Groom changing his surname?

THere's no problem in him using your name after you're married. You will just do nothing for you and change his name by deed poll/statutory declaration.

Got this from the Wedding guide UK website

Changing The Man's Name
There is of course no reason why your husband should not change his name to your maiden name upon marriage. If you plan on doing this, you simply continue using your maiden name after marriage. However, your husband will need to take additional steps to change his name.

Most simply, your husband can just start using his new name after your marriage. However, if he wishes to get all his records and documents changed without any problems or delays (for example, his passport and records such as income tax, national insurance, bank and building society accounts), he should execute a change of name by Deed Poll

HTH x

I think it's lovely he wants to take your surname

As far as I understand it, unlike women, man's name can't automatically be changed on marriage, he would have to change it via deed poll.

http://www.weddingguideuk.com

This site explains it much better than I can do!

Hi there

For your H2B to change his surname to yours - he just needs to change his name by deed poll and let everyone official know that he has changed his name. That would be the easiest way. He can do that at anytime.

Louisa

Gosh I really don't know, there seems to be some information here

http://www.weddingchaos.co.uk/GroomsArea/taking-the-brides-surname.asp

But from what I can see, it is a more complicated process to change your name as a groom!

My OH also has nothing to do with his dad and does not want to carry his name on. he has changed his name by deedpoll to his moms maiden name and that's what we will marry as.

Deedpoll name change is relatively straight forward!

Hi,

Thanks for posting this we have been talking about changing our surname he doesn't want to double barrel and as he doesn't speak to his parents it seems strange for us to keep his name..

Most helpful! One Happy hitcher today!

I was just going to suggest he changes it to his mothers maiden name, then you both get a new surname! I've seen that done before

x

Excellent, thank you so much ladies!

Does seem a little more fiddly than me taking his name, but as his name means nothing to him and he'd be happier with mine (or his mum's maiden name, good suggestion!) then that's fine by me.

I've had two or three Weddings where the Man has taken her name... Deed Poll is always the answer but never creates an issue on the big day!

Such a nice idea to take his mums maiden name :-) mind you that depends on her surname (wouldn't like to be a Mrs Shufflebottom/Mycock/Cockroft or something lol!) My dad never bothered with me and can't wait to change my surname (when I got divorced I reverted back to my maiden name but didn't need deed poll as it was on my birth cert) I didn't want my old married name and don't like my maiden name but was the lesser of two evils!

I so can't wait to be a Mrs B (even though my new surname will be a little unusual!) x

You could also merge names, if the merged name is aesthetically-pleasing. (e.g. Johnson and Williams = Wilson etc)

I wanted to merge ours, but H2B told me flat-out no, he wouldn't even consider changing. I'm happy to be a Mrs J, although I'd have preferred merging, and almost everything about this wedding is my choice so I let him have his way

Personally, I can't see any reason why a marriage certificate can not be used as evidence of change of name of either bride or groom.

What people are looking for these days is a 'trail' of someone's identity and a marriage certificate would show that. I certainly wouldn't always rely on a solicitor's advice as i have recently come across 2 horrendous pieces of advice from solicitors.

Legally, in this country, you can just change your name 'by usage'. This means that if you use a name for a lengthy period that then becomes your legal name. Problem is, not a lot of individuals/companies realise this and think you have to prove it. People like the IPS have decided that for passport purposes they will insist on some sort of evidence.

In my job I would accept a marriage certificate as evidence.

Oh, and as far as double-barrelled surnames are concerned, they seem to be used more these days by couples naming their new baby when they aren't married. eg Baby Smith-Jones to Father Jones and Mother Smith!