Just got married. How do we double barrel our names?

ciderwithrosie_2

I never liked my maiden name so I was happy to change it to his when we got married and I definitely wouldn't have wanted to double barrel it. If we ever get divorced I'm not reverting back either.

Wyre

Having gone through something similar back in 2010 I can tell you that it does not have to be done through deed poll. My name was already double barrelled (Y) and hubby name is for instance (x). Seeing as I had been Y for 34 years, I took his name and added it to mine to make x y-y. This is how it shows on my benefits, bank account etc.

Hubby chose to stay with his birth surname (fine by me). It is more awkward for men as they don't HAVE to use deed poll (as stated elsewhere), but it can make it more accepted in certain circles.

stebiz

loracan1 wrote: »

Whenever I hear of someone double-barrelling their name, my mind starts wandering along the path of what they call their child, and if their child then marries someone with a double-barrelled name...do they start knocking names off or adding even more?

Yep, load of rubbish in my opinion. If you get married and want to keep your old name fine. If you want to share your partners name fine. But using both names is very similar in my mind to those who like being called Ms.

Wyre

stebiz wrote: »

Yep, load of rubbish in my opinion. If you get married and want to keep your old name fine. If you want to share your partners name fine. But using both names is very similar in my mind to those who like being called Ms.

Heh, I was brough up with a double barrelled surname as my Mum was the last of her family and didn't want to lose the name but wanted to show she was married to my Dad. Dad didn't alter his name, but we all took the double barrelled name.

When finally getting married I wanted to keep my original name and show I am married. There are times when I just use Mrs X if Mrs X Y-Y is awkward for some reason (putting the cat in the cattery for instance). All our kids have my maiden name as they born prior to our marriage.

Person_one

ciderwithrosie wrote: »

I never liked my maiden name so I was happy to change it to his when we got married and I definitely wouldn't have wanted to double barrel it. If we ever get divorced I'm not reverting back either.

Its funny, there are an awful lot of women out there who hate there surnames, but apparently very few, if any, men who can't wait to ditch theirs at the first opportunity.

Person_one

stebiz wrote: »

Yep, load of rubbish in my opinion. If you get married and want to keep your old name fine. If you want to share your partners name fine. But using both names is very similar in my mind to those who like being called Ms.

Come on, admit it, you just want to start an argument.

natbags

we double barrelled ours bu just writing to every one (and enclosing copy of marriage cert. where required) and said that we wish to be known as X-X, however our problem came when we came to sell our house which we had bought in single names, and for that purpose we had to change by deed poll too. This was then used in the house sale docs. where required HTH

claire16c

stebiz wrote: »

Yep, load of rubbish in my opinion. If you get married and want to keep your old name fine. If you want to share your partners name fine. But using both names is very similar in my mind to those who like being called Ms.

And how exactly would you keep your own name and share your partners name without going double barelled? :rotfl:

McKneff

So if you double barrel your name ie Brown Smith, are you addressed as

Good morning Mrs Brown Smith or just Mrs Smith

claire16c

McKneff wrote: »

So if you double barrel your name ie Brown Smith, are you addressed as

Good morning Mrs Brown Smith or just Mrs Smith

Mrs Brown-Smith.

Mrs Smith would not be your name.