Do you like your married name?

[MrsHdrLe]

I decided to hyphenate my name b/c I don't really like the sound of my first name with his last name. I really wish I could start calling myself "Angie" b/c it matches/sounds better than "Angela" which is what I go by. I think it would be too wierd to all of a sudden start calling myself "Angie"

What did you do when you got married?

 

[Shoediva]

I didnt like the sound of my married name with my first name when I first got married. I think it had a lot to do with getting adjusted to a new name. Now its not a big deal. I just hate that my name is so common with my married name..lol

 

[MrsHdrLe]

Thanks for responding, please vote. TIA

 

[MrsHdrLe]

 

[gabulldawg]

I like my married name. I had always intended to take on my husband's last name whenever I got married.

 

[MrsHdrLe]

Congrats on your newly exchanged nuptials Mrs. Gabulldawg!

 

[MrsHdrLe]

bumping 1mo'gin

 

[LunadeMiel]

I'm still trying to decide what I want to do. FH and are from two different cultures so removing my name completely i feel removes part of what makes me who I am.

 

[Lucie]

I do not like my married name. IMO there is no better last name on earth better than my maiden name. It means something and is understood in English, Spanish, French and Italian.

Also, I will never stop being Lucie V.. Even if my husband and I are married for 60 years, I still had a 20 year headstart on being Lucie V.. I will always keep it Lucie V. G..

 

[Cheleigh]

I don't like it as much as my maiden name, but I'll get used to it. I took his last name, and dropped my maiden name completely. I'd debated whether I'd drop my middle name and take on my maiden as middle.

 

[MrsHdrLe]

Yeah I understand your thought process Lucie. My last name is African, I'm an only child, and I feel if I didn't at least hyphenate it my culture/who I am would be lost. I did, however give my only child ( a boy) my father's full name. On the other hand, I want to be Mrs. H too. I want that experience of being called Mrs. something. Oh idk

More responses please.

 

[~~HoneyComb~~]

I like my married name, but I kept my maiden name as my middle name because I didn't have one. My name is not hyphenated.

 

[10WordzOrLess]

I THOUGHT I was going to be a hyphenated Mrs... Until I asked DH what he thought and he looked like was gonna Donkey Kong me for asking.

It turns out that I fell in love with it, and dropped my maiden name all together. My married name makes me sound like a Pretty Petite Princess. (I am 5ft 8inches...only thing petite about me is my name, I assure you!)

 

[hervirtue]

I'm getting use to it, it's always a topic of discussion because DH is white and of Yugoslavian decent so our last name is like 12 letters long so people are always asking to origin and then sometimes I get a weird comment like, "oh you don't look Yugoslavian." I go, "thanks, but DH does!"

 

[TracyNicole]

I don't like my married name because it is so common. I am a scientist and plan to use my maiden name professionally. I would like a more distinctive name than my husbands so that people can easily find papers on pubmed. Legally I kept my maiden name as my middle name.

 

[MrsHdrLe]

I notice a lot of you ladies have kept your maiden name as your middle. My middle name is a traditional African name for my culture and I didn't feel right dropping it, so I just have a very long name (-3 syllables x 4 names=12 syllables). Okay I'm just over thinking this now.

 

[serene]

I didn't change my name, dh didn't care, I like my last name.

 

[LilMissRed]

I like my maiden name AND my married name.. so when I'm in the mood.. I sue them both (hyphenated)

 

[dlewis]

I dropped my maiden name altogether. I only use my married name. I plan to keep it even if something happens. It flows well with my name and I didn't like my maiden name much.

 

[dlewis]

I notice a lot of you ladies have kept your maiden name as your middle. My middle name is a traditional African name for my culture and I didn't feel right dropping it, so I just have a very long name (-3 syllables x 4 names=12 syllables). Okay I'm just over thinking this now.

My mother and all my aunts kept their maiden names. All my cousins do to. I'm the only one who has completely dropped my maiden name and they don't approve. When they introduce me they introduce me as d maiden name lewis.

 

[Bunny77]

Because I write for a newspaper and other publications, if I let my maiden name go, people would get confused.

At the same time, I'd like to add FH's name, so I'll do like a Hillary Rodham Clinton thing.

If I totally drop my maiden name, I'll have the same name as a famous Olympic gymnast from the 1990s, and I'm not trying to have folks Google me and then gymnast chick comes up!

 

[MahoganyJazz]

I hyphenated and kept my middle name as well. I'm the last one in the family with my maiden name, and I'm still very much attached to it. DH respected my wishes to keep it, and I respected his wishes to give me his last name.... Hyphenating was our compromise. Our children have his last name though. I've been thinking about hyphenating them here lately for some reason.

 

[Allandra]

Because I write for a newspaper and other publications, if I let my maiden name go, people would get confused.

At the same time, I'd like to add FH's name, so I'll do like a Hillary Rodham Clinton thing.

If I totally drop my maiden name, I'll have the same name as a famous Olympic gymnast from the 1990s, and I'm not trying to have folks Google me and then gymnast chick comes up!

She was one of my favorite gymnasts.

 

[Transformer]

I dislike my married last name only because there's a town in NC where ALL the residents have this last name--must have been a huge plantation.

I did not use my married name until I had children. It was funny because folks congratulated me on my marriage due to the name change, but I had been married for nearly 5 years.

 

[jdvzmommy]

I love my name right now. It flows so beautifully.
But I'm changing my name when we get married. I hate having a different last name than my daughter.

His last name reminds me of "The Crucible," though.

 

[MD_Lady]

My married name is okay and I think it flows as well with my first name as my maiden name did. My maiden name is part of my middle name so I'm legally MD_Lady MiddleName MaidenName MarriedName. I sign documents as MD_Lady MaidenNameInitial/MaidenName MarriedName.

 

[-Kąditty-]

I never had a problem with taking on my marriage name. I actually never really thought about it until one day I was out and about, and someone was like "Mrs. K, blah blah blah...". It hit me like a ton of bricks. I had to get use to it after that point. I felt like I had been torn from my family. Now, I am fine, doesn't bother me at all...and I like my maiden name.

 

[Bmack]

I decided to hyphenate my name b/c I don't really like the sound of my first name with his last name. I really wish I could start calling myself "Angie" b/c it matches/sounds better than "Angela" which is what I go by. I think it would be too wierd to all of a sudden start calling myself "Angie"

What did you do when you got married?

Yes, I also hypenated though. Everytime I say my last name people are like oh gosh so stately

 

[GreenD]

I dropped my middle name and made my maiden name my middle name and share DH's last name. My mom did the same thing, so I followed suit. Initially I would cry that there would be no more DivaDava maidenname, and DH was kinda hurt by it. But the more I fell in love with his family, the more I wanted to embrace the new last name and be apart of his family. Plus my last name is shorter, so that works for me!!

 

[miss stress]

Well I love my married name because my maiden name was too obviously muslim sounding and after 9-11 life got hard! You would not believe the amount of times I got (radndomly) selected for extra airport security measures