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I changed my first, middle and last!

@MrsH: Yeah, it was an annoying process, but glad I did it!
my legal used to be my korean name. changed my first name to my English name, middle to my maiden, last to DH's last name.

I never had a middle name so I kept my maiden name as the middle name and then took his last name as my new last name.

People had a hard time pronouncing my Chinese maiden name so I like this much better. Also I like how I talk to people on the phone and they hear my American last name and then meet me in person and are surprised that I'm Chinese.

I dropped my maiden and took his last name. I never even thought about dropping my middle name and keeping my maiden. I would have liked to have done that!

I added DHs last name to my existing name and didn't drop any of it. So i have 4 names.

@chopsuey: wait, how do you change a middle name to a maiden name? Did your parents go along with changing their last name to your middle name or something?

I haven't changed anything. I keep meaning to drop my maiden name and use DH's name legally (I do socially but legally I'm still maiden name), but it's been so complicated with immigration and living abroad that I just can't be arsed.

DH would prefer we have the same name but ultimately, he doesn't really care that much and is leaving it up to me. We've been married three years now and I'm not sure I'll ever get around to changing it, although it would be nice for all of us to have the same name. Meh, whatever!

Kept my middle, dropped my maiden. I like the way my married last name sounds with my first name so much more!