To hyphenate my name or not

I'm keeping mine. If I were to change mine, I would use my maiden name as my second middle name. Though my name would be very long! M_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ashley M_ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I want to name my son my maiden name and I told my fiance we are either naming our first boy my maiden name or I am hyphenating my name. He doesnt like either of those ideas. Ugh! Men!

I'm changing mine but I'm old and that's what we did back in them days..lol But really this is my second marriage and I kept my married name due to having children, I do not want to hyphenate my first married name and my new one..that seemed weird to me.

I am taking FH's last name. We are traditionalists.

I have not changed my name. After 34 years of my name and establishing myself I am proud of it. I also have a daughter with my last name so it made my decision that much easier.

I don't have any kids but I was only thinking about doing it since I don't have any brothers who would carry on the family name. It's not a common name. LOL

Yeah, my last name is not common and no one else will carry it on. I'm thinking about using my last name as any future sons middle names. Like Cavan, I'm 30 and have established my name in my trade.

I am hyphenating it for 2 reasons. 1. I am the only one left. My brother passed and I want to keep it. 2. FH was married before and the ex screwed up everything so I need it to distinguish myself from crazy.

I am taking FH's last name. If I was very attached to my maiden name I would make it another middle name or pass it along to our children.

Our names are both long-ish ethnic sounding mouthfuls so honestly even if I wanted to hyphenate, I can't imagine doing it. It probably wouldn't fit on a driver's license. lol.

Taking his last name, plus we have a baby.

I cant wait to get rid of my maiden name!! FH does want to name a child it, but im like bleeehhhhh .. so def taking his name but idk on the kids yet

I am taking his last name so that me and my daughter share the same last name : )

I'm ditching the last name and moving onto my new chapter in life I love the thought of having a last name no one pronouces right..now I'll know when to just hang up cause its a telemarketer

I'm not taking FH's name. I am who I am, and marrying him doesn't change that. I like my name I have always been Jen H. and I will die Jen H. Period. =)

I never chained my last name for my first marriage. It wasn't really a decision, I just never did. We were married for 9 years. I plan on changing it this time

Taking his, and making my maiden name my new middle name. Couldn't stand my middle name when I was a kid, but then it grew on me so I'm a little bummed to lose it.

Not a super-easy choice for me as this means my maiden name has nobody (not even cousins) to carry it on, but I've taught so many kids w/ hyphenated names or parents w/ different surnames and have seen the confusion/issues when it's too long, etc....

I think I am hyphenating, actually haven't really discussed it with FH yet. I'm a professional and my clients know me by my last name so I think the best would be to hyphenate however it's a combo of french and Italian. Lothier-Ranni, still unsure

@ soon to be keels. I am changing mine, but the agreement is that I get to name the children we have. lol

I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's what worked for us since he didn't want me to hyphen it

It is a little hard to give up the last name after having it for 36 years. I was debating moving it to my middle name. I wouldn't hyphenate. I always wanted a daughter named my last name, but it became sort of trendy. I've toyed with the idea of our children having my last name as their middle names. I'll take his name, just can't decide what to do about the middle name. It has some sentimental value to it.

I've kept my name my whole life. I don't really understand hyphenation, unless he is also hyphenating his name. It seems to me to involve all the hassle of changing your name, but you don't even end up with the convenience of having the same name.