• TikTok user Danielle Bonadona shared that she and her fiancé, Jacob Bartlebaugh, are currently deciding whether to spell their last name as Bonadona-Bartlebaugh or keep their individual last names.
• After expressing this through multiple TikTok videos, Bonadona said the couple decided that loved ones who were present at their February wedding could make the final decisions and held a vote to decide “whether or not we should hyphenate our name.”
• “I’ve been called ‘Bonadona’ my whole life, and that’s why I use that name, and that’s why everyone calls me ‘Bona’ or ‘Bonadona,'” he explained, adding: “And it almost feels like I’m changing my mind on the first name in a really weird way.”

Unsure of what to do with their last name after marriage, a couple agreed on an unconventional solution: Let the wedding guests decide.

Last month, Danielle Bonadona laid out the dilemma she and fiancé Jacob Bartlebaugh are currently facing in a series of TikToks that have since garnered millions of views, explaining that the couple had decided to leave the fate of their last name in Bartlebaugh’s hands. wedding guests.

on October 10 tiktokBonadona, the art teacher, said it all started when Bartlebaugh expressed a desire to hyphenate their last name, but the resulting last name was a bit of a mouthful and sparked a strong reaction online.

“People joke that we might be called the Bonadona-Bartlebaughs,” he said in the video.

Also added another video“I don’t even know if people can say that.”

Bonadona said that after talking it over, the couple decided that loved ones who were present at their February wedding could make the final decisions and held a vote to decide “whether or not we should hyphenate our name.”

“Because we both really like our last names,” he explained. “Neither of us want to give up our last name, so yes, we will have our guests vote for it.”

Sharing his personal reasons for wanting to keep his surname, Bonadona said, “I don’t want to lose the ‘Bonadona’ part as much as I don’t want to lose my surname.”

“I’ve been called ‘Bonadona’ my whole life, and that’s why I use that name, and that’s why everyone calls me ‘Bona’ or ‘Bonadona,'” he continued. “And it almost feels like changing my name in a really weird way, like I couldn’t imagine my name not being ‘Bonadona’ officially, but I’d be happy to include or add his name, which is Bartlebaugh.”

Therefore, the only two options were to keep the original surnames or hyphenate, resulting in a “fun and silly” name that we “kind of loved,” Bonadona admitted.

Bonadona’s fiancee says she ‘definitely supports hyphenation because it was her idea’ news week. “I personally hope people choose Bonadona-Bartlebaugh at this point, too, because I think the internet will go crazy if our family and friends disappoint them.”

But over time his tune seems to have changed somewhat, because when Bartlebaugh first suggested hyphenation, Bonadona said he “thought it was completely humorously ridiculous.” news week. “Our names together are so ridiculous, I thought, ‘We’ll never be able to fill out any forms.’ ”

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The couple’s wedding and the highly anticipated surname vote are still a few months away, but in the meantime, their hyphenation situation has gained a lot of attention on TikTok. Dilemma inspired songsa TikTok dance trendand that it led to strangers getting to know Bonadona and approaching Bonadona himself. tiktok.

“It’s so, so surreal that half the internet is supporting our wedding right now,” she explained in an Oct. 31 post. to post.

“This has brought great joy to Jake and I, and I see it as a very positive sign for us to celebrate,” she said. news week. “There’s so much goodwill being sent out into the universe for us, and it’s very touching. “I am very grateful to everyone who contributed to the videos.”