Template talk:British barrelled name

Quantifier

Referring to a surname as "barrelled" seems unusual. I've never heard that before without a quantifier, like "double-barrelled" or "triple-barrelled". Tobyink (talk) 13:47, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, we need to change this teplate to say 'double-barrelled'. (And then we'd need to make another template saying 'triple-barrelled'.) Only in Wikipedia, I think, the phrase 'barrelled name' exists. keenuck (talk) 14:20, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of "British"

There are other nationalities that use double-barrelled surnames. Should the template remove the "British" from the name and template to reflect this? We could perhaps include the nationality as an optional parameter.

Also, I agree with Tobyink that barrelled is an odd way to refer to the name. Should it be changed to double-barrelled by default then have a parameter to change it to triple/quadruple? Or instead we could just have "compound surname" unless there is an issue I am missing. ~BappleBusiness^[talk] 20:18, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The background of making this template was when all the Spanish and similar language templates got moved - though they all have a format of "FATHER'S NAME and MOTHER'S NAME", they each had a different tradition... and sometimes it was suggested they be used for people who have English names that are double-barrelled in the British tradition (also supposed to be combining two familial surnames). So it felt useful to have another template for this. Now, people of other nationalities may have double (etc.) barrelled surnames, but if it is two familial names then the tradition is still British. Like a Brazilian person with a Spanish double name. As said, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and French I think, all have templates of their own, and there is no American tradition of using two family names. I.e. the name will be British even if the person isn't. The practical purpose of this template is to explain why not all components of a surname - or why all components if not hyphenated - are being used. If there are examples of this for names with national identities that don't already have a template, maybe create a new one?
This is long to say that I also think the other national name templates were combined, with a nationality parameter rendering different text. I don't know why this wasn't included in that process. While it serves a purpose and the subject's nationality is basically irrelevant, anyone should feel free to improve it, be it adding parameters or merging it. Kingsif (talk) 23:33, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]