Would you consider [name_m]Vaughn[/name_m] to be “off limits” if your surname happens to be (quite noticeably) [name_m]German[/name_m]? My concern is that people will automatically lump them together as one double barreled surname (think: the [name_m]Von[/name_m] Trapp family in Sound of [name_f]Music[/name_f]) instead of it being clear that it’s a first + last name combo. Thoughts?
I didn’t even think of that just reading your title and until I read your full post so, no I don’t think it would be a problem.
Agreed with whitegardenia! If anything I think they would sound really cool together.
I can see why you would be concerned ([name_m]German[/name_m] lastname here as well). To me [name_m]Von[/name_m] and [name_m]Vaughn[/name_m] are alike but have a distinct difference, the vowel sound is much shorter and clipped in [name_m]Von[/name_m]. In English speaking countries [name_m]Vaughn[/name_m] is a well known name and I don’t see any problems with the pronounciation or [name_m]Von[/name_m] Trapp effect.