I was always impressed by people who managed to change their names--I knew a girl in elementary school who was Beth, and we went to different middle schools. By the time we went to the same high school, she was Liz. I was so jealous of having multiple nicknames to choose from!
I decided when I went to college, I'd go by my middle name (or, a diminutive of it--Catie, for Catherine). Because I didn't know anyone there, so it was all in how I introduced myself, right?
Yeah, and then I introduced myself to the first fifty peopel I met as my real name, and went "Doh!"
Ah well.
My middle name is John. Just John. Pretty boring.
In high school my nickname was Tommy John.
Wait--is women dropping their middle name what usually happens if you keep your last name
and
take his?
How odd, if so. I mean...I guess it's one of those things that's normal if you knew the whole time but looks strange in isolation when you're 38.
I just figured you'd have the same first and middle names, and just more surnames. Then again, my mother is named Norma Delores Delrio MaidenName MarriedName. Losing names is not in our family tradition unless you're running away from it. Just ask Wentworth Harry Hugent Sylvester Constantine George Augustus St Elmer Mundle.
Isn't it? If not maybe that explains why they were so upset. Hee.
I am now finding that hyphenating is considered outre or weird most of the time.
It's a bitch to fit onto a personnel label. Consequently, I hate hyphenated names, and tend to mutter "I don't care about your
love
and
commitment!
Choose something shorter!"
But that's only when I'm making labels. Sometimes I do push for hiring Koreans though, simply on the basis of short surnames.
I didn't drop my middle name, I'm still legally FirstName MiddleName Last-LastName, but I don't include it in my signature.
What happens when two people who already have their parents' hyphenated names get married and want to combine names?
I like the idea of hyphenated or two last names in general, but I'd have to marry someone with a last name somewhere around three letters in order to make a name hyphenated with mine not be ridiculously long.
