Baby's last name?

supersarah77 · February 2013

When MH and I got married I did not change my name, so we have different last names. Now that baby is on her way, we're at odds trying to decide on the last name. Hyphenated, my last name as a middle name, just his last name, etc. We're trying to think ahead to when she gets married, too, which is a concern with the hyphenated last name.

Anyone else have a different last name that your SO? What's your plan for baby's last name?

dimples128 · February 2013

I hyphenated when we got married but we plan on the baby having his last name.

dhreczuck · February 2013

I've kept my maiden name and the baby will have my husband's last name. Our names our both too long to hyphenate so that wasn't even a consideration and made the decision pretty easy.

EMF70 · February 2013

I kept my maiden name. The baby will have my maiden name as a second middle name and my husband's last name as her last name.

amandaleigh1 · February 2013

We gave DS my husband's last name. He also has two middle names...a regular middle name followed by my last name. That way my name is on all the legal documents, but he doesn't have to use it all the time.

RedLucia · February 2013

I kept my name.

We will give our baby my husband's last name. However, using two sur names, hyphenated or not, is increasingly common in the US, especially when there are ethnic or financial reasons to have both last names.

3sthecharm · February 2013

I kept my name but all three of my kids have my hubbies name. I kept my name as my father was dying at the time of our marriage and felt it was a way to honor him. But with the kids I want them to honor their father by having his name

numinous · February 2013

I think our baby will just have his last name as mine is pretty long to have as a middle. We joked about merging pur names, but they sound silly. There was a really funny article in the New York Times about people trying to figure out their last names, I'll paste it below. My bestie is using her last name for their baby's middle name. My cousin married a man with a hyphenated name so the kids only got his hyphenated last name.
Article if you're bored :
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/fashion/babiessurnamestohyphenateornot.html?pagewanted=all
And

gundy21 · February 2013

I hyphenated. Baby will get DHs last name only. Baby's middle name will be part of my past name (I am of Scandinavian descent, so we are just dropping the "son" at the end - so his middle name will be an old family first name on my side).

supersarah77 · February 2013

numinous:
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/fashion/babiessurnamestohyphenateornot.html?pagewanted=all And

Thanks for the article! It was really interesting. And it's interesting to hear what others on TB are doing, too, there are lots of different options.

Now we're talking about having two last names without a hyphen, so First Middle Mylast Hislast. Then let the kids choose what their "preferred name" is in school and such - mine, his, or both. We shall see what this LO ends up with for a name, this is certainly a charged subject with us!

MT-Head · February 2013

I made my maiden name my middle name when I got married, and no. 2 will have my maiden name as his middle name, too.

No. 1 had to have the first and middle names that first born males have had for 6 generations in my husband's family.

ocho2002 · February 2013

I kept my name. Our children have DH's last name.

danuli8 · February 2013

I feel very lucky. DH took my name when we married (it was his idea, he rocks), so DS will actually have my last name, just like me and DH.

NetPetal · February 2013

A cousin was in the same boat as you and they decided to go with her last name as the middle and his last name as the last.

Even though I took my hubby's last name we are considering using my maiden name as a middle.

starting all over again · February 2013

I still have my maiden name, my DD1 has her father's surname and DD2 will have her father's as well. I think of it as a little bit of ownership that they are entitled to.

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