A bit of both. I wanted us to have the same name, but she is very proud of her French family name and disliked mine a lot (can't blame her - I had always felt

A bit of both. I wanted us to have the same name, but she is very proud of her French family name and disliked mine a lot (can't blame her - I had always felt the same). We looked through extended family names and couldn't find anything we liked, and then I think it hit us both at about the same time - we could just invent one ;)