Fun with Married Names

I had the privilege of having lunch and a superb conversation yesterday with LESA, an upcoming bride-to-be, about the hilarity of married names. You see, her full name is LESA K. CHOCK-HUNT. When Lesa's mother got married a long time ago, Lesa's mother decided to hyphenate her name, and when Lesa was born, it was decided that Lesa would take the hyphenated name as well.

Now that Lesa is getting married, she wants to still keep "Chock-Hunt", but she realizes how ridiculously long her whole name will be if she decides to go for it.

LESA K. CHOCK-HUNT-KODAYAMA

Imagine having to sign that on all of your legal documents! Oh, and that doesn't include her full Hawaiian middle name, which starts with a "K", ends with an "a", and has an ARMY of vowels and consonants in between!

So she's undecided as of now. Should she go for the long string of letters, or simply go by Lesa K.C.H. Kodayama? Lesa and I had a good laugh about her unique situation, and about how I would introduce her and her husband for the Grand Entrance:

Ladies & Gentlemen, please rise and help me welcome your guests of honor, MR. DAVID KODAYAMA & MRS. LESA K. CHOCK-HUNT-KODAYAMA!

Even Lesa had to admit that it would be quite a mouthful.

Dear readers, any advice for Lesa? Feel free to leave a comment, as she is a regular reader of this blog and will GREATLY appreciate your thoughts.