Are you changing your name?

I'll be taking OH's name. Want him, myself & our son to have the same name as i'm the odd one out at the mo
Plus I hate my surname and can't wait to be shot of it haha!

Yup. even though it will make my initials VD! ?

Hi I also hate my OH last name as its a very common name whereas my name at the moment is unusual. I don't think there is anything wrong with keeping you own name, it's up to each individual person. I think I am going double barreled, not sure how this stands for when I need to change documents though.

I will be taking my fiancé's name as well, I'm looking forward to us having the same name and the same name as any future little ones. However I have kinda questioned it in the past as his name is slightly different from the norm and I can see myself saying it, and then spelling it, for the rest of my life! His sister made me laugh the other day because we went to the bank and I had to give his surname and both me and her spelled it out in unison.

I am definetly changing my surname. Although I'm not keen on my H2B's surname and i love my surname (nice italian name) but for me a big part of getting married is having the same surname.

I'm double-barrelling. Spoken to the passport office already and it sounds like a simple procedure to renew my passport in time for my honeymoon. Just need to fill in the application form + PD2 form. No deed poll/change of name deed required which was what I thought I would have to do.

I'm really looking forward to changing my surname! It's all part of becoming a team, creating our own family, 2 become 1; all that cheese. I have no particular attachment to my own surname though as I haven't seen my dad for 15 years :-(

I changed my name. I'm not keen on H's surname but it mattered more to him that I changed my name, than it mattered to me that I didn't.

I keep changing my mind, I still haven't decided although I'm swaying much more to changing it now. I really wasn't keen on the idea but the more I think of it, the more I think it would be nice to have the same surname. I will definitely keep mine professionally though and I don't think I'll be in any rush to change it.

I'm keeping mine for work, mainly because it's far too much hassle to change lol, but for everything else I'll change gradually, i.e. when my passport's up for renewal I'll do it then.

Yes.

Yes I am, already have my passport in my new name, I was so excited when it came through.

Its a hassle changing everything but I'm excited to become Mrs W.

I can't wait to change my name ! I've been married before but when we split I kept his name as we have a son together. And I wanted to be the same as him when he was growing up. He's now 22 so I don't feel that this matters so much anymore. So can't wait to be Mrs Banks :-)

I've ummed and ahhed over this one too, although for different reasons to you. I still have my ex-husband's surname which I kept for the sake of the children, not wanting them to feel I was abandoning them. I do not want to keep his name when I marry my new fiance but taking his name will mean I'm now different to the kids. In the end, I talked to them about it and they all said to go ahead and take his name if that was what would make me happy and reminded me that they don't need to have the same name as me to know I'm their mum. The only other option was to go back to my maiden name, which I dislike, or double-barrel which would have been totally weird - both husbands in one name????? I don't think so!!

I've ummed and ahhed over this one too, although for different reasons to you. I still have my ex-husband's surname which I kept for the sake of the children, not wanting them to feel I was abandoning them. I do not want to keep his name when I marry my new fiance but taking his name will mean I'm now different to the kids. In the end, I talked to them about it and they all said to go ahead and take his name if that was what would make me happy and reminded me that they don't need to have the same name as me to know I'm their mum. The only other option was to go back to my maiden name, which I dislike, or double-barrel which would have been totally weird - both husbands in one name????? I don't think so!!

The first time round my (now ex) husband actually took my surname, and he still has it. Not sure what will happen if he ever remarries?!

This time I will take my H2B's name. It means a lot to him. He has kids from a previous relationship and it would be nice for any future children to have the same name as their mother, father and siblings.

I'm changing mine, our little one will be 3 in May and I hate not having the same name as them :-(

The only issue for me us that I'll be going from a not so common surname to I think one of the most common ones which is great!

I started a thread about this a few months ago, it got very long hehe! I'm going to use h2b's name pretty much when it suits me! I'm definitely keeping my name in work, and definitely changing my passport to my h2b's surname (as the honeymoon is booked as Mrs S rather than Miss D anyway haha!). But changing it on everything else eg drivers licence, bank accounts, doctors / dentist etc just seems like a lot of admin work! Any OM's who changed it but kept it in work got any tips on juggling the two?

ooh and out of interest, what's your original name and what will be your new name, if you're changing it? My maiden is Davies, married would be Sullivan. Neither particularly exciting!

At the moment I have no intention of changing my name. If I change my mind before the wedding then so be it, but I definitely won't be changing just because it is tradition or I feel I have to.

I'm really struggling with this. I always said I'd never ever change my name, but then I also always said I'd never get married or have kids. Now I'm planning to do both and the idea of being Mrs R is starting to appeal. At the same time I'm quite attached to my surname and as the men in my dad's family have had daughters, it'll die out unless one of us girl cousins does something non-traditional.

I've considered double-barrelling, but then that creates a nightmare for kids further down the line (what if they want to double-barrel too? Where does it end??) so I'm also thinking about the thing some American women do where they keep their maiden name as a second surname that isn't always used, as in Hilary Clinton is sometimes Hilary Rodham Clinton. On the other hand, do I want to spend the rest of my life explaining and justifying having taken on a naming convention that almost no one else in this country uses?

I'll be double barrelling mine - we both have foreign surnames so it's going to end up very exotic!! But I love my surname so I wasn't going to give it up.

Haven't changed my passport yet though - I thought it might be easier to do after the wedding once everything had calmed down (and once everything was payed for )

Not changing mine, I dont see the need. I have a different surname to my children and it doesnt bother me or them at all.

I am keeping my name ;-) it is unusual and I really like it, whereas OH's is very common, plus it is already hyphenated so double barreling wouldn't really work!

OH isn't that bothered but I don't think his parents are very impressed! ?

I have not changed mine. I have no issues with others changing their name but to me it seems archaic and still smacks of when a woman was passed from father to husband as property. (I refused to let me brother 'give me away' but allowed him to walk me down the aisle)

I am now Ms though as I also dislike 'Mrs'. He is absolutely fine with me keeping my name but we may both change to a completely new name in the future.

My OH is taking my name, as he doesn't have anything to do with his dad and is the only member of his family with his name. Was a bit dubious at first but now I think it's a lovely idea and means so much to my family that our name will be continued.

I will and I won't. I've been thinking about it a lot but my current (maiden) name has been me for 30+ years and I don't want to rush to give that identity up... but I'm excited to become a new identity too.

We can't double-barrel as our names sound very similar (Think Mrs Mustard Mitt-Flitt - not that extreme but close!)

So legally (passport, driving licence etc) I'll be Mustard Flitt, but at work, social media, anything personal etc I'll still be Mustard Mitt.

I'm going to change my name eventually just in no hurry to do it...

on social network sites I'd probably do straight away.... But in regards to passport, driving license, work documents.... I'll change these as and when they expire!

When I get married I'll have the same name as my SIL (who is not married... Yet!) and my 5 year old nephew keeps telling his mum to get married because we can't have the same name!

My OH wanted to take my name as his grandad changed the family name for some unknown reason and then never kept in touch... A bit dodgy if you ask me! But then he thought about everywhere he'd have to change his name and decided it was too much like hard work so it doesn't look like that'll be happening....

Didn't change, never even considered it, not an issue for either of us.

I'll be changing my name. I do like my last name, but I don't feel the need to keep it. I also think my changed name sounds better than if my OH was to change his last name and I want us to have the same last name.

I'm goin to change mine.

Although it'll be nice to not have to correct people when they say or spell me surname incorrectly, or me have to spell it out to almost everyone, I'll be a little sad when it goes.... End of an era and all that.

Definitely, can't wait to take OHs surname as we've got a new son and I'm also odd one out so it will feel really nice to all have the same. I also like OHs surname more than mine!