“Why would any male kid have a hyphenated name. Is this a lib thing?”
The parents do it to them.
Miss Smith marries Mr. Jones. They name their kids “Smith-Jones.”
The kids don’t have a say in it.
I always wonder what happens to little Mr. Smith-Jones when he grows up and marries Miss Brown-White.
Their kids would have to be “Smith-Jones-Brown-White” to be pc. Stop the insanity!
I knew a couple who were going to do that to their child. She was Jolly, he was Berger. Yes. Jolly-Berger. They were expecting their first kid in a month and I said if it was a boy they should name him Buster Harry.
They rebel!
My daughter was just at the wedding of a co-worker (who HAD a hyphenated name). She went rogue. Took the new hubbies name (nice Polish surname, w/alot of vowels!!!).
My daughter didn’t say if the bride’s parentals were t’od.
So it’s a lib thing?
Exceptions must be made for those from Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries, of course, where both surnames are used and have been since surnames were introduced.
There is a recognizable custom in giving a baby a family surname as a middle name with no hyphen.