Merged/blended Last Names

You could move your maiden name to your middle?

I've always liked the idea of merged/blended last names, especially because hyphenating isn't the best option when you have long last names like you said. Have you found a combination of your last names that sounds right to the two of you?

If you decide not to go that route, do you plan on keeping your maiden name as your middle name? Or having all four names?

I'm personally looking forward to getting rid of my last name so this was an easy one. I am close with my mom's family but thats not where I got the name.

If I were set on keeping my maiden name in some way, I'd probably replace my middle name with it. I cant imagine hyphenating. It just wouldnt seem right.

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No, I haven't even asked FH if he's interested haha!

If we can't find a good combo or something, I'll probably take his. I love my middle name, so I don't want to replace it, and four names seems excessive to me.

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I'm with you there! I plan on taking FH's last name, losing my maiden name, and keeping my last name. My dad isn't too happy that I'm getting rid of my maiden name altogether, but I love my middle name and four names seems like way too much to me too.

I’m putting my maiden name as my middle name. It’s just too complicated for me to blend the names or hyphenate.

I'm losing my maiden name, it would be too much and too long to keep both. I'm taking my FH's last name and keeping my middle name. I love my middle name, plus it's a family name so I really want to keep it.

A couple I know decided they didn’t want to take either last name, so they made their own by blending them. They were really happy with their decision, and I can’t even remember what either of their last names originally were at this point xD. It’s a super personal decision, but if you can come up with something cool that you both love, why not?

My wife and I went from simple, single syllable names to hyphenated chaos, but we love it. We had both been living under our married names from previous marriages so we could share our respective sons' names. We went back to our family names which are longer and mine is difficult for most people to pronounce. We are very Irish, very French, and very happy with the uniqueness of our name. Whatever you decide should fill you with that same pride and joy.

I think it's cool either way. I will hyphenate my name because that's my grandmother's last name and she is very dear to me. We hold our family name very high and in our community the Ash family is well-respected. It's because of my grandmothers hard work and what she has instilled in her children, grandchildren and great grands that made that possible. So, it's no way I can let that go. My fiance is extremely cool with it, his mom did the samething!