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Is a double-barrelled surname still posh?

11 January 2020

9:00 AM

11 January 2020

9:00 AM

Lock, stock and double barrels

In Rebecca Long Bailey, who sometimes hyphenates her name and sometimes doesn’t, the Labour party may soon have a leader with a double-barrelled surname.
Is such a name still an indication of elevated social class?
— According to an Opinium poll in 2017, 11 per cent of couples now use a double-barrelled name on marriage.

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