Will you change your surname?

I will definately be changing my name, so instead of JLC I will then be know as JLS!!

I will be changing mine, in fact already have sorted my passport out as want to go on honeymoon as Mr&Mrs .....

However if my first name is shortened, which it is so much especially by my friends it rhymes with my new surname and i sound like a bit of a porn star!!

However we are really excited about starting a family, and want us to all have the same family name! x

I will be changing my name, only downside to changing it is i will always have to spell it out to people!!

I feel in my circumstances & my own opinion that i want to change my name so i feel more of a family, i wouldnt want to have a different name to our children (when we finally get round to it!)

#Exactly! My OH and I call each other *** or My *** too, if it ever sounded like it wasn't a joke I'd kill him though LMAO. I also only ever use the term OH on here, sounds stupid to me IRL.

We have a son too so he's "the boy" in our house ?

Oh it censors bit8h LOL poor delicate, sensitive souls!!

I was always dead against changing my name to his as I didn't want to be the second Mrs his surname.

I also didn't want to have a different name to my son, as he has my surname, which took me ages to get changed via deed poll.

We've recently had a son together, who also has my surname, so i wouldn't feel as bad changing my name now my son wouldn't be the only one with my surname.

But then, I don't like the thought of having OHs name, along with his kids, and my 2 having my name. But I refuse to change their surname or take both.

I'm almost certain I'll be changing mine, but I can't say it's been an easy decision. OH (who I would never call OH in real life but do on here for some reason) was fully supportive of whatever I wanted to do, whether that be keep my name, double barrel or take his. He also offered to take my name. We've both got relatively common surnames, so double barreling would have felt silly for me, and we're not planning to have kids so that's not an issue. Growing up, I always said I'd keep my name I'd I got married. I can't really give a rational explanation, but for some reason, I feel that it would be nice to tale his name. I will miss mine though - theres nothing special about it, I just like it, bit I'm sure I'll soon get used to the change. Mummy J was lucky - her maiden name was the same as my dad's name, so she just changed from a Miss to a Mrs with the same surname!

I will be changing my surname. I will be Mrs D! Can't wait to have the same surname as my h2b and my son! x

I'm double barrelling mine due to having a daughter from a previous relationship, her surname is my maiden name but I don't want to change mine and leave her the same. So if I double barrell we're still kinda the same. My partner will just keep his as normal unless i persuade him otherwise lol.

I am genuinley amazed at all the people who have struggled to decide to change it. I can to an extent understand professional reasons for keeping it- especially if you are in the industry where you build a reputation and your name would be key to that but those who have personal reasosn to not change I find really interesting- dunno it never even came up for debate with us, was just assumed my surname would change and diddnt think twice about it!

Its gonna make the "Mini" nickname seem a bit odd afterwards though....

Sorry all just hearted the thread ? Was trying to turn of the notifications and clicked the wrong one

I do heart this thread though...

Keeping my surname for sure!

i notice most of you "hate" your surname and prefer to change?

Yes, I will be changing mine. I can't wait to have the same surname as my boys and h2b. x

Kept my surname and wouldn't have dreamt of changing it. My children have different surnames to me anyway (nothing sleazy, just through marriage mostly!) and actually, it doesn't matter one bit. I never wanted to have the same name as my husband's mother, or first wife, or children....and my name is LOTS nicer too!

Does it make us feel or seem less married? No, of course not.

I am going to keep my maiden name at work - it's taken to long to build up my professional reputation and will just be confusing to change it.

I am however changing my name for everything else!!

This is going to be a difficult decision when we get to it................I am divorced and love having my madian name back?

My OH's surname is from his adopted Dad whom we both hate with a passion...........I don't want my kids to have his surname. He has the same surname as his younger siblings and his younger brother died suddenly in Oct and he feels contacted to him with the same surname.........OH is considering taking my name which I really hope he does but with 2yrs to go I'm not pushing the issues.

It sounds very Jerry Springer doesn't it??

I can't wait to change my name, as it is still my ex husbands name. I didnt want to go back to my maiden name as I didnt want to have a different name to my kids and he would never have given permission to change theirs.

Now they are adults I don't feel so bad about having a different name to them. I will keep my name for work though, as working in a school the kids are so used to my name, and we would have two Mrs G's if I used my married name.

The really annoying part is that as I changed my name by deed poll to my ex husbands name before I was married, and I can't find my deed poll document, I have to legally change my name to his again so I have the correct paper trail for the Greek authorities. It really sticks in my throat to have to take his name again before I can become Mrs G.

This is what I am finding the most difficult thing through the whole wedding process!...Changing my name! I definately do want to take his surname so that we can properly be Mr & Mrs R and I do want that, but i'm finding it really hard to think that I won't have the same name anymore....I know it sounds ridiculous, but at Christmas my fiance told my family "this will be her last christmas as a J" and we all cried our eyes out! Our family name plays quite a big part of who we all are, we're a close family, and i'll be the first one of us to get a different name from my siblings :-( anyone else feel like this? I do want to change my name but I don't at the same time?! i'm a meff...