Double barreled surnames?

Ican I understand your pain..happens for me too!

in Spain - children take their father's surname - when a girl marries she adds her husband's name to double-barrel it and then Her children take her husband's name - this is very convenient as you don't have to get a new passport or change your name on any official stuff when you marry.

If I'd double barrelled my maiden and married names I'd have had the vile label: Mrs Rumph-Spittle.

Doesn't bear thinking about!!

After divorce I took my Mum's maiden name. Much nicer!

My mother was one of 2 girls and I was the only grandchild. I was given my mother’s maiden name as a middle name but it wasn’t, and was never intended to be double-barrelled. It’s surprising, though, how many organisations take it upon themselves to make it double-barrelled! In turn, on of my AC gave their children my maiden name as a middle name, again not double-barrelled.

In Spain, where I live, people use the first surname of their father and the first surname of their mother (who don't take on their husband's surname but just become Mrs). It's a bit weird for me because when I first came over people kept asking me my mum's maiden name and I didn't know why! My husband is Andres P.. A.., I'm Carol T..(no second surname) and my son is David P... T... He likes having access to his English roots.