First post, and my first real conundrum I can't solve myself!
For my entire life, I have been called by my middle name. My first name is a family name and seems pretty simple to read, but somehow, teachers, government officials, and 9 out of every 10 people I've had to use my legal name with have butchered the pronunciation and I'm sick of it. I'm also sick of explaining to people why my parents chose to do this (they thought [middle name] [first name] sounded bad in that order, but I disagree).
So when I get married, I plan to change my name to [middle name] [first name] [married name]. Has anyone done anything similar? Can I just go through the normal process for changing my last name, or do I have to do anything extra? Thanks in advance!