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Khristine 11-19-2006 10:06 AM

Quick question about name change..
 
Ok so you all know i recently got married in October.

Well I was just wondering.. Am i supposed to drop my last name and keep my middle name?

for example..

name before marriage = Khristine "Middle Name" "Last Name"...

name after marriage = Khristine "Last Name" "New Last Name"?

because for some reason.. when i call my credit card companies, they change my name, but leave my middle name.. so i'm so confused!! someone help me! LOL

Lindsey 11-19-2006 04:17 PM

Your middle name stays. You can either drop your maiden name, or if you want it to be "Last Name-New Last Name" you can use both names as your last name, just hyphenated.

Khristine 11-19-2006 05:58 PM

i definately do not want to hyphenate my last name.. lol that would just be waaay too long lol..

cause on my drivers license i dropped my middle name and my maiden last name is now my middle name..

so that means i just need to change my middle name right? so i made an appt to go to the DMV, but does that mean i have to do the whole thing over (picture and all, if i'm just changing the middle name lol)..

Marilyn 11-19-2006 08:54 PM

I don't know if it's just a state thing or not, but in Texas, the DMV always uses your maiden name as your middle name. Everywhere else, banks, everywhere,I use my middle name that my parents gave me and have dropped the maiden name. My signature on my driver's license uses an A for a middle initial (A for Anne) even though my maiden name is on there as my middle name and it starts with an H. Hasn't caused a problem so far. I think the Social Security Administration uses your maiden name as your middle name also. I had all 4 names put on all my college documents and even my diploma has all 4 names.

My passport has Anne for a middle name. When I buy airplane tickets, I use Anne even though my DL has maiden name. They haven't questioned it yet, however last time I flew, just in case, since security was especially tight at the time, I took my passport with me, but did not need it.

Khristine 11-19-2006 09:44 PM

see the funny thing is, my mom is the one that told me my maiden last name becomes my middle name because that's what she did..

but when i went to change my name on my drivers license and social security they had left my middle name.. and i was like oh no im going to use my old last name..

and all my bank and credit cards have me as keeping my middle name.. so im guessing here where i live they keep the middle name and jsut drop the last name.

Kimberley 11-20-2006 06:14 AM

Well, it was easy for me...I never had a middle name so when I got married, my maiden name became my married name.

I had a friend (years ago) that got into a big fight with the DPS because she wanted her full name...first/middle/maiden and new last name. If I'm not mistaken, she won that fight.

When I got married (the second time), they asked me if I wanted to have my maiden name as my middle name or my first married name as my middle name...I couldn't have both (not that I wanted to keep the 1st married name).

RLC12345678 11-20-2006 06:47 AM

I am 99% positive that it is a matter of personal preference. My mother-in-law and I both live in Alabama and I dropped my middle named and kept my maiden name and my mother-in-law dropped her maiden name and kept her middle name. When you go to the DMV and Social Security office to change your name on your documents, you just show them your marriage certificate and tell them how you want your new name. Simple as that. I had to go through the whole name change a year ago and they told me I could do either.

hle_625 11-20-2006 09:27 AM

I have never heard of dropping your middle name and keeping your maiden name! But it sounds like its pretty common? When I got married in June of 05 I dropped my maiden name and use my married name. When I went to get my drivers liscense and my social security card, they didnt even ask me if I wanted to keep my maiden name they just changed everything to Heather Lynn Everett. My name was Heather Lynn Bowers!

RLC12345678 11-20-2006 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by hle_625
I have never heard of dropping your middle name and keeping your maiden name! But it sounds like its pretty common? When I got married in June of 05 I dropped my maiden name and use my married name. When I went to get my drivers liscense and my social security card, they didnt even ask me if I wanted to keep my maiden name they just changed everything to Heather Lynn Everett. My name was Heather Lynn Bowers!

I guess everyone does it differently! My mother and my grandmother both dropped their middle name and used their maiden name as their middle name, so that is what I did. Like I said earlier, my mother-in-law dropped her maiden name and uses her original middle name and new last name.

I am sure it is just whatever you want to do. Matter of personal preference.

DianaB 11-20-2006 01:04 PM

I hadn't ever heard of keeping your maiden name as your middle name. I just changed my maiden last name to my husband's last name.

RLC12345678 11-20-2006 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DianaB
I hadn't ever heard of keeping your maiden name as your middle name. I just changed my maiden last name to my husband's last name.


That's so funny how everyone does it differently. I thought it was strange to keep your middle name and drop your maiden name. I dropped my middle name and my maiden name became my new middle name and my hubby's last name is my new last name.

Marilyn 11-20-2006 06:44 PM

Middle? Last? First? I'm so confused!!!!!!

Khristine 11-20-2006 09:16 PM

lol my just had a fit that i changed my name lol.. i kept my middle name and dropped my maiden name.. and she had a hissy fit.. well i'm not about to make an appt again for the dmv.. it's useless to make an appt over here for the dmv, you still end up waiting at least an hour or two.


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