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Re: Name Change

Reply by lilacck28 · July 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

I always told myself I would change my last name if I liked whoever I married's last name better. Except his last name and my last name are basically the same to me... sort of like Smith and Jones. So I'm not totally sure what I want to do. I really like Fiance's middle name. I tried convincing him that we should both…
Name Change

Discussion by tabathafaye · July 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

Anyone else having or had a hard time deciding on the name change. I am having a HARD time deciding what I want to do. I def want to take fiance's last name, but I am super attached to both my middle and last names. (Middle is mom's middle name, last is late father's last name.) And I really don't want to hyphenate....…
Re: Name Change

Reply by falsara · July 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

I totally want to take FI's name, even though I'm moving back in the alphabet. Asking FI to change his last name was never an option to me. FI is my late FIL only son, so there is a huge connection. And I love my middle name so I'm keeping it. I'm a writer though, so I can always use my maiden name as a pen name. :) It's a…
Re: Name Change

Reply by Knottie37373131 · August 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

I will be keeping Fiance's last name. I already have two middle names so if I kept my maiden name anywhere my name would be way to long. My middle name Lyn Marie which is a combination of both of my Aunts middle names. Fiance thinks I am crazy because if we have a girl, I am considering giving her my middle name because I…
Re: Name Change

Reply by brideofginger · July 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

I haven't been able to decide, either. I definitely don't want two middle names but some days I want to bump my maiden name to my middle, and some days I want to drop my maiden name completely. Initially I didn't want to change it at all, but I figure that doesn't make sense for when we have kids.
Re: Name Change

Reply by 00kim00 · July 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

Not necessarily true. I live in California, and you have to make your decision when you get your marriage license (for ume, just under 90 days before the wedding). The only way to change your name after that is: 1. Before the wedding, get the license voided, pay the fee again and go back with your fiancé to get a new…
Re: Name Change

Reply by amelisha · September 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

My fiancé has a long, hard-to-spell four-syllable Polish surname (one of the -skis) and I have a very common but three-syllable one, so I never considered hyphenating because it wouldn't fit anywhere and would be a huge mouthful. Same with any middle-name type things. His name means a lot to him and his family and mine…
Re: Name Change

Reply by KatWAG · July 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

There isnt a correct answer to this. And there also isnt a rush to make a decision. You dont need to decide before the wedding or right after. I have had several friends who kept their maiden names after the wedding and then legally changed their name when they had kids.
Re: Name Change

Reply by JMS62415 · July 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

I'm changing my last name as soon as we're married :)
Re: Name Change

Reply by danamw · August 2014 · Home› Wedding Discussion Boards› Wedding Customs & Traditions Forum

I know a girl who took her husband's last name at his insistence, despite wanting to keep her maiden/father's name. She gave her first son the middle name of her maiden name. It is now 17 years later, and she is gradually moving towards hyphenating her maiden/married names. She has always loved her father more than anyone…

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