Who out there is hyphenating their name or has already done so?

I honestly feel the same way... but hyphenated names is a little much for me! I’m going to move my maiden name to a second middle name so I can keep it and have my FHs name too!

My fiancé came here from Mexico so he has his two last names legally. He’s going to drop it soon but it’s such a pain in the butt right now that it’s deterred me from hyphenating at all. It would be so difficult for our kids too. So I’m taking his last name (his fathers name).

View Quoted Comment I thought about that also. But my FH is a retired veteran and we was not okay with hyphenating my last name or even changing it to my middle name.

We each changed our names the first time and kept those names since we each had a son with the same last name. When we get married we will hyphenate her grandmother's maiden name and my maiden name. (Her maiden name is an issue for her and I support that) We feel it is the perfect way to start our new life together.

This will be my second marriage and I plan to hyphenate my last name. For my first marriage, I completely took his last name (just because). Yet, I wish I had listened to my dad and hyphenated my name. However, I’ve since returned to my maiden name. So, this time around, I want to hyphenate because my maiden is just as meaningful to me as my FH’s last name.

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Hey Kayla, I never thought about that. It's something I might start considering. Thank you.

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Hello Laura, That makes sense. I've been hearing people have trouble with formal paperwork and things along those lines when you have it hyphenated. I'll really have to consider that.

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That makes sense. There is a lot to consider when you have kids. I'm glad you found something that works for the both of you

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There is a lot to consider and you never know when circumstances will change so I completely understand wanting to hyphenate. I know it's a lot more common now too that people are just keeping their last names the same.

Why not drop your middle name and use your maiden name as your middle? That way you don't have to hyphenate or lose your name. Or, you could just add it to your middle name and not lose or hyphenate anything.

I plan on hypenating my last name. We are actually going to change and hyphenate our kids last names. They asked and we said ok

I'm going to take FH last name. Hyphenating will be too long, plus it doesn't matter if I drop my last name. I know who I am and who I come from, so dropping my maiden name doesn't take away from anything. I'm excited on 72 days to go.

I do hyphenate my name when me and my fiance are on Good fiancee are on good terms when we have an argument or get mad at each other then I take it off but I am glad hopefully one day it will be forever

I think I'm going to use my maiden name as my middle name and then my FH last name altogether my last name will be 18 letters long, I'm buying a stamp my whole name is too long

I'm hyphenating, but I know a lady who made her maiden name her middle name. (She didn't like her actual middle name).

When I got married my DH had a hyphenated last name which is common for where his parents are from. I said I was 100% not taking on an already hyphenated name and my legal last name was from my previous marriage. I told him I wanted his mom's portion of his last name since I've met her and adore her and his dad abandoned him at a young age. After thinking about it he also opted to drop his dad's portion of his name. Of course he didn't do it before we eloped so we both had to go to the court house for a legal name change since in Ohio you can't take just part of a last name. It was sweet though to do it together.

I will say he hated having a hyphenated name. It's harder for people to find your name at work because many places flip it around in different systems and it was just confusing for people. He pretty much never told people about his dad's portion of his name.

I'm with the pp and suggest moving your maiden name to your middle name to keep it. It's pretty traditional to do it that way. My mom was actually quite upset that I didn't do that but I HATED my maiden name and couldn't wait to get rid of it.

My parents gave me a hyphenated name that's been the bane of my entire governmental existence and I'm actually seriously considering un-hyphenating it when I go to change my last name.

I’m taking my FWs name as my middle, moving my middle to join my first and she is taking my last name as our last name. No hyphen. Good luck!

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I don't want to drop my middle name because it was my great-grandmothers name but i'm seriously considering doing a double middle name after all the comments of stress with hyphenated last names.

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That's really sweet that your kids want to be a part of both names too.