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I changed my name for a couple reason. I never was super attached to my maiden name to begin with (it's super common) and I always just assumed I would take my husband's when I got married. I also knew that I wanted our whole family (us plus children) to have the same last name. So I guess it was partially because of the kids thing, but also because I just always knew I would.

I didn't change my name when I got married because I thought I wanted to keep my maiden name professionally since I'm an attorney and didn't think it would matter when I had kids. After having my first kid and going through registration for different kid classes and for preschool, etc., I realized that I wanted to have the same last name as my kids. In NYC, there are 2 ways to do that - get remarried or go through the court process and have to place an advertisement in a local paper, etc. So after 6 years of marriage (when first kid turned 3), we got remarried and I officially changed my name.

Having the same name as my child was one of the main reasons I decided to change my name. Though I'm not tied to my maiden name at all professionally, I loved it so much more than I do my married name.

I don't regret my decision, though. Growing up, my mom had the same last name as my stepdad, and my stepsisters had their grandfather's last name (I have no idea why, though) and it was such a pain, logistically.

Because middle names are not common here, we opted to give Mavrick both our last names. We did it for my father. Seeing he had only girls and his last name techinically wouldn't carry on. He was touched.

I never changed my name to my husbands (we don't do that either in QC) so it's kinda nice he also has my name. I admit it will be a hassel when he will be in school...

I changed my lastname when I got married because it was important to me that as a family we would all have the same lastname.

I didn't since it is not the norm where I'm from and DH is perfectly fine with it

Just got married, and DH is really upset I haven't changed it. I'm emotionally attached to my last name!! So far, (and it's been a month), I've been asked if I'm the child on the insurance policy, or if the insurance holder is my dad. If it stays this annoying I'll change it after the bar exam so I don't have to deal with sending in all the paperwork while applying to sit for the bar. I know he really really wants us to have the same last name (but won't change his).

many spanish speaking cultures do not have women change their last name, and each person has two last names. If my name is Jane Doe and DH's name is John Roe, our child would be Mary Roe Doe. Dad's last name first then Mom's last name. All legal documents ask for your two last names.

Given this, DH never expected me to change my last name.

I didn't change my last name when we got married (3 years ago) - for a lot of reasons. We're expecting our 1st in August - but I'm not planning on changing my name at that time either. I don't think it's made us any less married to not have the same name, and so far we haven't run into any problems with paperwork, etc. I enjoy carrying my maiden name and, unless I have a huge problem not sharing a last name with our LO, don't see myself changing that anytime soon.

I changed my name. It was important to me that we shared a family name. Our first and last names (!) rhyme, so if would have been *really* strange if I'd hyphenated -- it would be like Ken & Jen Slone-Hone. Okay, it was really hard to think of two made-up first and last names that rhyme LOL

Not for my kids' sake. My husband's last name is sweet, if a little comical (it's a homonym for a type of sandwich), and it's shorter than my maiden name.

@Mrs. Bee: I changed mine so we'd all have the same family name.
I'm a teacher and I find it so handy when the whole family has the same last name. Makes it easier when I'm writing notes to not have to remember the last names of the Moms on top of the last names of the kids (and remember which Mom last name goes with which kid last name).
Also as a teacher, my last name is really 'out there', and I am proud to have a married name....it was fun to have the transition at school from Miss ___ to Mrs _____. I don't regret it one bit.