[ProtectOurFreedom]

I look forward to the names of the grandchildren and great grandchildren and gr-gr grandchildren. Will 16 last names be the end of it?

Those Italian names will begin to look like Spanish names.

[SamAdams76]

Exactly. This starts us down a road where it gets ridiculous.

Let's say Fred Jones and Sally Smith have a child that they name Richard Jones-Smith.

Then Richard Jones-Smith marries a girl named Betty Swift-Kelly and have a child that they end up naming Patty Jones-Smith-Swift-Kelly who then marries a guy named Ben Harris-Cook-Carroll-D'Angelo. Then they have a child that they then name Linda Jones-Smith-Swift-Kelly-Harris-Cook-Carroll-D'Angelo.

You can see how this quickly gets out of hand.

[EEGator]

In Iceland, no one truly has a surname.
Your last name is your father or mother’s first name, followed by -son or -dottir.
Magnus ver Magnusson, is Magnus son of Magnus.
Annie Thorisdottir is, Annie daughter of Thoris (Þórdís).