Last names........which do you go by?

Someday when John & I marry - I will be taking his last name, I like it

I hate my last name, but I hate my boyfriends last name too. I will end up taking his name though.

I took my hubby's name when we married because that was "what was done."

After my ex and I divorced, I kept his last name. This was because my brother married a woman with the same first name (and almost the same middle name) as mine. So I kept my married name to keep us straight.

I've been married and divorced twice. Never took either of their last names, and I'm glad I didn't. I don't like my last name, but I hate paperwork even more. So, I will always have the same name from birth to the end.

Now if either of my husbands or any future husband would have wanted to take MY last name, that would have been and would BE OK with me. Personally, I don't see why the wife is expected to change her name in the first place, nor do I understand why children should have to take their fathers name instead of their mothers name. Let the man change HIS name if he wants to share a last name with you.

I'm keeping my name, so that takes care of there being any problems if we ever get divorced. It's my name, my whole identity is wrapped up in it, and I honestly feel like I owe so much to my parents that I want my name to be the same as theirs. Not that I don't owe anything to Ian, of course, but it is a reminder that the foundation was good. Plus, it sounds better with my first name than his last name does. And I've never been able to see myself as a "Mrs."

The children, assuming there are any, will have hyphenated last names. It takes two to tango, after all. I mean, I carry them for 9 months and go through heck and then they get his last name?

Im fairly certain I will be keeping my name, IF I ever get married. Im admittedly not a very traditional person, and hopefully will publish a bunch of scientific papers in my career...wouldnt want half of them to not come up when you search for me because I happened to get married...All that said, if I were marrying someone to whom it WAS important, I would change it, because its really not a big deal to me....the hyphenation thing sounds better and better

I am not married but when I do get married I plan to take my husband's last name.

I very proudly took my husband's last name. It's just so incredibly wonderful to have a common last name! I used to get sooooo sick of people thinking my last name was my first name. For a while there in school when we had subs and stuff I wouldn't respond when they took attendance if they were too dull to see the comma! I mean it's pretty irritating to be called ______ (common girls name) Leg-ah-han. IT'S LEIGHANN PEOPLE! GET IT STRAIGHT!

Hmmm, interesting. I was just about to say I can't wait to get rid of my last name because it is AWFUL...but then I just realized, its just me and my sister so there is no boy to carry on our last name...Shoot, now what do I do...keep my awful last name or take my husbands name and cutoff my dads legacy?

I'll have to think about this..(I have a while since I'm single anyway )

I didn't take my husbands name when we got married.

my mum talked about changing hers back after getting divorced but 22 years later she still hasn't.

I kept my maiden name, because that's who I am.
I would feel strange having a different name, because it would take away my identity. There is nothing wrong with changing names.
Its up to each person.
I sometimes use my married name, but on most things, I use my maiden name.

I just got married 2 months ago, but I have hypenated my last name (haven't legally changed it though)

In most of SE Asia, women keep their maiden names but when being introduced to foreigners, they would be Mrs. So and So. All legal documentation are in maiden names. So, if I got married, I'd still keep my maiden name...

When I get married I will be taking my husbands last name.

Looks like - unless miracles do happen - I'll die with the last name passed on to me by Dad and his Dad. (My grandfather was raised in his maternal grandfather's home so took his name when his own father left town.)

However, if the right fella does come along and sweep me off my feet (his poor back ) I might just take his name.

I dropped my maiden name completely and took Jason's last name...most women keep it as their middle name but when I got married I just dropped it....

After my most recent divorce, I went back to using my late husband's name. Since I get a government widow's pension, its less confusing, for the VA, if my name is the same as his. Besides, I actually LIKED him.

I had no problems taking Brent's last name. I love him so much that it was very easy for me to do it.

I'm not married yet. I plan on taking my husband's name. I've thought about changing my middle name to my maiden... just because there's only girls in my family, and I want to carry that name on. But I don't know how my parents would feel if I did that.

I kept my last name and our children will have my last name. When we have children my husband has said he will change his last name to mine. I like my last name and have had it for over thirty years. This was something we discussed before getting married especially about the children's name. I would be the only one in my family who would carry on the name and my husband side have plenty of little ones.

Tricia