Would you give up your name?

[Chairman Miaow]

Well.... me and my fiancée still haven't decided what to do with our names, as neither particularly wants to give up our name, but if we join them together, we would end up with a triple-barrel name, so when we eventually have kids, what would their last name be?

 

[theheroofaction]

I honestly doubt I'd give a damn.

If this hypothetical wife is in any way similar to me, then it would probably be decided by coin toss.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

I'm a guy, so why would I want to change my last name? And yes I would want my wife to change hers.

 

[JordanXlord]

i would as long as my name could be

this

Tiberius Hyperion

that would be the most epic name of all time

 

[Dahdutcher]

Depends on the last name of the girl I'm going to marry with.
I don't really care about my name, so it wouldn't be a problem for me unless it's a really weird (or ugly) last name ;x

But it could also be as my parents did it.
My father kept his own last name (And so did me and my sisters), but my mother used her own last name first followed by my father's name.

 

[solemnwar]

Oh god, yes. My surname is so fucking boring, it makes me weep. I sometimes joke that the only reason I'll get married is to get a different surname.

Hilariously my mother wanted a better surname (hers was "Hall"), mostly being more than one syllable, and then she ended up marrying my dad. Who has a single plural last name. GOOD JOB MOM.

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

I wouldn't mind. My last name really doesn't mean much to me. It might mean something to me if I actually took the time to learn some family history, but I frankly just can't be bothered.

 

[applesandoranges]

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[DethKid]

I don't like my last name, and i don't like my girlfriends.

I wanted to create a new one.

But that idea didn't go down so well with her. haha

ah well. We will deal with it when we come to it.

 

[Shuguard]

My names could be considered two first names, so i wouldn't really care.

 

[Atmos Duality]

My last name is quite uncommon in the United States.
So I'd feel somewhat bad of letting it go to waste.

But I'd concede it if it meant being together with someone whom I would love for the rest of my life.

And if that doesn't work...well, back the name goes. -_-

 

[Starik20X6]

My surname is Pink. A lot of girls seem to dig that. Me? Not too fussed, everyone knows me by my uncommon first name anyway. As long as it's not being changed to something like Dumweiner or Buttkiss.

 

[MiriaJiyuu]

Unless they have an awesome surname, no; it' be like losing some piece of who I am imo.

 

[TehCookie]

Depends on what name I was giving it up for. In my family blood is more important than the family name so I would have no problem changing it as long as it wasn't to something annoying. Like those really long impossible to spell or pronounce ones.

 

[BabyRaptor]

I'll probably end up hyphenating it. I really like his last name, but I'm rather attached to mine as well.

 

[Chemical Alia]

I don't like the idea of giving up my name. Even it is Hamm, it isn't my real family name. I have no blood ties to that name, and I only recently found out that my actual paternal grandfather (who refused to acknowledge my dad as his son) was named Houck, so why would I care about that name either? I have no living relatives outside of my immediate family who who share my last name. I used to get picked on about my last name as a kid so I was a little self-conscious, but I outgrew that long ago.

I also hate it when my friends and family change their names, it messes with my head and I don't like it. Once I've known somebody for so long, it kinda weirds me out when it becomes something different and usually doesn't sound right to me. Most parents name their kids with something that flows nicely with their first and last names, so changing it to something arbitrary can sometimes go badly.

 

[Right Hook]

If she had a super awesome last name and a good family tree than I guess I'd be okay with it, only if she really wanted me to take the name. It seems like a little bit of a betrayal and really unexpected for the man to change their name but I'm progressive enough to not care too much, it's just a name after all and I've never been too fond of mine. The worst part would be inevitably every guy you ever knew thinking you were a complete and total ***** for changing it though.

 

[alandavidson]

Well, I've already considered changing my name for professional reasons, so no, I wouldn't have an issue with it.

 

[WanderingFool]

I would be open to my possible wife's name, but would like to keep my own... just because its a old Slovak name that pains people to try and pronounce it, and that amuses me...

 

[SaetonChapelle]

I love various names, and as much as Ive joked about it, my name is who I am and who I've been for over 23 years. I dont think I could change that. Plus its the name of a flower! I think its nice. :3