last names.

[springtide-hfa.livejournal.com]

I want my child to have both mine and my boyfriends' last name, but I have a question about the order. Is there a certain order in which hyphenated names go? Like, mother's first, then father's? Or the other way around?
And if it's optional, which sounds nicer:
Macovi-Abbott or Abbott-Macovi? 
Macovi is pronounced Muh-COH-vee

Comments

[holly-megan.livejournal.com]

I think Abbott-Macovi sounds better, which works well since that's the "proper" way to doing it.

But if you want both last names to be a part of the child's life forever (with future marriages and new last names, dropping last names and such) I think Abbott works just fine for a middle name, boy or girl.