Changing Your Name - Do or Ditch?

For sure! Never a question. I CANNOT wait to be Mrs. Dorsey!

I'm doing the same! : )

I will not be changing my name. I am one of 3 girls and both my parents have passed in the last few years so keeping it means more than it would to change it. My name is my name- All I have ever accomplished has been tied to my name. Also I don't go along with a lot of traditions of weddings and marriage when it ties so abruptly to women being the property of a man. It rubs me the wrong way. My partner and I are partners- just that. I wouldn't expect him to change his name to mine. We do already have a child and she has my last name as her middle name and has his last name. Maybe one day I will change my mind- but not anytime soon.

We're actually discussing possibly both of us changing our last names after the wedding so we share a name. He already has a hyphenated last name, and I'm attached to my last name for a variety of reasons and I don't want to lose it completely. We're considering: Sheehan-McKnight, Silveira-McKnight; or even a completely new last name (this is his favorite): SilverKnight, though I'm leaning towards this one being a little too cheesy/dramatic for me to live with, lol.

Yep. I'm changing it - I like the unity

Yes, I'll be changing my last name.

View Quoted Comment I like this idea. I want to take my FH’s last name but I don’t want to have a different name than my daughter. It’s always been just her and I for the last 8 years so having a different last name than her isn’t something I’m willing to do.
I could add FH’s last name first and keep mine as my true last name so it would be the same as my daughters.
And even typing it all out makes me second guess it. Would my daughter still feel that I am separate from her? Ugh! I don’t know!

I'm an older bride and a little "old-fashioned." I am planning to change my name. It doesn't change my identity as a person if I take my fiance's last name after we are married, but I also want to be identified as part of a new family. Our paths happen to cross after meeting over 30 years ago, definitely devine intervention. It is an honor for me to share his last name. It is both what we want.

I haven't decided yet, but I'm curious if anyone in SAG-AFTRA can tell me what they decided and how, since the name you have on record with them is a whole thing (no 2 union members can use the same screen name, your screen credits are under that name). Did you keep your name? Change is but keep using your maiden name professionally? Change your name with SAG-AFTRA?

I was just talking to a GF who got married over Thanksgiving. She didn't want to change her name, mostly because it is a pain in the you know what!!


Her husband was adamant about it. I think it's a conversation to have BEFORE getting married. I'm old fashion, I think it is a symbol of unity. Plus if you are having kids it is a lot easier in terms of having the same last name. That is why most women who are divorced with kids keep their ex husband last name.
I had for several years a different last name than my mom and while I looked exactly like her the school system always gave her a hard time when she would pick me up.
Just my 2 cents

Either keeping my last name or hyphenating. I don’t want to lose the ties to my culture or my immediate family, as there are just the 4 of us, but I like the idea of sharing a name in some form. We aren’t having kids, so that’s not an issue.

Changing my name, I will FINALLY be a Clement! #Clementtobe 🥰

Yes yes I'm so excited! going from Garcia to Corona he has a big family and they're very proud of their name, I've never had anything like that.

View Quoted Comment If you don’t want to, can I ask why you still feel like you have to, from the sound of it? Nothing wrong with keeping your name. I am either keeping mine or hyphenating. Not getting rid of mine. It’s who I am, snd I’m proud of my family and our heritage. I like having a name that identifies my heritage.

Changing mine! #SailOffShipley

I always thought I’d keep my name, and at some point I said I’d go hyphenated. But now that the day is approaching, I want my FHs last name. I want to be known as Mrs Husband’s Name.


And then there is my nickname rhymes my with last name and people get confused and call me by my last name instead of first. Why not completely mess with them and just change it. 🤪

This is a YES for me just call me MRS. PEREZ

I honestly dont want to, but FH insists on it so I will be.

Keeping mine professionally but changing to add his to my last name on my drivers license, passport and Facebook. Not my first wedding or his. March 28th is the big day!

YES! And proud.