Name Poll

amy727

My monthly board got me thinking...

amy727

I'm taking Tim's last name.... although I like mine better.

Bride_to_be_2011

I am sick of my last name, I am going to change it. I will hyphenate it on FB for a while though, just to not confuse people...

Jesster153

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[QUOTE]I'm taking Tim's last name.... although I like mine better.
Posted by amy727[/QUOTE]

haha this.

I took DH's last name

Amerbutt81

I begrudgingly took his name.

paprika28

I'm currently stuck w/ exh's last name legally, and I hate my maiden name. There's no question. I'm taking his.

a.lemma4

I'm taking FI's last name even though I LOVE my last name.

I think I'm going to move my last name to my middle name. So I will be (First name) (My last name) (FI's last name). No hyphenation.

ev4149

Looks like I'm the lone person keeping her name.  FI's totally cool with it.

miguelhilary2010

Ev - you're a lawyer though, right?  I would keep my name in that case too.  Lawyer, doctor, etc.

Jesster153

lemma- my mom did that.  We always joke with her because her name was Gail Ann, so we say she didn't want her initials to go from GAY to GAS so she chose to be GYS. hahaha

LadyJ10

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[QUOTE]I begrudgingly took his name.
Posted by Amerbutt81[/QUOTE]

Same here.

There was no way I was going to hyphenate, it would have been 9 letters -hyphen- 9 letters. Way too long.

Ev,I think that's normal. If I was working on/finished my doctorate, it would have been a more difficult decision.

FutureMrsTCT

FI last name is so much cooler. And it's hyphenated from when his great-great-great- grandparents got married.

ev4149

Yep, I'm a lawyer.  Most of the married ladies in the office did the hyphenated or middle name thing.  I didn't really want to change it in the first place, and the thought of having to change all of my licenses really made me not want to change it.

rachelk456

Taking his, and I like his more, not that mine is that bad though. I would also keep mine though if I was in a profession where I would want to.

a.lemma4

In Response to Re: Name Poll:
[QUOTE]lemma- my mom did that.  We always joke with her because her name was Gail Ann, so we say she didn't want her initials to go from GAY to GAS so she chose to be GYS. hahaha
Posted by Jesster153[/QUOTE]

LOL!

LadyJ10

I think it's just the weather, but now I'm getting a little bitter thinking about how I miss my maiden name. I had that name for 29 years! And it's an old Philadelphia name (the street that I share a name with is named after a great great great great grandfather - I think that's the right amount of greats).

miguelhilary2010

Since taking H's Puerto Rican last name, I already got a funny look at the doctor's office and got a spanish-speaking customer service call.  Do you prefer English?  Why yes, I actually require it.

Amerbutt81

I LOOOOVE my maiden name.  I wanted to hyphenate my name (at least for professional reasons) but he was like " No, my children will have my last name" , even though I explained to him many times that our children will have his last name no matter what mine is. 

ev4149

We have actually talked about what we would do with our kids' last names.  FI isn't super into his last name, and he even mentioned that the kids could take mine if I wanted.  I kind of like the idea... is that horrible of me?

amy727

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[QUOTE]We have actually talked about what we would do with our kids' last names.  FI isn't super into his last name, and he even mentioned that the kids could take mine if I wanted.  I kind of like the idea... is that horrible of me?
Posted by ev4149[/QUOTE]

No, as long as you both agree I don't think it matters whose name they take. 

RecoveringActor

I'm taking Gzilla's name... even though mine is way easier to pronounce and spell. 

LadyJ10

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[QUOTE]We have actually talked about what we would do with our kids' last names.  FI isn't super into his last name, and he even mentioned that the kids could take mine if I wanted.  I kind of like the idea... is that horrible of me?
Posted by ev4149[/QUOTE]

I don't think that's horrible at all!

mana8503

I'll take his last name, maybe then I can stop having to spell it.  FI wants me to hyphenate because, like nicole, it'll be  8 letters - 6 letters (ok not as bad as nicole).  I thought about having 2 middle names: firstname originalmiddlename maidenname hislastname... but that'll be long

Beagle211

I'm taking his last name, but moving my maiden name to my middle name.

I joke with FI that I will hyphenate and create a super name that would never fit on forms, ever (total 17 letters).

LadyJ10

Whenever I was thinking about the hyphenating nightmare and my desire to keep my name, it would make me think about the scene in Father of the Bride 2 where they're talking about making up a new last name with a combination of the letters in their last names (I think one was Zinckman). And they talk about hyphenating and naming the baby Cooper Banks-Mackenzie (which someone comments sounds like a law firm).

I never went as far to figure out what names I could make with the combination, but I'm sure there could have been some winners (as I have a Z and a W to work with)!

CaitC21

I voted other.
I will be keeping my last name and he will be keeping his.
We will however have the same last name becuase we already do.

And yes Im sure we aren't related

LadyJ10

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[QUOTE]And yes Im sure we aren't related
Posted by CaitC21[/QUOTE]

Sounds like someone gets this question a lot!!!

Jesster153

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[QUOTE]Whenever I was thinking about the hyphenating nightmare and my desire to keep my name, it would make me think about <strong>the scene in Father of the Bride 2 where they're talking about making up a new last name with a combination of the letters in their last names (I think one was Zinckman). And they talk about hyphenating and naming the baby Cooper Banks-Mackenzie</strong> (which someone comments sounds like a law firm). I never went as far to figure out what names I could make with the combination, but I'm sure there could have been some winners (as I have a Z and a W to work with)!
Posted by LadyJ10[/QUOTE]

Im glad you pointed this out because I was thinking of the same thing hahaha

That and the Friends (of course) where Ross and his ex wife and lesbian lover were trying to decided on last names...
"you want our baby to be willick-gellar-bunch?....pretty sure thats bordering on child abuse"

QTsgirl522

I'm stupid and kept my last name as an additial middle name, not hypenated.  So my name is now Jessica middle name old last name new last name. I felt bad just cutting it out completely and I like my middle name.

CaitC21

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Name Poll : Sounds like someone gets this question a lot!!!
Posted by LadyJ10[/QUOTE]


You have no idea.

And it's not like I have a weird or uncommon last name.

I can name a football player, a tv family that used my last name, and a girl who I went to school with this last name.

Give it a break people, yes I am sure lol

a.lemma4

I was worried about cutting my middle name out but then when I was talking to my Mom she couldn't even remember if she gave it to me or if it was my confirmation name LOL. I know for a fact it wasn't my confirmation name and that it was given to me, but since it doesn't mean anything to her (obviously haha) I'm just cutting it out altogether.