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Yes, but my passport and drivers licence are still in my maiden name.

so tedious. and i did, for a ridiculously long polish last name .... derrrrrrrrrrrrp i have a korean first name.

Yes...I think the only things left in my maiden name are my 403b (even though it should've been changed) and my teachers retirement system. Name changing was a major PITA!

Yes - at first I was bittersweet about it. I love my maiden name and decided that if I could have Firstname Maidenname Lastname on my driver's license I would be happy. I went to change my name and they told me it was one letter too long! Sad So I just changed it outright.

If LO is a boy he will have my maiden name though which makes me happy.

@chopsuey119: it's still a pia!

Yup. We never really discussed whether I was going to or not going to, but I'm sure DH was pretty comfortable with my choice.

I'll echo the PITAness of changing my name. I gave up my middle name (which I really liked) for my maiden name, because it seemed to make the most sense, for all my licensing changes.

I use his name but legally I have my own. Too lazy to change it. Also changing it involves visas and residency documents and like I said
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I changed mine a month after we got married since we were buying our condo. All of our official condo and city stuff is in my maiden name. I think I initiated the name change process right after we moved in.

Nope, it's on my things to do list. Lol.

yeppp! super common last name to a superrrrr long dutch name!

wasn't too bad to change.. still need to do my passport and SIN card then them all changed.

Yes, I changed it! It was a pain. I think the only things left in my maiden name are my student loans.

@regberadaisy: @chopsuey119: I did the first name change too, which in DC can take 6 months+. I just called a lawyer friend from back home to whip up a court order for me

@oliviaoblivia: Hahahaha! That is my response EXACTLY. I use his name socially but legally, it is far too much of a hassle with immigration and doing name changes internationally for me to bother. Poor DH, he wants us to have the same last name so badly.....I've told him he can always change his instead! Lol

I didn't change it right away because it is a long drawn out process for me. When I was pregnant, I decided I had to take action if I ever wanted to get it done. I didn't know my legal name until I was 16 and went to the DMV to show them my ssn card. So not only did I have to change my last name, I had to legally change my entire name and prove it to a judge.

I'm still in the process of doing so... Ugh.

Nope! I have it hyphenated on Facebook and I don't mind when people refer to me with his last name, but officially I still have my maiden name. DH was happy for me to do whatever I wanted, and I honestly wouldn't have been very pleased if he'd tried to dictate what I did with my name.

Yep. And my maiden became my middle.

I changed my name legally but use my maiden name professionally.

Yes! I was happy to take DH's last name!

Nope. DH things it's weird. He's Latino so everyone already has both parents' last names. I am not Latina, but my parents named me the same way. So my name is already a mouthful, no need to further complicate things, lol.