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Changing last names with marriage

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Changing last names with marriage  

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  1. 1. Which partner will change/changed their last name, if any, and how?

    • Wife - take husband's name
      61
    • Wife - hyphenate (wife's-husband's)
      1
    • Both - hyphenate (wife's-husband's)
      0
    • Both hyphenate (husband's-wife's)
      0
    • Husband - take wife's name
      0
    • Husband - hyphenate (husband's-wife's)
      0
    • Neither of us are changing our names
      9
    • Both taking spouse's name as middle name
      0
    • Making up a new last name together
      0
    • Other (Specify)
      1

  2. 2. How important is it to have the same last name as one's spouse?

    • Vital
      11
    • Important, but not life-ending if someone doesn't
      32
    • Not really a big deal either way
      26
    • I'm against it entirely. One's name is their identity.
      3

  3. 3. If you changed your last name at marriage, do you still use your maiden name professionally?

    • Yes
      8
    • Sometimes
      8
    • No, I changed my business cards and notified all my contacts
      37
    • Not applicable, I did not change my name
      15
    • Other (specify)
      4

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vareska   3

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I changed mine to my husband's not because of tradition or anything, but because I had a really, really ugly last name. It would hurt my dad's feelings if I just changed it for no reason, but with marriage I knew he'd feel different about it :) He's such a traditionalist...

Not even "my people" could pronounce my maiden name correctly, let alone the people here when I moved to the U.S.

99% of the last names where I am from end in -ICH, but my husband's is short and sweet and does not end like all typical Bosnian names.

I liked it so I took it :)

But no one will be able to pronounce my new last name correctly either :)

I often joke with my husband that I married him just so I could get rid of my ugly name. He loves that, as you can imagine :lol:

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just bumping the latest threads to get rid of the 2006, 2007, etc threads



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