Giving Your Children Unique Last Names?

The woman in a married couple I know kept her maiden name. Her last name is Stratychuk, and his is Hesterman. Their three children have the last name Hesterchuk. This is semi-believable as a last name I suppose, so it's not such a big deal. I think it's better than what another couple I know did, which is alternate the last names of their children (yuck!).

[El Ishmael]

Laquisha Darnell.

[spamuell]

I don't have the same last name as my mother. This is clearly the reason for all of my inadequacies.

[MyTurn2Raise]

I think this is [censored] ridiculous. Children don't know diddly poo. They'd choose stupid names that would leave them stigmatized/ostracized for the rest of their lives. The psychological effects would be extreme.

The parents should lose their rights to have kids and have their kids taken away. This open, no rules bs that acknowledges kids as proper-thinking adults is beyond [censored]. Kids are idiots. Groom them to be adults, and don't let them make serious decisions that can completely f up the rest of their lives.

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The woman in a married couple I know kept her maiden name. Her last name is Stratychuk, and his is Hesterman. Their three children have the last name Hesterchuk. This is semi-believable as a last name I suppose, so it's not such a big deal. I think it's better than what another couple I know did, which is alternate the last names of their children (yuck!).

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"Stratman" is much better than "Hesterchuk", and invites far fewer obscene rhymes.

[Hamish McBagpipe]

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I was given the same first, middle and last name as my father, which was not all that unusual some years ago, and which many people still do. He was called by his first name, and I was called by my middle name. I was never comfortable with it as a child, and it continued to be an inconvenience as an adult.

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I have the same name as my Dad. Used to kind of suck but now it's great when I need to set up new p*ker, netteller, etc. accounts.

Different last names? Dumb idea. This reminds me of the gag where you can get your porn star name by taking the name of your first pet and your mama's maiden name. Mine would be Prince Stuart. Not bad.

[pudley4]

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I was given the same first, middle and last name as my father, which was not all that unusual some years ago, and which many people still do. He was called by his first name, and I was called by my middle name. I was never comfortable with it as a child, and it continued to be an inconvenience as an adult.

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I have the same name as my Dad. Used to kind of suck but now it's great when I need to set up new p*ker, netteller, etc. accounts.

Different last names? Dumb idea. This reminds me of the gag where you can get your porn star name by taking the name of your first pet and your mama's maiden name. Mine would be Prince Stuart. Not bad.

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Mork Busch

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[pudley4]

dumb.

If they want the children to be unique but still feel an attachment to the family, that's what the first and middle names are for.

My grandmother's maiden name was Kalina. My wife's grandmother's middle name was May. Our daughter's name is Kalina May Anderson.

[Sponger15SB]

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If they want the children to be unique but still feel an attachment to the family, that's what the first and middle names are for.

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Unless of course you have a girl, then her middle name must be "Marie"

[Rick Nebiolo]

I'm still confused (seriously) regarding what happens when let's say Roger Casey-Jones marries Mary Everett-Lloyd and they have offspring named Heather and Cliff?

- Rick