Double-barrelled surnames?

[Alf Bentley]

Just checked re. long Portuguese names....

 

José Mourinho = Jose Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix

Adrien Silva = Adrien Sébastien Perruchet da Silva (born in France)

Ricardo = Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira

 

(not sure how Mourinho & Ricardo end up with 3 surnames,  not 2 or 4+)

[Izzy]

26 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Why do people care about this what a weird bunch 

Different generations mate. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

I briefly knocked about with a girl who I should've married just to get THE BEST double barrelled name ever, which because her part of it is quite unusual I cannot reveal, sadly POINTLESS POST ALERT. Every day would have been like being in Jeeves and Wooster or something, and would I'm sure have completely made up for us not being that well suited for each other

[Stadt]

You’d have to be a weirdo to have one of them 

Edited 11 June 2018 by Wookie

[Captain...]

10 minutes ago, Wookie said:

You’d have to be a weirdo to have one of them 

 

[LcFc_Smiv]

I'm a proud owner of a double-barrelled name, as far as I'm aware it came about from my Dad choosing to take both his fathers (who passed away) and his step-dads surnames. As my uncles chose one name or the other, there are only 5 of us in the world, my dad, mum, brothers and myself. Growing up I think other kids used to think I was from an upper-class family  It's a nightmare to write on any kind of form, and as a colleague told me, ruins excel document formatting. 

[hackenbacker]

All true (apparently) 

Mr. & Mrs. Traylor-Hooker

Mr. & Mrs. Best-Lay

Mr. & Mrs. Wang-Holder

Mr. & Mrs. Looney-Warde

Mr. & Mrs. Beaver-Wetter.

Mr. & Mrs. Kuntz-Dick

Mr. & Mrs. Fillerup-Standing

Mr. & Mrs. Butts-McCracken

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/incredible-wedding-announcments-from-couples-with-unfortu?utm_term=.pk07pBGOj4#.ymNv9D4QWP

[Voll Blau]

Isn't it the convention in Scotland that you take your mum's maiden name as a middle name?

[Tuna]

Here's a double barrelled name football team for you:

 

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

 

Trent Alexander-Arnold         Jake Clarke-Salter         Cameron Carter-Vickers         Kyle Walker-Peters

 

 

James Ward-Prowse         Ruben Loftus-Cheek         Ainsley Maitland-Niles

 

 

Craig Mackail-Smith         Sylvan Ebanks-Blake         Gary Taylor-Fletcher.

[Izzy]

24 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Here's a double barrelled name football team for you:

 

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

 

Trent Alexander-Arnold         Jake Clarke-Salter         Cameron Carter-Vickers         Kyle Walker-Peters

 

 

James Ward-Prowse         Ruben Loftus-Cheek         Ainsley Maitland-Niles

 

 

Craig Mackail-Smith         Sylvan Ebanks-Blake         Gary Taylor-Fletcher.

Oxlaide-Chamberlain injured I guess Tuna-Fish? 

 

I remember Shaun Wright-Phillips being one of only a few DB surname players and that was only 10-15 years ago I guess.

 

Certainly a lot more common these days. When I was at school 30-40 years ago I can’t think of one kid with a DB surname. At my kids school now it’s about 15-20% 

[Babylon]

1 hour ago, hackenbacker said:

All true (apparently) 

Mr. & Mrs. Traylor-Hooker

Mr. & Mrs. Best-Lay

Mr. & Mrs. Wang-Holder

Mr. & Mrs. Looney-Warde

Mr. & Mrs. Beaver-Wetter.

Mr. & Mrs. Kuntz-Dick

Mr. & Mrs. Fillerup-Standing

Mr. & Mrs. Butts-McCracken

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/incredible-wedding-announcments-from-couples-with-unfortu?utm_term=.pk07pBGOj4#.ymNv9D4QWP

Sadly not... they are just the surnames of the two getting married.

[Alf Bentley]

This thread needs a theme tune....

 

 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

1 hour ago, Tuna said:

Here's a double barrelled name football team for you:

 

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

 

Trent Alexander-Arnold         Jake Clarke-Salter         Cameron Carter-Vickers         Kyle Walker-Peters

 

 

James Ward-Prowse         Ruben Loftus-Cheek         Ainsley Maitland-Niles

 

 

Craig Mackail-Smith         Sylvan Ebanks-Blake         Gary Taylor-Fletcher.

Which reminds me - I need to forward some documents to my solicitors. Thanks Tuna. 

[DennisNedry]

Worse than double barrelled surnames is double barrelled first names that are becoming popular. Shit like Ellie-Mae, Eva-Skye, Gracie-Belle etc needs binning.

[Trav Le Bleu]

As a postie, I get to see lots of names and the people who have them. You say "ordinary" @davieG but I've never noticed it amongst affluent or middle-class areas, only council estates with an increasing correlation to council estates that are actually that (as opposed to mostly people who own their home.)

 

No prejudice here, just observation. I was bought up on a council estate and live on one.

[Suzie the Fox]

59 minutes ago, DennisNedry said:

Worse than double barrelled surnames is double barrelled first names that are becoming popular. Shit like Ellie-Mae, Eva-Skye, Gracie-Belle etc needs binning.

Aww I have a double barreled 1st name which was quite uncommon 40 years ago. The 1st part being Sue and hence often getting called Suze

 

(the 2nd part dose not contain anything relating to moose or Stanley. Contrary to popular belief) 

[davieG]

35 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

As a postie, I get to see lots of names and the people who have them. You say "ordinary" @davieG but I've never noticed it amongst affluent or middle-class areas, only council estates with an increasing correlation to council estates that are actually that (as opposed to mostly people who own their home.)

 

No prejudice here, just observation. I was bought up on a council estate and live on one.

By ordinary I meant anyone but the upper classes of old, sort of pre-war which is where I associated with them originally.

[KingsX]

When we got engaged, my wife thought she would keep her maiden name, but changed her mind and now is glad she did.  A lot easier to get other folks to spell and pronounce our four lettered Anglo-Saxon name than her eastern European one.

 

She never considered hyphenating -- but in 20th century America that was rare.  The only time I ever recall encountering such names growing up was:

 

[Tuna]

5 hours ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Oxlaide-Chamberlain injured I guess Tuna-Fish? 

 

I remember Shaun Wright-Phillips being one of only a few DB surname players and that was only 10-15 years ago I guess.

 

Certainly a lot more common these days. When I was at school 30-40 years ago I can’t think of one kid with a DB surname. At my kids school now it’s about 15-20% 

Ha forgot about The Ox!

[Alf Bentley]

16 hours ago, Suzie the Fox said:

Aww I have a double barreled 1st name which was quite uncommon 40 years ago. The 1st part being Sue and hence often getting called Suze

 

(the 2nd part dose not contain anything relating to moose or Stanley. Contrary to popular belief) 

 

 

Sue Ellen? No, don't answer that. It's just a relief to all posters that you're not A Boy Named Sue, or even A Moosebreath Named Sue.... 

 

[stix]

18 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

As a postie, I get to see lots of names and the people who have them. You say "ordinary" @davieG but I've never noticed it amongst affluent or middle-class areas, only council estates with an increasing correlation to council estates that are actually that (as opposed to mostly people who own their home.)

 

No prejudice here, just observation. I was bought up on a council estate and live on one.

 

There is definitely something in this. I personally think that whereas before as Davie suggested, it was mainly the upper classes to have double-barrelled surnames, I think this may have been down to the fact that both families possibly had well known family names within their circles and so wanted everybody to still know where they came from. 

 

Now, as you’ve suggested, I think it could be as simple as more couples are having children before getting married/ early into a relationship and therefore the child takes both the mother & fathers surname. I don’t know the figures and I’m really trying not to be prejudiced towards people brought up on council estates, I am one, do you think less couples are getting married before having children in poorer areas than more affluent ones? 

 

Many episodes of Jeremy Kyle would suggest to me that many of the younger generation are having children before they even know the other persons surname!!

[davieG]

The first black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Great Britain in the pageant's 66-year history has called it "a great achievement".

Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers has told Newsbeat competing was "the best experience of my life".

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44858817

[Parafox]

I used to think it was chavs being pretentious, and a lot of times it is, as if having a DB surname attaches some kind of hierarchal advantage or just makes the kid sound posh when it really isn't .

Now having delivered a number of babies to several unmarried, but committed, partners and had a casual post-delivery chat along the usual lines of: "have you chosen a name ? I'm called Nicholas, by the way so Nicola would work for your lovely new daughter", I have come to respect their decision to use both surnames. (As far as I know, no baby has been named after me having delivered it).

 

Exceptions do apply, though. And I've never delivered a Fortescue-Smythe. 

Edited 18 July 2018 by Parafox

[Parafox]

On ‎11‎/‎06‎/‎2018 at 17:28, DennisNedry said:

Worse than double barrelled surnames is double barrelled first names that are becoming popular. Shit like Ellie-Mae, Eva-Skye, Gracie-Belle etc needs binning.

Why? 

[Parafox]

How about Neville Neville. what on earth possessed Gary's grandparents?