Name changing ,hyphenate or take his last name?

Im changing. From Galloway to Gaither

You have so many options, and nothing is "standard" or "expected" anymore. It all comes down to personal preference. When my cousin got married, she had a hard time with this decision too. She ultimately took her husband's last name, but hyphenated her middle name and maiden name. It worked for her but she said it was so complicated because it's not a common thing to do.

I'm personally changing my name completely - my maiden (current) last name is suuuuper generic so I don't mind one bit about getting rid of it Plus I just love the idea of being "The *New Last Name* Family"!

What your family thinks is irrelevant. What he thinks is irrelevant. After all, would you try to tell him or members of your family what their names should be?

So the real issue is what you want your name to be. Obviously, it's easiest if you don't change it at all. Hyphenation is always a bit awkward, in that it involves going through the whole hassle of changing your name, yet doesn't end up with the two of you having the same name (unless he changes his). However, if it feels right to you, that's what you should go for. If you want to have the same name as him, you could either change yours to his, or have the two of you both adopt a new name.

I wouldn’t go as far as saying HIS thoughts on your name are irrelevant, they should be taken into consideration.
But your families disapproval of you taking your new husbands name is definitely irrelevant.

When I think things like that, I know I have to choose my future family. It doesn’t mean you don’t love your family who raised you but you will have a new role. Obviously hyphenate if you want, but my preference is to have my maiden name as my middle name and take my fiancé’s last name.

Also want to point out if you plan on having kids in the future it may be difficult to decide what their last name should be if your names are different. But as other PPs have said, it is your personal preference.

For a wide range of personal reasons, I’m keeping my last name. Thankfully, my FH is very understanding and supportive. there are plenty of people in my family and his family who hate the idea, but it’s my name. While I look forward to our future family, I’m not worried about the last name. They will obviously take his last name, but they’ll still know who mom is and who dad is. My aunt didn’t change her name and I didn’t know for 15 years, but I still knew she was married to my uncle. Do whatever feels right to you! It’s your name.

I chose to take his last name, however, I am
dropping my middle name and moving my maiden name to my middle.

I'm going by my FH'S last name socially but planning on keeping my name otherwise for business/career purposes. It's easy enough to change your name on Facebook and still keep your current name.

I'm taking his last name personally but it's all up to each person.

I have a friend who got married and changed her maiden name to her middle name legally so she still has her maiden, but it's not hyphenated or anything.

I would take his last name. Just my opinion.

Good luck girlie (:

I am going to take his last name completely. I never appreciated my last name, which is unique, until I had to change it. His last name is Holmes and has none of the pizzazz that my current last name has in combination with my first name, which is also unique. :/ It's all weird to me. Lol!

I am taking my fh last name Robinson what's funny is that my fh middle name is my first name

Thank you all for your responses I’m leaning towards taking his name completely also making my last name middle name and his name my last name isn’t sounding so bad rn

I haven’t decided yet. I took my first husband’s name and then took my maiden name back when we got divorced. I’m unsure what I’m going to do this time around. Luckily I have a long time to decide that! July 25, 2020 is quite a ways off yet.

I'm hyphenating.. my last name is too unique for me to drop and thankfully my FH is okay with it.

We are taking a new last name of our choosing and moving are old ones to the middle name.

I’m definitely taking his last name but I may move my maiden name to my middle name.