# Hyphenated last names: woman's name first?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyphenated-last-names-womans-name-first/497773>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyphenated-last-names-womans-name-first/497773 "2009-05-27T03:47:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyphenated-last-names-womans-name-first/497773/41 "2014-07-10T09:26:12Z")

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FWIW, I know two couples who have done this, one an American couple, one a Kiwi-American mix (the wife was American but became a naturalized Kiwi), and they both put the wife’s surname first. In neither case is the new hyphenated surname in alphabetical order.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyphenated-last-names-womans-name-first/497773/42 "2014-07-10T11:34:11Z")

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NVM - didn’t realize it was a zombie.

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