How should I announce new married last name?

Question

I want to make some kind of announcement at work that I am changing my last name. I figured I would send out an email stating that I changed my last name, but I can figure out how to word it. Any ideas?

I was also thinking of some how mentioning it in my voicemail so people know that I changed my last name..

Any ideas?

Answer 1

This is how I did it: I put "a.k.a. Sue Jones" in the subject line so people wouldn't be confused because my work had already changed it to "Sue Smith" in the From area. Then, I simply said:

For those of you who haven't heard, I was married on Sept. 15th. My new last name is now "Smith." Please change it in your address book.

For the voice mail, I said "You have reached Sue Smith, formerly Sue Jones."

Answer 2

To a select few that you work closely with or are friendly with you may just want to send an email "FYI my new last name is Smith."

For everyone else just change (or create) you signature in your email to include both your maiden and married names so that people will get use to both. Eventually you can drop the maiden name.

It will be a good idea to do this because sometimes it takes IT some time to change your last name in the email system. So when people start recieving emails with your married name they will already recognize it.

Answer 3

When I married for the first few weeks I changed my voice mail to say my first name, maiden name and then married name to get people used to the new name, then after that I just eliminated the maiden name from the message.

Word your email as this

Subject Line: Name Change

To whom it may concern,
Please be advised that recently my name has been changed. From now on I will be listed in the company directories; ie phone list, email address, etc. as Jane Smith. Please update any records that may need the amendment of this change so that any correspondence and issues will reach me in a timely fashion.

Thank you,
Jane Smith (nee Jones)

In a business situation I would suggest that you keep it professional and not go into the "i got married" route because you may put people off and make them think that they need seek you out to congratulate you. It kind of comes off as looking for attention rather than informing them of a business issue.

Answer 4

Make a small announcement at your next staff meeting. :) Congrats!

Answer 5

Unless you're looking for a lot of discussions, just do it subtly and people will start to get it.

Answer 6

The new Mrs. Whatever and they'll get the point.