What to do with my maiden name?

I am hyphening my name. I am only one left.

Lol @ Jola D!

I made hotel reservations in my name one time, and the concierge called FH by "Mr S" all weekend. It was pretty funny.

I'm thinking of dropping my current middle name and using my current last name as my middle name instead. Then, I will use my middle name on things as well so I would be using my full name professionally. For example, I'd put Andrea Middlename Lastname in my email and signed documents instead of just Andrea Lastname, which is what I do now.

I feel like making your maiden name your middle name is the most common, but it should be whatever you feel comfortable with. There are a few questions worth asking though. If you make it your middle name unless you always give your full name it wont come up during your career if that made any sense haha. Though if you hyphenate it will. A con to hyphenating or not taking his name would be what to do about your child's last name and the fact that you and your family/children wouldn't all share the same name, which is an issue for some people. It's not an easy decision, but good luck

I'm keeping my maiden name but using it as a second middle name so i will have 4 names, lol. i'm the last "Farrer" so no way i would ever give it up!

I made my last name as my middle name & love it... I can use it when I want to if I want to ... So all my work stuff, since everyone in my industry knows me by my maiden name I leave it on my signature & any emails I sent out or invites... but everywhere else I just use my new name & sometimes put the initial of my maiden name as middle name on papers if i am applying for a credit card or something ....

My Father passed away in 2004 and our last name will die as well and it means a lot to me. FH agreed to change his middle name (which is his Father's name) to my maiden name and I will take it as my middle name as well and we'll both have his last name. I'll be Lindsay MyLastName HisLastName and he'll be Adam MyLastName HisLastName. We're already the MyLastName HisLastName Family so we'll continue to be. I think it's really sweet of him to do that and it means so much to me.

Me and FH have been battling about this. I want my father's name, I asked him how he would feel if he had to give up his father's name. Of course he didn't like it, I don't believe in anything old, and certainly not old fashion lol So whether I hyphen my name or just keep my name period, that part of me will not change. I say go with the hyphen, my mother doesn't want me messing with my middle name (for whatever reason lol)

I'm doing what I did with my first marriage.. Replacing my middle name with my maiden name.

Hyphenated names are problematic.

I'm changing to his, but I get to keep my same initials

I'm straight up changing my last name to his last name and dropping my last name. Hyphenating would give me a 17 letter last name, with the dash....no way. Also, I like my middle name, and my last name does not work as anything more then a last name.

Also, legally when we have kids it would work better if everyone has the same last name since I might be traveling alone with the kids.

I have no ties to my father or his side of the family, so I am happily giving up my maiden name. Since FH's last name starts with the same letter as mine, I get to keep my initials, just like Crisandra! :-)

I love my middle name, as I named myself it when I was 6. I plan on using my maiden last name as a 2nd middle name, and adding my husband's name on.

My last name is Mari, I am making it into a middle name. I hate hyphenation but that's a personal hate-on I have. I also have no middle name (currently)

I was named after my Great-Grandmother (first name) and my God-Mother (Middle name). I LOVE my name (So far I'm the only African-American Molly I know)!! Anyway, my Dad passed away 13 years ago, so naturally I major reservations about losing his name. I have two brothers and one is a junior, so the name will live on, but for sentimental reasons I really want to keep it. FH is adamant about me taking his name (for religious reasons) which I really have no problem doing, except for the fact that since my Dad passed I really hate to loose my name now. I've decided to keep it and have two middle names, I know it will be long (on official/legal documents) but in everyday day life I plan on using my initials, MEL, and the new last name to keep it short.