Changing your last name after marriage

[sara535 15]

I did not. Its not customary in Morocco for a woman to change her name, but even if it was I dont think I would have because I have a child (from a previous relationship) with my same last name. I didnt ever want us to be a family of X with him sitting there as a Y. So my son and I have the same last name and when our daughter is born later this year she will have her fathers last name....

[Elphie 0]

Yes I changed my name.

[monnik 0]

I haven't changed mine yet. But, I'm open to the idea. DH doesn't have a traditional last name. Sometimes he uses 3 names, sometimes it's 4. Depending on what's required. I will wait to see how many names of my husband's get printed on his visa, and then I will decide which one (if any) to use.

I thought about hyphenating - only because we're an all girl family on my side and I kind of want to hold on to my dad's name. But, if it's too long or bothersome, I won't do it.

And, DH doesn't like his grandfather's name. He doesn't want to use it in the US. So, we're crossing our fingers that we get to use either his 2nd or 4th name.

[sereia 0]

i know its not tradition in morocco for the women to take on their husband's last name...but i plan on taking my fiance's last name once we're married. his last name is really cool and fits my personality really well! i also had always dreamt of doing this when i was growing up. it really never crossed my mind NOT to take my husband's name!

[RUKTHUR 0]

I voted YES, because I like my fiancee's last name.

[Dr. Obvious 49]

Oh, and I didn't change mine because my husband didn't want me to have his last name. He doesn't even want his last name.

Your husband and my husband need to start a support group.

I didn't take his name either because he didn't want me to. He said his name was too common and he didn't like it anyway. Whatever. I don't have any strong feelings one way or another about it.

[bora bora 1]

Yes, I did change my last name.

My maiden name is one of the easiest and most common surnames in the U.S. and I was fine with it. However, I wanted to be Mrs. (new surname) in order to have the same last name as my husband, to leave behind the last name of my father (who I am not close with), and because I think that a Portuguese surname fits me well .

I like my new name. I understand why women don't do (my sister got married 2 months ago and is thinking of perhaps hyphenating her name name but definetly not losing her maiden name).

The only thing is that I'm a teacher and the students were having a bit of a hard time with the adjustment.

I think next school year will be easier....

[Yodrak 7]

Rodjanaa did and didn't - she uses my surname in the USA, her maiden name in her country.

Yodrak

Just wondering who here has changed their surname after marriage and why they did or didn't.

[TracyTN 237]

I'm planning to change my last name, mainly because mine is bloody hard to spell and I'm tired of always having to say it, and then spell it. ALL the time!!

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I am in a bit of a no-man's-land with last names right now. Professionally (and legally), I still use my ex's last name. Socially, I'm mostly using the new married name, and occasionally the old one. I'm not really happy ditching the old last name, even if it is my ex's, because that is the name I've built my reputation on over here in the UK. What I think I will probably do is double-barrel it for professional use when we finally make the move to America, and legally change it to the new name. Both are really pretty easy names to spell and pronounce, and not too much of a mouthful when together.

To complicate things, The Boy hates his first and last name, and has every intention of having a new stage name. If there's someone with his name in Actor's Equity, he'll have to do it anyway. If he hits the big time out in LA, I wonder what I'll decide on doing then...

[raymaga 25]

I wouldn't have changed my name if my children had been young when I married my husband, but they were nearly grown by then.

I also wanted to take my husband's last name, and he was happy with that decision.

[JelloShotGirl 0]

yeah i changed my last name, even though i like my maiden name i like my married name too , i thought it was cool to make a change , to something different! LOL!

[Nessa 23]

I love my last name, way more than my husband's last name, but I changed my last name for 2 reasons:

1 - if I had to spell my last name here every time I would go crazy, I had to spell it in Brazil most of the time, spelling it in english would just drive me insane.

2 - I'm still old fashioned when it comes to certain traditions. It is best that I'm associated to my husband by name and that we all (me, him and our future kids) have the same last name. Easier that way.

[Kym 0]

Not married yet but will be changing it once I am. Out of the 6 years we've known one another, don't think we've even talked about this...never even thought about it. I want his name and I'm sure he will love that.

[peach waterfalls 0]

Hi everyone, I want to change my last name when my husband arrives to the US. How does one go about changing their last name in the US if they were married in another country? Does the marriage certificate need to be translated to English?