What's in a name?

In preparation for her entrance into the school system in September, we recently began teaching Nora that her name is longer than just "Nora". A lot longer, in fact. I would be very, very surprised if there existed another person on the planet with Nora's two surnames. In Spain, you see, people have two last names, the first from the father, and the second from the mother. Her first is Rasmussen, which is both difficult to spell and pronounce. Her second last name is Matamoros – a fairly rare surname in Spain – that probably originated from a myth about Saint James slaying moors. Not surprisingly, she pronounces her Spanish surname better than her Scandinavian one, but she's just started learning them.