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Many double-barrelled names are written without a hyphen, causing confusion as to whether the surname is double-barrelled or not. Notable persons with unhyphenated double-barrelled names include politicians David Lloyd George (who used the hyphen when appointed to the peerage) and Iain Duncan Smith, composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Andrew Lloyd Webber, military historian B. H. Liddell Hart ...
Surnames that are composed of more than one word, including double-barrelled surnames. There may or may not be a hyphen. There may or may not be a hyphen. The main article for this category is Compound surname .
Double-barrelled or double-barreled (with or without hyphens) may refer to: Double-barrelled name , a type of surname Double-barreled question , an improper formulation of a question
Double-barrelled names may be formed for a variety of reasons, including combining of spouses' surnames upon marriage or, more commonly in the past, adding another family's surname as a condition of inheritance. [5] Compound surnames in English feature two or more words, often joined by a hyphen or hyphens: for example, Henry Hepburne-Scott.
Double placenames prominently feature the placenames of two or more constituents in double-barrelled form rather than invent a new name. This is often out of consideration for local sensitivities, since the smaller entity may resent its takeover, and may demand its symbolic perpetuation within an amalgamated name so as to propagate the impression of a merger between equals.
The country’s current laws are strict when it comes to naming a child
Barrell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bernard Barrell (1919–2005), English musician, music educator and composer; Charles Barrell (1887–1959), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party; Charles Wisner Barrell (born 1885), writer and Shakespearean scholar; Donald Barrell (born 1986), rugby union player
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