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I changed my name, but it's because I had my ex husband's last name still (I have kids). I couldn't marry my new husband and not change.
I will be changing my last name! :) I'm so excited, I've been practicing writing it and EVERYTHING!!!!
i'm dropping my last name all together and adopting his in its place:)
I'll be changing my last name because I want our family to have one name. I have yet to decide whether I'lll be dropping my middle name or my maiden name - I love my middle name, but there are no boys in my family so I feel an obligation to keep my maiden name. We'll see what happens!
I'm going to keep my name. I'm just not sure if I'll legally add his to the end of mine and just keep mine professionally, or if I won't add his at all.
I've gone back and forth. I love my name, not only is it ethnically/culturally relevant, but it's also the name of a very famous author and I like that reference. There are only 2000 people in the world with my last name, and 1 million people in the United States alone with his last name. So I'd be going from unique to very mundane. On top of all that, I'm the last person in my family-line that can carry the name forward. Still, I want everyone to know we're a family. I want us to have the same name. So, at the moment I'm at a place where I will be compromising and hyphenating. "first name mylastname-hislastname." I'll be Mrs. Hislastname socially, and mylastname professionally. Our kids will also get the hyphen, a pain in the butt for them, but I couldnt see giving them JUST his, or just mine for that matter. So, there you go.
There is no way im hypenating our name as it is it will end up being something ridiculous that if we have any kids they will be laughed at.
I love my last name.. I have soo many reasons why to keep it. But alas so many reasons to change to his last name.. but I hate his last name..so im not super thrilled.
I will prob end up changing to his, I wanted him to change to mine.. but he got offended. WOOPS!
Changing my name to his, it just feels right and feels like we will be a family. He has three kids and ive been excited to become a part of the family and be their stepmom and to be his Mrs.!
I'm actually really looking forward to taking his name. I am not close at all to my biological father or his family, so it seems natural to take a new name. Last night I made my new gmail address! It's early but... might as well take it while it's still available :)
I'm changing my last name for sure. Mine has a definite lack of vowels, always gets spelled wrong no matter how many times you tell people how to spell it, and no one can ever pronounce it, but it's a good screener for telemarketers! His last name is very regal sounding with my first name so I'm really excited to sound like a royal princess ;)
I am changing my name to his, but I am a journalist, so I will keep my name for professional use.
I changed mine. It still seems weird sometimes (like when I forget what my name is), but I get so excited when I get mail addressed to MyName HisLast.
I am going to make my maiden name my second middle name.
Otherwise, I'll just be known as Mrs. A!! I thought about hyphenating it, but I look forward to taking on his last name. So a second middle name is what I came up with.
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Well...initially i'll be hyphenating because our son has my last name seeing as tho we were not married when he was born and my grandma woulda rolled in her grave if i had given him his last name out of wedlock. We will be filing paperwork to change our sons last name and then I will drop my maiden name and we will all have the same last name.
Definitely changing it. I don't like my last name, and I love his. So it's win win :D
Keeping mine! a) I've never imagined changing it b) It's who I am c) FI and I are from very different cultural backgrounds, and as we live in his country, it is important for me to retain my identity and culture through my name.
I changed my name. I like having the same name as my husband and I wasn't really attached to mine.
I moved my last name to a second middle name. It gets confusing for people though when they see two initials and there aren't really many places that allow for two middle initials, but there was no way I could completely drop my last name. I'm still happy that I'm able to see it fully on my driver's license and back when I had a job (got laid off) my business cards had my two middle iniitals on it.
Im with Tarragonfly...my last name is very different since im foreign...and I have grown quite attached to it...it just seperates me from the smiths and johnsons of the world (not that there is anything wrong with them!) Another reason is that his sister and I share the same first name...so I dont want to be the second one of that name...it could get quite confusing! So I will be doing Mrs. Myfirstname Mylastname-HisLastname
i'm going to be changing my last name to his. Its sooo different than my last name, harder to spell, pronounce.... but whatevs. (i'll miss my last name though, it was easy to spell and at the beginning of the alphabet!! )
I'm going to hyphenate. I would like to keep my last name due to professional reasons, I'm a scientist and I've published articles under my last name already, but I recognize how much it means to him. I've also considered having two last names without the hyphen, so we'll see.
I plan to take his last name...even though it's kind of an odd last name 
I really wanted to keep my last name and just add his to the end of it because I love my name, its a huge part of who I am and I love my identity. But he was slightly offended by that and was definitely not ok with it so after a super long conversation with my dad I decided I will just take his but its still something I am not fully ok with. I mean he isnt having to give up anything lol
I will be changing my last name to his! Can't wait to be Mr. and Mrs....
I'll be changing my name once we're married. I've never considered NOT changing it...to me it's a part of being married and uniting us as a couple. I can't wait to finally be Mrs. Hislastname. Yes, it will take some getting used to but I'm so excited.
I am going to change my last name. I am just really excited about sharing a name with my fiance and being family with him. I am considering keeping my last name, because I love it, but I don't want to hyphenate or make it my middle name. Who knows what'll happen in the end?!?
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