Question for people with long or hyphenated last names

It's a pain. I've had a hyphenated name my entire life and not to mention but I go by my middle name. It's absolutely annoying the confusion it causes at times. Not too mention with both last names it's 13 characters plus my first and middle name total 12 characters. It can't even fit on my DL. I'm glad to drop it but then my first/middle name aren't super common either.

My first name is long, middle name is long, and I have two last names (no hyphen). While my FH's last name is fairly long (8 letters) I'll be glad to go from having two last names (1 I never use) to having one.

My FH's last name is Yanks... So I'm hyphenating bc I just can't see myself as Jessica Yanks. And I'll just use whichever one I want depending on how I feel that day I think. I know thats super bratty but I CANT!!!

I have two first names hyphenated. Some people mistake it for a middle name, I don't have a middle name.

@Swqiggy in Ontario if the father doesn't agree to the last name if unmarried they hyphenate the last name. In theory my guess is to give the father some say. Had I not listed him he would have had just my name. If what I know now I knew then...

I was born in a Latin American country, which means I have a two-name, non-hyphenated last name. It's a real pain. I've had so many paperwork nightmares because people forget (or just don't listen) and enter only a chunk of the name, and then get me in trouble because it doesn't match my official ID's or documents.

If my harrowing experience with school/banks/health/government forms is of any help for you, I strongly suggest either hyphenating or only keeping one name as your last name and the rest as middle name(s).

We don't have long names, but I plan on tacking FH's last name onto the end of my name. He and his siblings all have four names, but generally have to omit one on documents. I guess the more traditional one to drop would be my family name, but that makes me a little sad.

I'm debating on whether or not I want to hyphenate. My maiden name is 8 letters and FH's last name 6. I already have a 9 letter middle name so I'm worried about running out of room on forms.

I want to take FH last name, but I LOVE my last name. My friends call me more by my last name than they do my first name..... but I don't want to hyphenate. I'm dropping my middle name and making my maiden name my middle name. I'll probably go by Amanda (maiden name initial) (FHs last name)

It's only a pain spelling my work email address over the phone because it has my full name. And in school the line for my name on tests was never long enough. That's it though.