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I dropped my maiden entirely because I didn't want to lose my middle name and didn't want 2 middle names either.
I am taking his and dropping mine! It was very important to him and ultimtely it was most important to me to have our family all have the same name!
I didn't want to totally drop mine, but I didn't want to drop my middle name either, so I'm just keeping my maiden and not hyphenating - but I'm not signing it, either. I will sign as First Name/His Last Name.
When I do get married I plan on taking his last name or maybe a hyphen not too sure yet.
I know a few people who made their maiden name their new middle name and took their husbands last name.
To each her own.
I don't have a middle name, but will drop my last name completely and just take his :)
I got rid of my maiden name completely, but I wasn't too emotionally attached to it. My name now is MyName MiddleName NewLastName.
I'm getting rid of mine... to me, it kind of goes along with giving myself entirely to him... I don't need my last name anymore :P
I'm dropping my maiden name. I really kind of hate it, haha...I'm really excited to have a last name that doesn't stress people out - NO ONE knows how to say my last name!
I'm taking his last name and making mine my middle. We don't have any boys in the family to carry on the name, so I definitely want to keep it. I would have hyphenated, but my last name is 5 syllables and his is 3 :).
getting rid of my maiden name..... its kinda sad because i like it! its easier to pronounce, short, and spelling it is a breeze.. FI's last name is way longer and a jumble of letters ! haha. i love em though, so i'll gets used to it!
It was pretty important to him that I take his name. So I'm swapping my huge difficult to spell/pronounce last name for HIS huge difficult to spell/pronounce last name, lol.
I think I'm leaning to hyphenating or having 2 last names (as opposed to two middles).
Interesting... I will probably end up MyFirst MyLast HisLast - I didn't realize this was less common.
I'm doing my maiden as a second middle. I don't want to lose it or my middle name and I don't want to hyphenate (Our two last names together sound HORRIBLE!)
I'm planning on taking his last name and keeping my middle name. I feel a little guilty about it because my parents have daughters and no son to pass on our last name, but I also know how important it is for my DH to take his last name. We're planning on giving our 1st son (if we have one) my maiden name for his middle name.
I voted for the first option. I got rid of my maiden name because I was in no way attached to it for a variety of reasons. In fact, I was happy to drop it!
My MIL, when she got married though, made her maiden name her middle name, and dropped her old middle name.
I'm hyphenating. It flows ok and I like my last name. It's ok for the kids to have his last name though!
I'm almost tempted to hyphenate my first middle. Growing up in the south everyone assumed it was one anyways... and I like the flow of all of the names :-)
My maiden name is Johnson. How common is that! I am getting rid of it entirely! :)
I'm in the 4-name group. I like having 2 middle initials now. I always signed charts, etc at work with my MI and now I have two. Makes my signature stand out and I didn't have to give anything up. ~Jenifer R.P. Lastname~
I dropped my maiden but just the other day realized that I really miss signing my name with a "Y" at the end (maiden name ended in y) and that I'm no good at "L's" (new last name starts with L). lol. My friends called me "cute" when I told them. lol
Currently, the plan is for both of us to change our names to FirstName MiddleName MyLastName HisLastName. However, this will make my full name 35 characters long, and I don't know if I can deal with that. So, I voted for Option #3 but might end up changing to #1.
I'm dropping my middle name and my last name I think. Turning my last name into my middle name is a mouthful and a half, and keeping my middle name and his last name makes my initials ASS - no thanks.
PS - I don't even want to take his last name but it's important to him so I'm doing it begrudgingly. I like my name :(
lol Kittyachi! Those would be unfortunate initials.
I'm dropping my middle name and making my current last name my middle name. I thought that was kind of the normal thing to do, I'm surprised by the poll results.
I'm dropping my maiden name entirely. I could never drop my middle name, it's my mom's name! I don't really care about my family last name, it's a common name, I have no real attachment to it.
@kittyachi: I actually know someone with those initials! LOL First name is Amanda, but she goes by Mandi, so at least she could cheat before she got married by using MSS most of the time. I can't believe someone would do that to their kid!! I'm not sure who she married, but hopefully his last name doesn't start with an S too. hehe
my middle name is my mom's maiden name, which my mom and brother share, so dropping either that name or my last name wasn't an option that i was interested in. i'm adding my fi's last name though, because i want to have one unified family name (it's already feels weird to me to have a different last name as our dog when we take him to the vet!) so, my name will be first mom's-maiden my-maiden his-last. kinda long! but my signature will probably be my first 3 initials and his last name
I'm going with My First, My Middle, His Last... I'm dropping my maiden name completely because I really have no emotional attachment to it. Not to play the "daddy issues" card, but it's my dad's last name and he hasn't been involved in my life since I was 5.
@Kittyachi, I'm sure you've thought about this long and hard, but are you sure that you're fine not keeping your maiden name. It seems like it's important to you, and I understand you taking his name is important to your husband, but it's a shame you have to lose something you value just to appease him.
Dropping my last name. I have brothers and a huge family that will continue it.. however i have toyed with naming a future son a twist of my last name and my stepdad's surname...
Going/went the traditional route - FirstName MiddleName HisLastName = no more my Maiden name.
@FutureMrsDuff - I have definitely thought about it and we've discussed it. It's just a shame because there are no male children in the family so it makes me a little sad. I like his last name, and we both have Italian last names so our last names sound very similar (same number of syllables, stresses, vowel sounds, etc.). Am I a little sad about it? Yes. But my FI does so much for me and asks for nothing in return pretty much. I want to do this for him. I have, however, made it clear that all pets are to have my last name :)
Still researching name laws in my state, but so far the plan is that both FI and I will add my maiden name as a middle name.
I'm still considering moving my last to a middle, but only because I'm still considering keeping it professionally. 80% sure it'll be the basic, my name, my middle, his last
FI wants me to keep my last name as a second middle. I'm not sure why, but I guess it doesn't really matter to me.. how often does one use their middle name anyway? I'll have a nice big 29 letter name in the end, though. :)
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