Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more

Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by kelnos on Monday February 10, 2025 @02:16PM (#43004041)

I know a couple who combined half each of their original surnames to create a new surname. I thought it was a cool idea, but of course won't work for everyone's names. Their "invented" name turned out to be a fairly reasonable surname that is probably in not-uncommon use in general, so that worked well for them.

I feel like that could kinda work for my wife's name and my name, but the possible new combinations still sound a little off to me. (We both kept our original surnames.)

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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by abecedarius on Monday February 10, 2025 @03:25PM (#43004719)

Reminds me of the O’Whielacronxes! Though I'd be surprised if that was ever their legal name.

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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by pempem on Monday February 10, 2025 @05:17PM (#43006017)

Villaraigosa did this - the former mayor of LA. He got divorced and kept the name, so hard to say what happens down the line there.

I tried supremely hard to merge my partner's last name and my own but each iteration sounded multiples worse than our own last names. We've kept our original surnames and given our kiddo a hyphenated one.

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