This is basically the reason my kids have the last name that they do.
My last name starts with E and my wife's with Y. Bucking tradition, she didn't change her name when we got married, so when we had kids we had to decide what name to give them. We opted to hyphenate.
Historically, hyphenated last names were [Woman's last name]-[Man's last name]. However, my wife hated that her last name was near the end of the alphabet growing up.
We bucked tradition once again and put my name first, so that when sorted alphabetically they would be at the front of the list. Incidentally their first names start with A and B so that they show up at the front when sorted by first name too.
My last name starts with E and my wife's with Y. Bucking tradition, she didn't change her name when we got married, so when we had kids we had to decide what name to give them. We opted to hyphenate.
Historically, hyphenated last names were [Woman's last name]-[Man's last name]. However, my wife hated that her last name was near the end of the alphabet growing up.
We bucked tradition once again and put my name first, so that when sorted alphabetically they would be at the front of the list. Incidentally their first names start with A and B so that they show up at the front when sorted by first name too.