobby or stuck up.

    Me neither. Nearly foaming at the mouth in hatred of it. Bizarre
    As if anyone else's last names affect you or crowing "what about the grandkids" as if the Spanish haven't already been doing it for generations, or even more hilariously now, blaming women because it's all our fault with our uppity notions


  • #50
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Me neither. Nearly foaming at the mouth in hatred of it. Bizarre
    As if anyone else's last names affect you or crowing "what about the grandkids" as if the Spanish haven't already been doing it for generations, or even more hilariously now, blaming women because it's all our fault with our uppity notions

    I don't think people are foaming at the mouth in hating it they just may find the practice a bit odd.

    Also I think you'll find that it is far more likely that women are the root of the existence of more double barreled names in Ireland (regardless of the number of posts that will almost certainly appear to contradict this point).


  • #51
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Personally I don't like double barrelled names.

    Its a term frowned upon now, but in the past a lot of people seen it as a 'West Brit' thing.. Now I think more people see it as a Jeremy Kyle thing.


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