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Maybe you ladies can help me with a small query I have?
My son, a Hopgood, is married to a girl (Karin) from Sweden, a Winsa.
They were married in Sweden but now live in England. Karin signs her name Winsa-Hopgood.
They now have a son, our grandson Josef. He can get both a British and a Swedish passport.
Which name should he use on each, Hopgood, Winsa-Hopgood or Winsa?
I've not seen his birth certificate and it seems a silly question to ask them.

I would say Hopgood. Why not make Winsa a middle name, it would sound good.

I had a friend at CH who had the middle name Fox, as did her sisters, as that was a family name on her mother's side I believe.

jhopgood wrote:Maybe you ladies can help me with a small query I have?
My son, a Hopgood, is married to a girl (Karin) from Sweden, a Winsa.
They were married in Sweden but now live in England. Karin signs her name Winsa-Hopgood.
They now have a son, our grandson Josef. He can get both a British and a Swedish passport.
Which name should he use on each, Hopgood, Winsa-Hopgood or Winsa?
I've not seen his birth certificate and it seems a silly question to ask them.

It is probably up to the parents. Our grandson is Dobson-Allam. The Allam being his mother's maiden name, she has three other children who now use Allam as their name. We were told, why can't you ask them what they want?

My daughter uses Bonnet Borgars both on french and english ID - she made the choice before she went to KES, and has used both names ever since.

As far as this country is concerned, I think you'll find the birth-certificate is the key.

Both our eldest daughters passports bear their surname as shown on the birth certificates which is a double-barrelled version of Dads and Mums surname. The FIRST surname shown on the certificate designates the major part of the surname. In their case, Mothers surname first, then a hyphen, then Fathers surname.

As long as it's not Ms I don't care, really. Miss, Mrs, Lord Almighty, HRH - all fine by me

My elder (married) daughter has kept her maiden surname. What is more, she and her husband agreed that while any male children should bear his name, any girls would be Eastburns. So far, I have 2 gorgeous granddaughters!