Did/will you take his last name or did/will you hyphenate

Did/will you keep your name or take his

  • I want my name so hyphenate it is.

    Votes: 63 31.5%

  • I want my husbands last name.

    Votes: 115 57.5%

  • I have no clue.

    Votes: 22 11.0%
  • Total voters
    200
  • Poll closed .
I took his last name. I figured I married him, gonna take his last name. However I do hyphenate it sometimes especially when trying to contact schoolmates because if I just used my married name people would be like :huh:.
 
I'll take his last name. My last name is very long (Eleven letter).. too many letters to hyphenate unless his last name is 3 letters TOPS
 
My name is already long as it is, I'm tryna keep it that way or shorter, so no way I'm hyphenating. I'll probably take his.
 
Kinda OT - but what if you not taking his name was a dealbreaker? This guy told me he'd NEVER marry a woman who wouldn't take his name.... no hyphens either.
 
NaturallyBlonde said:
Kinda OT - but what if you not taking his name was a dealbreaker? This guy told me he'd NEVER marry a woman who wouldn't take his name.... no hyphens either.
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I'd leave the deal right there. Those types of men have serious issues, imo. I would have told that guy that based on that, at least he and I know we won't be getting married.
 
Took his last name. No hyphen.
So I'm Newslady, Maiden Name, Married Name.
I never thought I would change my name because professionally I've been my maiden name FOREVER.
And especially since I didn't get married til I was 35.
But it's a *cute* sound now when someone calls me Mrs. Married Name.
 
I'm hyphenated. My husband hates it because of bad association, but "Clark" is too common of a last name for me. And it doesn't sound natural with my first name. In fact, when I was in school people told me I should never change my last name because it sounded so nice with my first. :look:
 
I'm keeping my own name, not taking his.

The only way I'd ever consider changing my name would be if we BOTH hyphenated to have the same last name.
 
Whenever i do get married and hopefully that'll be soon, I plan on either hyphenating or adding my maiden name as another midle name.

I just don't want to lose my maiden name because its not commomw AT ALL- in fact the only people that have it in teh US are my family members since my paternal family came from Haiti and Cuba....I'm already a little sad about not being able to pass down certain aspects of haitian culture like the FOOD and language, so i do not want to lose my name as well!
 
NaturallyBlonde said:
Kinda OT - but what if you not taking his name was a dealbreaker? This guy told me he'd NEVER marry a woman who wouldn't take his name.... no hyphens either.
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Guys like that irk me. :nono: It's cool for a man to have a preference, but making demands about what a grown woman should do with her name never sat right with me.
 
I took his last name.

Prior to 9/11, I planned on hyphenating, or keeping mine, altogether.

Post 9/11, I figured it might be 'easier' if I had an American last name, vs. the Arabic one I had. :ohwell: I tried to get them to legally change my name (so, I would have two middle names) but they wouldn't do it on the marriage certificate, so I would have had to go through the 'normal' name change route, and it just wasn't worth it.
 
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Since I have never been married and I have things purchased in my name, I probably won't take his last name. I am also closer to 40 than I am 30 with no prospect in sight. So I am not taking his name at all.
 
I will either keep my name altogether or hyphenate. As for the kids they wont need to have a hyphenated lastname they will just take their fathers. I have my reasons for wanting to keep my fathers name.
 
I think I have decided to hypenate my first and middle names, make my maiden name my middle name and take his name as my last name. My first and midle names are after my grandmothers, consider it an honor, and I will not just let my middle name go. Also, I have to use my middle name anyway to distinguish myself from my grandmoter and aunt for business and legal reasons (all three if us have the same first and last name).
 
daydreem2876 said:
I think I have decided to hypenate my first and middle names, make my maiden name my middle name and take his name as my last name. My first and midle names are after my grandmothers, consider it an honor, and I will not just let my middle name go. Also, I have to use my middle name anyway to distinguish myself from my grandmoter and aunt for business and legal reasons (all three if us have the same first and last name).
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I like this idea. My first name ("Charity") is my grandma's, my middle name ("Felicia") is my aunt's AND my last name is already hyphenated. I don't want to give any of them up and my aunt always referred to me as "Charity Felicia" anyways and one of my last names is also an apt middle name, so I can change my name to "Charity-Felicia Hyacinth Martins-DH Last Name". I never thought of this, but it's definitely a plausible option...
 
I orignally posted that I was going to hyphenate, but i changed my mind now. I am just going to take on my future husband's name.
 
rosa praeclara said:
I like this idea. My first name ("Charity") is my grandma's, my middle name ("Felicia") is my aunt's AND my last name is already hyphenated. I don't want to give any of them up and my aunt always referred to me as "Charity Felicia" anyways and one of my last names is also an apt middle name, so I can change my name to "Charity-Felicia Hyacinth Martins-DH Last Name". I never thought of this, but it's definitely a plausible option...
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This is an interesting option...:yep:
 
I will hyphenate.
My mother was like "girl I couldn't wait to get rid of my maiden name.":lachen:
But I want to keep my daddy's name.
I gave my son my last name and when I'm married and have more children I want to give them my last name and hyphenate it with my husband's last name.
No big history(as far as I know) behind my last name but I've had it a long time and I love it. Plus it looks good on paper.
It would mess up the whole flow of my signature to change it.:look:
 
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