BRIDE AND GROOM PICK NEW LAST NAME?

I have a friend that did. They combined the first part of his name with the last part of hers. I'm not sure how easy/ difficult it was for them to do (we are in NY).

I know there was a lot of playful teasing on both ends so I'd prepare yourself for maybe some of that.

I really wanted to do that- it would have worked out really well for our last names (we share the first two letters of our last names)- but in NJ you have to go to court and explain why you want a completely new name. And the paper work was very cumbersome- and from what I read a lawyer is useful to the process.

My husband quite frankly is lazy- and we don't want kids- so it doesn't matter.

Didn't Beut do something like this? Like a mishmash of their last names?

@JoRocka I'm from Jersey too! The hunterdon county area! But yeah I did read it's super hard in jersey. We're in GA and we're reading up on the process now.

We may just keep our last names for now then get a lawyer and do the process after once things have settled after the wedding, we'll just use the new last name non-legally speaking on wedding signs and monograms.

We're doing it, picked a whole new last name different from either of ours. We both dislike our last names and think it's a cute way to start a new family together.

Unfortunately it's going to be annoying to do, have to petition the courts, post our name change in the newspaper for 3 days and get final approval. I figure we'll just knock it out when we get back from our honeymoon.

@FutureFrost yay!!!!! I feel less alone now lol. We're thinking Bloom as ours, but aren't certain yet. Good luck in your process!

Yeah- I sort of stopped at you have to go to court to explain to a lawyer why you need a new name.

I knew hubs would never go for that. so I gave up. LOL

Yeah, we're like 95% decided on Frost, but we haven't committed to it yet. It's a stressful decision!

I was pretty annoyed at having to get permission from the courts to change my name, seems pretty ridiculous. I guess it makes sense though, they do it so if you have a bunch of creditors you can't change your name to avoid them. Jerks always making life more complicated than it should be.

We did consider it, yes. We briefly talked about creating a new last name for our new family that was some combination of the first letters of my last name and the end letters of his. Or vice versa. We had a lot of fun busting up laughing at the awkward- sounding combinations we came up with. And then we moved on. We won't be doing this.

My stepbrother and his wife did that. I think it really bugged my stepmom, but she would never say it. Mostly because he was the only child so the name died with him. But she also married my dad and changed to his last name so there you go. Just be prepared for some possible backlash, especially if your FH is the only one to carry on the name. But I totally get your reasoning.

I've obviously not done it yet but heard changing your name is a headache just with a marriage license, never mind something completely new. There is a website I have bookmarked called MsNowMrs or something to that effect. I wonder if they'd be able to make the process a little easier?

Thank you everyone for the positive responses, I don't personally know anyone who's done this so hearing everyone's stories and experiences really helps!

My best friend and her fh are changing their names so his last name is listed first and hers is listed last.