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What format is your new name going to be in?

How are you changing your name (if you are changing it)?

FirstName  MaidenLastName  HubbyLastName
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FirstName  CurrentMiddleName  HubbyLastName

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FirstName  CurrentMiddleName  MaidenLastName-HubbyLastName

We will be getting our Marriage license soon and I need to make a decision...
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  • edited December 2011
    FirstName MaidenName HisLastName

    I hate my last name and I'm traditional so no hyphen for me.
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  • island07b2bisland07b2b member
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    edited December 2011
    Good question and this is something that I really need to bring up with my FH. 
    We have talked about it in general conversation but not in earnest.

     I am pretty sure that he wants me to take on his last name only but I have always had the mindset to hyphenate my maiden name with his last name because, honestly, I have so much stuff I would need to change over. 

    It would really be a pain to deal with if I don't hyphenate BUT if my FH really wants me to use his last name only, then I will do that. 



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  • edited December 2011
    First Name  Maiden Last Name  Hubby's Last Name
  • edited December 2011
    I am doing... FirstName  CurrentMiddleName  HubbyLastName


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  • LSASLSAS member
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    edited December 2011
    I am doing FirstName  CurrentMiddleName  HubbyLastName.
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  • cincy2011cincy2011 member
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    edited December 2011
    FirstName  CurrentMiddleName  HubbyLastName
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  • edited December 2011
    Darn! Everyone doing what he wants me to do! LOL! :-(
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  • msapril0730msapril0730 member
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    edited December 2011
    I'm doing FirstName MaidenName HisLastName!

    I wanted to keep my middle name but it would make my name too long! My FI doesn't care as long as I'm taking his last name
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  • edited December 2011
    FirstName CurrentMiddleNames HubbyLastName. I have 2 middle names I'm not trying to add another name to fit to applications and my middle names flow with my first name, so it's bye-bye Maiden Name.
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    edited December 2011
    FirstName  CurrentMiddleName  HubbyLastName
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    Firstname Middlename hubby's Lastname !!!
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  • edited December 2011
    First Name---Current Middle(2)---Keep my last name


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    First Name--Current Middle(2)--Hyphenate


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  • edited December 2011
    First name, current middle name, hubba hubba's last name!!
  • edited December 2011
    Can I do:
    First name  middle name  last name and then his last name...And just socially go by:
    First name middle  name last name  his last name...???
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    edited December 2011
    I want:
    FirstName  MiddleName  MaidenName   HubbyLastName
    or
    FirstName MiddleName HubbyLastName

    FI wants (for professional reasons):
    FirstName  MaidenName HubbyLastName

    I still haven't decided yet what to do. It may just come down to what sounds  and looks better to me (I know kind of shallow)
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    edited December 2011
    I would like this way

    FirstName  MiddleName  MaidenName   HubbyLastName
    With no hyphen

    He would prefer
    FirstName MiddleName HubbyLastName

    Either way our children will have his last name

    YasJas2011 - I think you could do that. I would think when people talk to you they would call you Mrs HisLastName anyway.   
  • edited December 2011
    I've established myself professionally already so I really don't want to change my name. However, my husband to be is a traditional Trini man so we've compromised with the hypen. The children will have my last name as their middle name.
  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_format-new-name-going?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:400Discussion:739cec9a-d61c-497b-9799-744382be3543Post:aa8bd48f-198c-4430-990a-2d4ad8de67ac">Re: What format is your new name going to be in?</a>:
    [QUOTE]FirstName CurrentMiddleNames HubbyLastName. I have 2 middle names I'm not trying to add another name to fit to applications and my middle names flow with my first name, so it's bye-bye Maiden Name.
    Posted by flasweetheart[/QUOTE]

    This exactly.  It's already a mouthful saying all 4 names, so to add another one will just be overkill.  I've always liked my last name, but sadly I have to let it go.  Our first born child will have my maiden name as a middle name anyway, no matter if it's a boy or girl. 
  • msktn95msktn95 member
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    edited December 2011
    First name middle name and hubby's last name.  he is so traditional, he does not believe in hyphenated.  He states the man leaves home and takes a wife and they become one, how can we be one if I am still holding on to my last name.
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_format-new-name-going?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:400Discussion:739cec9a-d61c-497b-9799-744382be3543Post:75bc7794-62cf-4078-92b8-30f0802528a4">Re: What format is your new name going to be in?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Can I do: First name  middle name  last name and then his last name...And just socially go by: First name middle  name last name  his last name...???
    Posted by YasJas2011[/QUOTE]

    I think you can do that (without the hyphen).  I've seen that before. 

    I'm doing FirstName CurrentMiddleName HubbyLastName
  • sheshedukeshesheduke member
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    edited December 2011
    First name current middle name current last name hyphen his last name. FI hates it but as long as i go by his last name then he doesn't care but I love my last name and I am established so it is just easier!
  • edited December 2011
    FirstName MiddleName Hubby's Last Name I wanted it hyphened but that would be a mouth full with his long last name  
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    I'm doing first name, current middle names, hubby's last name.  I like my current last name, but I think it's more so because of the fact that I've had it all my life and it kind of flows with my first and middle names.  My dad and I aren't very close so it's not really a sentimental thing to keep it and I already have 2 middle names, so keeping my last name would be too many names.
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    edited December 2011
    Well I am currently

    Firstname Middlename Middlename Maidename- Maidename  ( already hyphenated) I wil be doing

    Firstname Middlename Middlename Maidename-Maidename- HubbyLastname

    informally I will be

    Firstname Middle Middle Maidenlastname- Hubbylastname

    I decided to keep my names because all of my degrees and published works are under that name
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_format-new-name-going?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:400Discussion:739cec9a-d61c-497b-9799-744382be3543Post:75bc7794-62cf-4078-92b8-30f0802528a4">Re: What format is your new name going to be in?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Can I do: First name  middle name  last name and then his last name...And just socially go by: First name middle  name last name  his last name...???
    Posted by YasJas2011[/QUOTE]

    I would do that
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  • edited December 2011
    I'm gonna do first name, middle name (passed down in my mom's fam), my last name-hubby's last name. I'm hyphenating cause I sound like an old person with my first name & hubby's last name....lol.

    However, at times I can go by my last name & other times I can go by hubby's last name.
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  • edited December 2011
    FirstName  MaidenLastName  HubbyLastName

    Im not too thrilled about my new last name but I must keep my maiden name somehow. All my nicknames are from my last name so im going to make it my middle.
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  • edited December 2011
    I have no idea! Yell

    I know that I am taking his last name, no hyphen. It's what he wants. I'm fine with that. However, I cannot decide if I want to drop my maiden name or my middle name. I'm a daddy's girl but my middle name is my mama's first name. So... I'm leaning towards:

    Legally: FirstName MiddleName MaidenName Hubby'sLastName

    Socially: FirstName MaidenName (Initial) Hubby's LastName

    But I still have a couple weeks to decide.

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  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_african-american-weddings_format-new-name-going?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:400Discussion:739cec9a-d61c-497b-9799-744382be3543Post:75bc7794-62cf-4078-92b8-30f0802528a4">Re: What format is your new name going to be in?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Can I do: First name  middle name  last name and then his last name...And just socially go by: First name middle  name last name  his last name...???
    Posted by YasJas2011[/QUOTE]

    Officially I'm First Name, Middle Name, Maiden Name, His Last Name, but I go by First, Maiden, His Last, or First and His Last. So yeah you can do it that way. My social has all 4 of my names, but my license has First, Middle Initial, Maiden, His Last. I didn't hyphenate anything.
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