Changing names!

I think that as a teacher, you probably hear your own surname more often than most people!

I'm looking forward to changing from Miss MaidenName to Mrs MarriedName! Although, most of my class will probably still refer to me as 'Miss' regardless!

You can still use your maiden name professionally, but I'd make sure your pay-slips match your bank account, or you might not get paid!!!

You will most definitely get used to being Mrs MarriedName very quickly - you will hear it enough after all

I guess I will get used to it soon enough....like you say I will hear it tens of times a day once they start to remember!

I'm a teacher too but I have decided to change mine, partly for the fun of my students getting their timetables on the first day and thinking they don't have me teaching them anymore!

I'm not a teacher, but I really don't want to change my name professionally, which people I speak to think is weird! I've always been Miss Mitt, that's just who I am. At work I'm Mitt. Social media I'm Mitt.

So I'll just probably stay as Mitt. It's easier that way. Personally I'll be Mrs Formerly-Mitt but professionally I'll stick with Mitt. It's not being precious. Using a married name is a choice. It doesn't make you less of a wife if you choose not to use it professionally.

Very true. These days I feel you build up a strong identity in the working world via social media etc and want to keep that identity!

I can't wait to change my name! But I still have my first husband's name so will be very glad to ditch it and be someone new!!

On one hand I feel excited for my new surname, but onthe other a little sad. I have been a Miss for 32 years, and being the youngest of 2 daughters, my maiden surname ends with me which makes me feel a bit sad and nostalgic.

My sister uses her maiden name for work, because she works in TV and you get "credits" (when the names roll at the end) so she is known by that within the industry. I don't have any credits or anything like that related to my maiden name, so it seems a little silly to keep my maiden name for work purposes. But if you were already known by that name and it was to do with a reputation having been built on that name you could easily just keep your maiden name for work purposes until you are ready to change over. There are no hard rules about what you have to change and when, or even at all.

I know I mention her a lot in my posts, but Dawn O'Porter just added O part. And she's written some brilliant articles about not changing her name completely, and just meshing them together. Perhaps you could do something similar with yours and the hubby's name.

This is a regular topic here! Here's the link to the last thread on it:

https://www.hitched.co.uk/chat/forums/t/437484.aspx

My H2B is taking my name, so it's not an issue for me.

I'm quite looking forward to taking OH's name. I've never liked my surname, but when I separated from ex H I was so so glad to get my maiden name back and not be associated with him. Not looking forward to going through the admin of changing it again, I took my maiden name back over 2 years ago and it is still causing problems with things I forgot to change!

While I will be taking OH's surname, a part of me is sad for losing my maiden name. My maiden name is not that common, whereas H2B's surname is a very common one!!! I will miss my maiden name, it goes quite well with my first name, but taking my H2B's surname is a tradition we both really want to keep

Tbh, with teaching, I remember in my school anyway, even the 'Mrs' were called 'Miss' from across the room!!

My sister is getting married this year and they are both changing their surnames; they are combining the two existing ones into a double barrelled one! This way the whole family will have the same surname when they have kids. I've never heard of this, but hey if it works for them...

I'm a teacher and still torn about what to do. I keep changing my mind from 'we'll both double-barrel our existing names' to 'I'm keeping mine and he's keeping his.' The only thing I'm certain about is that I'm not losing mine and taking his as per tradition.

I'm a teacher. I spent the year after I got married first time round answering to both maiden and married names before I moved schools and it was no longer a problem. Perfectly ready for that to happen again, though! I also know loads of people who kept their maiden names at school if you wanted to do that. SIMS has an option for preferred name rather than actual name so officially you could be Mrs Marriedname whilst still being Miss Maidenname to the kids and on their timetables.