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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by javawizard on Monday February 10, 2025 @02:33PM (#43004257)
This reminds me of Zach Weinersmith[0], of SMBC fame.

He was originally Zach Weiner, and he married Kelly Smith[1] and they concatenated both their names together and adopted that as their last name.

There's something I love about that.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Weinersmith

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Weinersmith

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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by bjt on Monday February 10, 2025 @02:50PM (#43004423)
Former LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa did the same. (He was born Villar. Wife was born Raigosa.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Villaraigosa

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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by wink on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @03:37AM (#43010416)
Depends on the jurisdiction, for example Germany is pretty strict.

If A marries B, then either both keep their names, both will be A or both will be B or one or both will be A-B or B-A. No other outcomes are possible, and if one of them was B-C before then the kids can't be A-B-C.

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