The family name

[Dionysos]

Is your family name important to you?

Do you feel that it, and being a member of your family, is a strong part of your identity?

For the males, do you feel obliged to have a son in order to keep your family name going for future generations?


For me, I was told something with rather scared me the other week, and something reminded me of it today. I was told that I'm essentially the last person in the family that could possibly pass on the family name, which is rather scary. I hate to think that the survival of it rests on me. Especially becuse I suck at that sort of thing .

Now I know there are plenty of Humes about, but out of our known family, I'm the only one that can carry the name on and be at least our family of Humes, unless some of the old men of the family have a surprise child soon .

At the same time I know it is stupid, it doesn't really matter that much. But I do feel some sort of identity with my family, and I do feel bad if it dies with me.


So anyway... What about you people?

 

[King Sean]

My family name is impotant because it means something.i dont remeber but it eas good.your family name defines you in some cultures and in others,it beseits you.it is important,too,in knowing your lineage

 

[Bambi]

Im not arsed, I have my dads name and I cant wait to get rid of it...not that I plan on ghetting maried mind, so I guess Im stuck with it.... my mums family name as far as I know has ended coz shes one of 2 girls and Ive no idea if my grandad was an only child or not

I should ask about that

It IS something Ive thought about every now and then, but either way, the name wont carry on, but the genes will I guess so -shrugs- It wont affect me when Im dead any way, its only a word any way, my ex was born one surname, then changed it by that poll thingy to his mums afew years later anyway because he never saw his dad

I could have given Ellie my mums surname if i felt like it, so no, I dont really think its that important to 'carry on the family name' at all

 

[Sir Kenneth]

My family name Øster (that's Oester for those of you who are phonetically empaired and/or only have 26 letters in your alphabet ). It's not a very common family name in Denmark, so among my friends and in school and at work, I have always gone by my family name or some petform of it rather than by my first name. Ever since I was 7 years old, people not in my family have called me "Øster", "Ø" or even "Don Ø", so in many ways I am closer to my last name than I am to my first name, and couldn't imagine being called something else. Hell I even had one of my closest friends forget that my first name is actually Kenneth!

As far as carrying on the family name, I'm not too concerned. I want my children to have my last name, but as far as producing a son goes, I couldn't care less. Even in my generation there are plenty of people who have their mother's last name or the last names of both their parents. In the distant future when it'll be my children's turn to have children on their own, I will imagine we have reached full equality on that one

 

[Big Casino]

Nah i dont care at all. I have my dads name but i dont speak to him and have only seen him once in like almost 4 years so id be happy enough to change to my mums name but that requres a lot of effort and hassle so im not gunna bother.
If i was to get married i cant say it would bother me if my wife to be wanted to keep her last name, i wouldnt get upset about it, a name is only name afterall. In my oppinion it doesnt carry that much significance really.

 

[Donald Trump]

For the males, do you feel obliged to have a son in order to keep your family name going for future generations?

I was genuinely worried about that when I was 12. However as I have an incredibly common last name it was perhaps a little silly.
I get along well enough with my dad, but he is from England and that's where all his family are, I've only met them once and that was about 15 years ago. I feel no connection to them at all, I wouldn't be very upset at all if one of them were to die.
So it's name of a family I have no connection with. That being said, I'd have the same attitude towards my mum's name.

 

[Fusilli]

I've sort of thought about it before, like if I chose to get married in the future whether I'd keep my own surname. I think I would, because it's my name, and I'd feel weird with any other name. Besides, if I do have kids, who's to say that they can't take my surname anyway? When my mum's sister got married and had a daughter it was her name that was the family name, so even if there aren't any sons it doesn't mean to say that the name's going to die out.

Anyway, I don't really worry about my family name dying out. I have my dad's name, and he has two brothers and all three of them have a son, so there's a chance it will carry on. It doesn't really have much of a significance to me though, I guess if in a few generations time there were still Turners running about then I'd feel some kind of connection but then again, I'll probably be dead so who cares?

 

[Cheeta]

Women who get married is supposed to take there husbands names, but I will refuse ^^ I love my last name and I dont give a crap about these sorts of traditions !

 

[SaShman]

My dad changed his name when he was like twenty and before that the family name on his side of the family had changed several times. So I don't know shit about my families history.

But with that said, I would like to keep my family name alive. I kinda see myself as the start of my family name seen as I was the first person in my family to be born with this name. Plus I like my last name as it is a play on words and fairly uncommon.

 

[CassinoChips]

My last name is awesome. And fairly rare. I believe there only about 700 people in the world with the last name of Cassino, 500-ish of which are in Italy, where there is a town of Cassino and an historically significant Monte not far from it. So that's good times. I have a brother, so there isn't a whole lot of pressure on me, but the name is important to me, and I'd like to have kids to pass it on.

I've had a few potentials tell me they'd marry me so they could take my name. And I told them, "Settle down, sir. That's not legal yet."

*rimshot*

Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the veal. Be sure to tip your waitresses.

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

My last name is the most common last name in the freakin' universe.

SMITH!!! Gah dammit. My dad also wanted to call me 'Jane' when I was born. <_< I would have had the plainest name in the entire world if that happened because they didn't even give me a middle name. <_<

My first name is freakin' hifenated!!! It doesn't count as a middle name!

Anyway Steve's last name isn't particularly appealing but it will do. Though he's considering changing it because he doesn't talk to his dad.

I want him to take his mums last name. 'Towers'.

But he wants something 'cooler' than that.

But I don't particularly worry about carrying on my family name. I have two brothers. My parents both come from huge families with tons of brothers and sisters and then they've had kids and grandchildren.

So it's definitely not going to get lost. <_<

I'm sure the billion other Smiths out there will ensure it isn't lost anyway. <_<

 

[Jack's Smirking Revenge]

As far as I know, I'm the youngest Pooley male so it's sort of up to me to 'continue the family name' as it were. I don't really feel pressured by that though, because at the end of the day it's my choice whether or not I have kids, and my parents don't exactly push me to make sure the name lives on. >>
I know my dad has cousins who have sons, but I don't know they're from his mother's or father's side.

 

[Sabriel]

UGH I hate ma last name. Well I hate it because it sounds weird amongst English people. But I don't mind it if they don't say it. My surname is almost as common as Kand's in China, and I'd like to stand out. I don't mind continuing it though, then I can tell stories to children and it would be nice if we are bilingual. Would like to pass surname on to continue the family tree.


Mod Edit: Can you put more effort into your posts please, eg do you feel pressure about continuing your family name?

 

[Kei]

I'm not sure about my last name, yes my parents was all about you will carry our family name but I never cared tbh, I mean I'll get married eventually but not because of the family name I can change that name whenever I want, I just wouldn't do it, out of respect to my family. =\

 

[Mikko]

My last name is Willis. I feel quite awesome, thinking Bruce Willis could be a distant cousin. Lmfao. Amma girl so if I ever get married, it's bye-bye... but, yeah, I feel part of the clan with willis. (; Plenty of guys in the family so. More boys than girls tbh

 

[Megalo]

My last name is Schaap, which is Dutch for sheep. Im having it changed soon because I consider it a stupid and weak last name. Names are a way of identification for me and nothing more, I hold little vlaue to them.

 

[Sohryuden666]

My last name is Tayco. It feels kind of special to me since it seems to be kind of rare. It gives me my own identity, or at least that's how it feels. And I honestly prefer it more than my first name (which I don't like). I'm girl, though, so if I want to keep my last name (which I do), I may have to stay away from the marriage route. So, yeah, my family name is important to me. So much that I actually want to keep it for the rest of my life.

 

[Mitsuki]

I'm not sure if it's important to me or not, although leaning more towards yes, I suppose? Thing is, I'm already using my husband's last name since almost 4 years ago now, and I'm pretty much used to it. I thought it was weird at first but that's pretty natural. Now, as for my dad's last name...uh, long story short, I accidentally dropped it. >.> I say 'accidentally' because I seriously was not listening to this lady who was helping me change my last name on my social security when I got married. I guess she asked me if I wanted to also drop my surname (I blame her for asking that question) and that morning I was just not paying attention and I just kept nodding yes, thinking she meant if I wanted really wanted to add my husband's last name. They both went, 'Are you sure?' and there I was thinking, 'Of course I'm sure! I wouldn't be here if I wasn't, would I?'

Two days later, my husband said, 'I still really can't believe you wanted to drop your dad's last name' and I was...mortified. @_@ To this day, my dad doesn't know about it. He will surely get pissed when he finds out.

 

[Shu]

"You're taking my Freakin Name woman!" Hmmmm.. let me think here I've had so many nick names thanks to my last name.

Woodman, Twood, Woody (howdy howdy howdy), Woody Woodpecker (allstar baseball... sigh), Tall Wood (movie i guess?)

Wood.. its not as common as Woods but most people want to call me by "Woods" for some odd reason. Ever since I was in High School graders have put the name "woods" beside my name. I don't understand what is so hard about "Wood" (no pun intended, you pervs).

Honestly I could care less about my last name, although it would be weird to have something else. I mean people called me "Durdan" for the longest time and unless you've seen Fight Club then you won't get it. I've often times thought what it would be like to have an offspring with my last name or my future wife with my last name.

I'm pretty critical on it, and I know girls I've been with like it sort of, but I can tell they wouldn't exactly like it on the end of their first name.

Its honestly a sort of English name, but our origins are German/Irsh, so I don't exactly understand where it came from.

So no my last name isn't exactly important to me, although I've had quite a few family members as Doctors, government elected officials.

The thing I can't stand about my last name though is... for the longest time I had the nick name Tiger Woods. Don't get me started, but here is what I mean.

Tiger Woods
Tyler Wood

 

[dark blade cloud]

same for me i was told i was the last one with my family name to pass and i feel like i getting all this pressure lol but im oki with that coz i hope i hhave kids someday