I’m a “John Smith IV”. My son, due in September, will be a “John Smith V”. Personally, I’m a huge fan of this tradition.

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    Nowadays, Dutch people always keep their maiden name. You can choose a preferred name to be addressed by, but your passport will always show you Bob Billson and Anna Aarons. You can choose to both use Billson, or Aarons, or Aarons-Billson if you want, but your passport doesn’t change.

    And recently, parents got the ability to pick their children’s lastname. So Anna and Bob can keep using their birth name, but use Billson-Aarons for their kids.

    They can even do something incredibly stupid, like call themselves Anna and Bob Billson, and name their kids Charly and Debbie Aarons. So kids are allowed to take their mother’s maiden name here.