What did/are you going to do?

Question

Ladies,when you get married are you

a) changing your lastname
b) keeping your lastname
c) hypenating your last name.


I don't want to part with my lastname, I like it too much. I think I might hyphenate it though. =) I'm too loyal to my family to drop it entirely.

Yeah, my fiances is not too keen on me hyphenating. But it's my name and I should be able to do what I want with it, he agrees.

To make things easier I would sign with his last name. But when I get my PhD, I want to be known as Dr. McDowall (my maiden name) not Dr. Roberts (his name). Simply because none of my aunts or uncles on my dad's side have PhDs so it would be an honour.

Answer 1

I took husbands last name, but did not want to lose my father's name either. I did not like it hyphenated. I dropped my middle name and took my father's (former) last name as my new middle name.

I like it my job/education credentials are in former name. My graduatel education and certificates were in that name too. Made for easier transitions all accrediting agencies etc knew it was me could follow the paper trail.
My everyday name is just name and hubby name but all legal/professional documents etc I leave middle name in.

Congratulations and good luck

Answer 2

Hyphenated last names are a pain in the butt. I work at a large place with an enormous database and it's always a challenge with the hyphenated ones....I rebel against them and list them by the name after the hyphen anyway. I know a lot of people who made their old last name their new middle name. I will change mine....being Mrs. Clark sounds like a wonderful way to start a new chapter in my life.
It is your name though....and yours to do with as you see fit.

Answer 3

The typical tradition is to make your maiden name your new middle name, and his last name your last name, like;

Ms. Maggie Ann Rose (maiden)
Mrs. Maggie Rose Smith (married)

I think this would be a good solution,
because you could always pass your middle name down to your children too.

Answer 4

I changed, but my sister just dropped her middle name and adopted her maiden name as her new middle name.

That's a way to go to make everyone happy!

For example: if your maiden name is Mary Jane Smith and you marry a Jones, you would be Mary Smith Jones

Answer 5

I changed my last name both times. Nowadays though, it's not necessary, especially 4 professional reasons. If ur fiance doesnt have a problem w/ it, i say don't change it.

Answer 6

I changed my last name.

Answer 7

I would change my last name to his

Answer 8

I took his last name

Answer 9

I changed my last name. It was shorter.

Answer 10

i changed mine. hubby wouldnt let me hypenate it, but now, im ok with my new one. if we have split, i'm keepin my married, not bc of my kids but bc i've worked too hard to keep it to let it go now