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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10yo with hyphenated last name. Hasn't been a problem with passports, plane tickets, etc.[/quote]

Wait until the said kid needs to deal with health insurance, credit report, drivers license, and myriad of other systems.[/quote]

Huh?

Do you say this from experience?

I was born in 1978 with a hyphenated last name. Let's say Smithfield-Garcia. There have always been really minor, very occasional issues with things like, "oh, we [doctor's office] filed your paperwork in the cabinet under G instead of S" or whatever, but I've absolutely never had an issue with a driver's license, credit report, health insurance... "Worst" was when I applied for a new license in a new state and the clerk, on auto-pilot, seeing my hyphenated name, asked me for proof of name change. I pointed to Smithfield-Garcia on my birth certificate and that was the end of that.

It's not uncommon for something like a plane ticket to be printed as Smithfieldgarcia instead of Smithfield-Garcia or w/e, but the folks checking totally get it. No problem at all, even when the name runs out because it's too long (Smithfieldgar or something).

You do know that things like health insurance and credit reports also use unique identifiers like social security numbers, right?

Not only have I not really run into issues, keep in mind that I was having to apply for these things as early as the 1990s, when there were far fewer people with hyphenated names. Kids born now won't be applying until almost 2040! Pretty sure a lot of the computers and databases will have caught up by then.

I just don't get it. My name has been a minor pain at times, and then other times a minor boon-- like the fact that there's literally no one in the world with my full name, so it's hard to be confused with anyone else.  [/quote]

Yes, I have a hyphenated last name from birth and I say this from experience. If it’s a choice whether to hyphenate or not, I’d avoid hyphenation. [/quote]

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