Learn English – How to abbreviate a double-barrelled surname

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I have the initials D S-K as I have a double-barrelled surname, and this has always been how I have written them. I was recently reading through The Lord of the Rings, and realised that a character's double-barrelled name (being Sackville-Baggins) was said to have had the initials S.-B. which made me think about abbreviations. Is it right nowadays to use both dots and a hyphon in a double surname? Even Tolkien himself uses dots to show abbreviation in J. R. R. Tolkien, but I have never used them for my name before let alone a hyphonated name.

So should my name be abbreviated as D. S.-K., D.S.K. or should I even use the dots at all? I never really see them being used in names now and never have used them myself, are they even used anymore?

Even then, I am not even quite sure if it would be JRR, J. R. R. (with spaces) or J.R.R. (without) or if they are all acceptable?

Thanks!

Best Answer

Everyone in my family just writes four letters: EJFH for Ernest Joseph Friedman-Hill . It strikes me that this is fairly common.