Do you like your married name?

[Mai Tai]

Whenever I get married, I want to add my maiden name to my middle name, so that I have 2 middle initials, then take on my married name as my last name. So it will be...

first name...middle name + maiden name...married name

My initials will go from MJA to MJAH

 

[spelmanlocks]

I have a hypenated name. I love my last name because its associated with a very famous person and I love my husband's last name because its very exotic. I always get a lot of questions about his last name.

 

[Vanity1]

I like my married name, but I hate explaining it to people and sounding it out. It is annoying. So I don't use it other than in social situations where I am with DH or in our marital business. Otherwise, I still use my maiden name for the most part.

 

[trenise]

Whenever I get married, I want to add my maiden name to my middle name, so that I have 2 middle initials, then take on my married name as my last name. So it will be...

first name...middle name + maiden name...married name

My initials will go from MJA to MJAH

That'a what I did.

 

[gimbap]

Now I'm sitting here thinking of 90s gymnasts

Dominique Dawes? Betty Okino? Shannon Miller? Kim Zmeskal? Vanessa Atler?

:scratchch

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.

 

[LBoogie]

My married name flows much better with my first name than my maiden did. I didin't hyphenate, just moved my maiden to my middle. I told DH if for any reason we should split, he's not getting "his" name back.

 

[LBoogie]

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.

Same here!

I thought I was the only one that signed docs like that. There have been times where people have hypenated for me, I had to tell the "No hyphen."

 

[Bunny77]

Now I'm sitting here thinking of 90s gymnasts

Dominique Dawes? Betty Okino? Shannon Miller? Kim Zmeskal? Vanessa Atler?

:scratchch

You got it! The most common sounding name up there would be my married name if I dropped my maiden name.

To make it even more plain... if you Google my FH's name, you'll get C-Murder.

Plus, my maiden name has the same initial as my first name, and people say I have a great reporter's name. So I kinda don't want to mess that up too much...

 

[honeyflaava]

I'm not married yet, but when I do I plan to take my husband's last name. It may sound harsh, but I can't wait to be rid of my maiden name because I've always disliked it. That and I really don't like or get along with my dad or his side of the family, so dropping that name will be a wonderful release for me...

 

[madamdot]

I am one of those who dropped their middle name (good riddance) and moved my maiden name to middle. My first name is very short. I like my married name. (which is also very short). It's very simple though people often get it wrong.

Of course my new name is extremely Irish sounding and people are shocked when they meet me in person. Oh well~!

 

[BKVincy]

ive still never offically changed my name

its different on my marriage license but I never changed my social or ID and Ive never ran into problems even my passport I just got redone in my maiden name so I havent bothered

plus I dont like it.. I love my name

 

[~NanCeBoTwin~]

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?

I dropped my middle name and added his last name.

However to the bolded, I get laughed at my reaction if someone calls me "Angie" it seriously irks my nerves. I will and have ignored anyone who refers to me as Angie. Bosses, coworkers, family members, I don't discriminate. Sorry to go off on a tangent, my family and close friends tease me about this pet peeve so I laughed at myself a little when I realized my nose instantly turned up when i read the bolded. My sister and her sons are the only people that dare refer to me as Angie, to my nephews I'm Aunt Angie, to her I'm Angie Pangie (when she's trying to be funny)

 

[YaniraNaturally]

One of my big fears about getting married/meeting a nice guy is that he'll have a horrible last name! In high school I knew a guy whose last name was Roach and no it wasn't pronounced fancy or anything, just like the bug. Anyway there was this teacher that every time she said his name in roll call she'd go "***** Roach" and then move her hand across her desk in an imitation of a roach! HA poor thing.

But I'm just being silly. I'd still marry the guy if I was in love, but the kids would definitely have to get my last name.

 

[cmw45]

My entire name is very common. My first name was the 2nd most common name for a girl the year I was born, my last name is the second (and sometimes first) most common last name in the United States and my middle name is the most common middle name for a girl. That being said, it flows very well. So when/if I get married as long as his last name is not Jones or Smith I will make my last name my middle name. UNLESS, I have become well known in my profession by my last name at which point I'm keeping it and the kids can have his ish. lol...but no, seriously.

 

[Tee]

I never cared for my maiden name much and married name is simple and people shouldn't have any troubles with it all.

 

[MrsHdrLe]

I dropped my middle name and added his last name.

However to the bolded, I get laughed at my reaction if someone calls me "Angie" it seriously irks my nerves. I will and have ignored anyone who refers to me as Angie. Bosses, coworkers, family members, I don't discriminate. Sorry to go off on a tangent, my family and close friends tease me about this pet peeve so I laughed at myself a little when I realized my nose instantly turned up when i read the bolded. My sister and her sons are the only people that dare refer to me as Angie, to my nephews I'm Aunt Angie, to her I'm Angie Pangie (when she's trying to be funny)

Funny, I hate "Angie" too b/c every Angie I knew as a kid was a bully. But his last name ends w/ that "ie" sound and my maiden name (though it doesn't actually flow) ends with "la" All my names have three syllables (as well as his) So, I feel kinda wierd writing and calling myself Mrs. Angela ____la-_________le. It seems too long.

One of my big fears about getting married/meeting a nice guy is that he'll have a horrible last name! In high school I knew a guy whose last name was Roach and no it wasn't pronounced fancy or anything, just like the bug. Anyway there was this teacher that every time she said his name in roll call she'd go "***** Roach" and then move her hand across her desk in an imitation of a roach! HA poor thing.

But I'm just being silly. I'd still marry the guy if I was in love, but the kids would definitely have to get my last name.

I knew a guy named "Roach" in middle school. Of course, I didn't know the alternate term for a marijuana but at the time, but yeah, that is an awkward name.
But the worst name I ever dated was Enoch. OMGoodness! (no offense to anyone), but that is an ugly sounding name. I'm glad he wasn't long term.

 

[TLC1020]

Same here.. fiance' don't care if I change my last name or add to mine.. His last name is so common and mine is not.. Sooo I'm keeping my maiden name and hyphenating...

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

 

[lotusdream]

I don't really care for my maiden name because it is VERY common. My husband's last name is common but not as much. His last name goes well with my first name. I used to joke that I wanted to get married just to change my last name.

 

[MrsHdrLe]

I don't really care for my maiden name because it is VERY common. My husband's last name is common but not as much. His last name goes well with my first name. I used to joke that I wanted to get married just to change my last name.

You're not too far off one that one. A lot of people want to drop their last names, but would you ever marry or not marry someone b/c of their last name? (I know I my own thread.lol)

 

[frizzy]

I like my married name. I didn't get rid of my maiden name, it's a middle name now. I simply added his, but it took me 3 years to do it.

I did not want to hyphenate and I didn't want to get rid of my birth name either. All 4 of my names are uncommon.

 

[moonglowdiva]

My married last name is just like any other common last name so I just go with the flow. I did not drop any of my names, I just added his last name. I have a first name, a middle name, and 2 last names. They aren't hyphenated.

 

[lotusdream]

You're not too far off one that one. A lot of people want to drop their last names, but would you ever marry or not marry someone b/c of their last name? (I know I my own thread.lol)

I don't think a last name would be a deal breaker if my husband had a really funky name. I did meet some guys with some really cool last names but that wasn't enough for me to get with them. The whole last name thing is an minor extra perk.

 

[czyfaith77]

I like both of my names and therefore I kept them I did not hyphenated it. I simple use my maiden name like a middle name and my married name as my last name. Being that I own a business, I did this to prevent having to change my name of everything. I just changed my name to the above format on my license and on SS card. It saved a lot of trouble.

The only thing is now I have to hard to pronounce names.