I know. I really wish I had just kept my last name and not bothered with the hyphen.

If you and your husband have the same last name, what is the point in hyphenating it?

I think she meant that he changed his name, too: hisname-hername.

I like short or classic names for boys:
Guy
William
Alexander (Lex for short ... he'll either have to be a lawyer or the arch-nemesis of a superhero!)
Lon
Maxwell

For girls, I've always liked:
Claire
Georgia
Caroline
Ella
Katherine (Kay)
Millie

Yes, her name is Dixie. She was born about '72 - '73. She's a couple of years younger than I am.

I'd like to think that I could name a daughter after my mother. You gave me hope!

I like the classic names, too. Many of our male family names are pretty ordinary, but I have a lot more freedom with female names. I also love using last names as first names.

I kept my middle and last names...and added my husband's to the end of it, so I now have 2 middle names and didn't lose who I was for the first 25 years of my life.
:)

I kept my name when I got married, and haven't regretted it for a day. It is so much easier- didn't have to change anything. And it doesn't make me any less married!

Oh, and no it doesn't confuse my kids. They learned (or will learn) that this is daddy's last name and this is mommy's. To them it's no big deal.

Since you are in the South (I assume) I would think that people would get it. ;) So go for it!!!

I know a Dixie Lee who is 25 years old. :)

Craaaaazy that you bumped this! I was reading it and about to bump it.

Someone mentioned how common double names are in some places. (Mary ___ or ___ Grace) They're really common in Norway. (Kjersti Margrethe, Anne Theresa, Else Lill, Aase-Berit...) My mom's name is Mary Jane which I LOVE but it has a different connotation sometimes...I also couldn't ever name a kid after one of my parents since they're divorced and have new spouses.

On that note, isn't it fun to plan ahead? Or just day dream, maybe? I'm not planning on popping any babies out for a whiiiile, but it's fun to think about it! Should I post my "Shayla"? :p

Logan Daniel/James
Alyssa Jane (except it can't be Jane cause that's my mom's middle name)

I'm Slovenian, so we have a lot of crazy names in our family. But, there are several I think are really pretty. My favorites are Maruška (pronounced Mar-ush-ka) and Isabella.

My daughter's last name is hyphenated, because her father and I weren't married when she was born. When she lived with me, she went by lilnikki mommy'slastname. When she lived with her dad, she went by lilnikki daddy'slastname. She goes by his last name now.

I know this is an old quote, but I had to respond cause, well, my name is Georgia.

I used to hate it cause when I was little people used to be like "Oh hey, Atlanta!" or "Hey Florida!" among other things...

Now I've grown to like it because of how unique it is.

But one thing is still hate is when I meet someone, usually men, and they think they're REALLY clever because they start singing Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" to me. You are not creative and you are not getting my number.

Should I ever have children (ha!), I hope I give them decent but not overly common names.

This is coming from a girl named EMILY of all things who has two siblings with names that are NOT common in North America, at least. I joke that my parents got the baby name book after I came along.