Clicky: What did you do with your maiden name

AggieCouple · February 2012

when you got married?[Poll]

CBKMRB · February 2012

I dropped my maiden name completely but will be getting it back once my divorce is final. Smile

Jodi&Joe · February 2012

My parents had 4 children....3 girls and one boy (boy died 17 days after birth).

Boy had middle name. Girls did not. My mom never used her middle name once married, she used her maiden name as her middle name. So rather than have us do that, they decided to just not give us a middle name. And all of us (the three girls) did what was intended -- our maiden name is our middle name (no hyphen or anything like that. And let's be real -- I'm not high class enough to have a hyphenated last name. My dad's a white trash factory worker -- hardly high class enough to necessitate the hyphen! LOL)

Ironically, my mom has since been divorced (twice) and she now uses her maiden name as her last name (again) and so she now uses her middle name again! LOL

ali2005jason · February 2012

I dropped it completely. I didn't have any reason to keep it and actually got made fun of for it in school. It would have been an awkward middle name. My married name is unusual and I like it

justEK · February 2012

Who would give their daughter the mn of Seymour? Now I'll feel like crap if that is you mn.

AggieCouple · February 2012

justEK:
Who would give their daughter the mn of Seymour? Now I'll feel like crap if that is you mn.

Ha, no. I couldn't think of a generic middle name so I went with "Jane Seymour," which is the first name I think of when I hear "Jane."

EastCoastBride · February 2012

I dropped it- I know what it is! And it's actually now DS's middle name.

GinandTonic · February 2012

I kept it as my middle name - I never had a middle name, which was pretty annoying

I hardly ever use it though...

AlabamaMamma224 · February 2012

I kept it because I was too lazy to switch over my nursing license....lol I also gave my maiden name to my DD as her middle name. For FB purposes and when mailing out Christmas cards I hyphenate, but I never legally changed it.

justEK · February 2012

AggieCouple:
justEK:
Who would give their daughter the mn of Seymour? Now I'll feel like crap if that is you mn.
Ha, no. I couldn't think of a generic middle name so I went with "Jane Seymour," which is the first name I think of when I hear "Jane."

Funny!

superslug · February 2012

I dropped it completely but thanks to FB (really WWF) my DS thinks my middle name is my maiden name.

ETA: Strike that, reverse it...DS thinks my maiden name is my middle name. Does that make any sense??

penguingrrl · February 2012

I kept my middle name and dropped my maiden name. My middle name is my mom, grandma, great grandma and great great grandma's first name (and my daughter's first name) and my mom and I are very close. I don't talk to my dad or feel connected to his side of the family, so I chose the family name that was more important to me. If I were to divorce I would actually still keep my middle name and change my last name to my mom's name rather than going back to my dad's name. I wanted to change to my mom's name in HS but she wouldn't let me. Had she let me I likely would not have changed my name at all with marriage.

shouldbworkin · February 2012

I would have made it my MN, but my BIL's FN is the same as my maiden name and he lives close by. It was very confusing for some people (like the mail man).

Starr57 · February 2012

superslug:

I dropped it completely but thanks to FB (really WWF) my DS thinks my middle name is my maiden name.

ETA: Strike that, reverse it...DS thinks my maiden name is my middle name. Does that make any sense??

I always say that! Gotta love Willy Wonka. Smile

Bride2b2004 · February 2012

I went with #2, but wish it was the first one... always regretted that.

femmegem · February 2012

I legally never changed my name because, frankly, I'm lazy. I also wasn't sure what I wanted to do but mostly I'm lazy. Anyway, I do use H's last name for social stuff and at work I use both last names. Just to make things more complicated, I guess.

Jinsy80 · February 2012

Totally dropped my maiden name. I always hated it...

Jen&Len · February 2012

Kept it mainly for work. My doctorate and license are under my maiden name...I'm too lazy to get it changed. For social purposes I am not against going by Mrs. DH last name and I don't correct people when they call me that.

chelle828 · February 2012

Kept it as my middle name which DH gives me crap about. I am my Dad's legal guardian - being my dad he has my maiden name and I need to be able to be identified with him quickly in an emergency. DH is just teasing - says I hyphenated, blah blah blah. I don't go by both last names, just the married one, but my maiden name is legally my middle name and on my license that way for quick identification with Dad.

chunkymonkey887 · February 2012

I kept my maiden name, DH change his to mine.

Chapter79 · February 2012

Dropped maiden name completely, took dh's.

Starr57 · February 2012

chunkymonkey887:

I kept my maiden name, DH change his to mine.

I've always wondered about this. Apparently men actually will change their names! What was the reasoning behind that?

KatieLG04 · February 2012

2 last names but no hyphen.

juniper19 · February 2012

Starr57:
chunkymonkey887:

I kept my maiden name, DH change his to mine.

I've always wondered about this. Apparently men actually will change their names! What was the reasoning behind that?

Maybe his FN is Seymor and his LN was Butts.

warriormomerin · February 2012

SS - Took it back ;-)

Good thing I'm NEVER getting married again. Getting it switched back has been a million times harder than changing it the first time. Plus everywhere I've had to change it someone says: "Congratulations on your marriage." Oy.

chunkymonkey887 · February 2012

juniper19:
Starr57:
chunkymonkey887:

I kept my maiden name, DH change his to mine.

I've always wondered about this. Apparently men actually will change their names! What was the reasoning behind that?
Maybe his FN is Seymor and his LN was Butts.

This is essentially the answer, he did not like his last name. Also my mom kept her maiden name when she married and gave my sister and I her name. Our family is quite small and my sister and I are the end of the line for our name.

Ciarrai · February 2012

Technically I dropped my maiden name. I have two brothers and another cousin with the last name. It's not an uncommon name (though not the most common). I do (though) have it all on FB. My FB name is FirstName MiddleName MaidenName MarriedName. My clients know me as FirstName MiddleName so I needed to keep that for them. My high school friends know me by my maiden name and I don't have a ton of pics of myself on there and I have a fairly common first name. And, of course, my newer friends know me by FirstName MarriedName. So I kept all four for FB...

stellasam · February 2012

I voted SS because, although I dropped my maiden, we named DS my maiden name. So in your example, he is Jones Smith. But my maiden name made a cooler 1st name than that Smile

Cbidt's girl · February 2012

I kept my name exactly how it was when I married. Many of my friends have too.

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