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Jessie
Expert August 2017

Social Name Change

Jessie, on July 2, 2017 at 12:30 PM

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FH and I are considering hyphenating our names socially after we get married (we would both be MyLast-HisLast). We don't want to change anything legally now, or maybe ever. But I think it would be nice to have some sort of name change to mark the major transition in our lives. I'm trying to think of...

FH and I are considering hyphenating our names socially after we get married (we would both be MyLast-HisLast). We don't want to change anything legally now, or maybe ever. But I think it would be nice to have some sort of name change to mark the major transition in our lives.

I'm trying to think of how a social name change would work. It seems like the most major impact would be on our social media accounts. We are rarely called by our last names outside of professional and legal settings. We occasionally receive cards. I guess that if we had kids their friends could call me Mrs. SK (our hyphenated name is a mouthful) instead of Mrs. S, but really, I'd prefer to be called Jessie anyway.

Are there any other impacts or unforeseen complications of a social name change?

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  • Jessie
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    @Wanda - good luck with your decision! FH and I have been talking about it almost the whole time we've been together. We're still not sure what we're going to do!

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