Changing of name.

I’m going to be taking my Fiance’s last name and dropping mine! We both have long last names, so hyphenating isn’t really an option... although sometimes I like to joke to my FH and say that we should hyphenate our last’s name our kids and give them two middle names (both of our last names have 10 letters lol)

I love my last name. It’s unique. But it’s important to my fiancé I take his name so I will be hyphenating mine. Good thing both out last names are short.

I'll be dropping my current last name, which I'm fine with, and taking my fiance's last name. However, for writing, I write under a pen name which is actually my birthname instead of my (current) adopted name. I won't change the pen name, but work and other things will all get updated. For everyone changing your names- as well as the common places you update, make sure you update your Credit Bureaus as well! I'm talking about Equifax and Transunion. I come across so many of my client who got married but forgot to update them as well, and the next credit application they do is a headache and takes weeks longer than it needs to because of this.

I really like my last name but it's important to my fiance that I have his name. So I'll probably change it. I've thought of hyphenating but I have two middle names so it would end up being really long.

If my last name we more simple, I would hyphenate it, but since it's not, I'm just taking his completely. For the record, my last name goes Di M... , so it wouldn't hyphenate easily.

I still have not decided... My FH says he's ok with whatever I prefer. I was sure I'd drop my last name and take his. My Mom told me how much it would mean to her if I kept my name as well. I am quite attached to my last name as I've had it for 46 Years. We don't have Children but we have a Furry Baby who has both our last names. I know my FHs Mom will not be happy if I don't drop my name. I am realizing while I'm writing this that I am leaning towards adding his last name to mine with no hyphen.

I will be taking my FH's last name and dropping mine completely. It's just something I always thought would happen so it will be Plus we hope to start a family once we are married so I would want our kids to have the same name as both of us instead of different last names. With that being said - I just may not change my last name ASAP because of passport use and honeymooning. It would depend when we plan on going as to whether the new passport would make it in time.

We both don't like the way hyphenated names look and if our kids chose to do that with their and then their kids, etc. when would it stop??

If we did have any kids I would think that it would depend on where the other parent is. Is he/she passed away? In the picture at all? How old are the kids - and how do they feel?

My cousin's wife is keeping hers for now and changing it later. She JUST renewed her passport and doesn't want to go through the hassle of changing it.
I'm keeping my name.

Whatever works for you!

I may keep my last name for a while after getting married as from what I understand it's a process to change it that I may not want to go through right after getting married. But I need to do more research on it.

I don't have any children, but I imagine most would leave the child's name be (if the child doesn't belong to the new spouse).