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My maiden name was cooler by far, but I like having one family name for all of us.
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I like my maiden name more but DH has a good last name too. I took his in the end.
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I would take married name hands down!
Maiden name was ranked #9668 in 2000 and #17444 in 1990. Was searched 2 times.
Married name was ranked #2 in 1990 and 2000 (bahaha!) And it's been search 4,468 times.
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Married Name:
In 1990, was ranked #36728.
In 2000, was ranked #22968.The name has been searched 5 times
out of 1888766 total searches on the Popularity Index.Maiden Name:
In 1990, was ranked #81712.
In 2000, was ranked #43424.You are the first visitor to this site to enter that name (out of a total of 1888772 name entries).
I like my married name way more than my maiden name. My maiden name is a long Polish one.
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Maiden #3689.
Married #10637I like my married name more because it is unique but easy to pronounce (unlike my maiden name)
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I love both my maiden and married name:)
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Maiden name: In 2000, D***** was ranked #4438, searched for 0 times (well now 1
Married name: In 2000, McK***** was ranked #980 and has been searched for 21 times.
I liked my maiden name well enough, attached enough to make it my middle name when I took DH's name, but I LOVE my married name.
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My maiden name is great. I love it so much. My DH's last name sounds really southern and is such a boy name. This is why I still haven't changed my name!
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Both are hard to pronounce so there's no winner in my case.
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Maiden is my married name. That was easy!
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My husband's last name sounds and looks nice enough, but it is spelled differently than it's pronounced, because it's not english, and that's extremely annoying to me. My maiden name is in the top 10 most popular surnames in the US and everyone knows how to spell it.
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My maiden name is #1 (I bet you can guess what it is). Since my first name is popular and common, it was annoying. My married name is much better at #762. I'll keep that one
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i like my maiden name because it's just 2 letters :). married name is longer and too common.
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my maiden name is apparently way less common (searched 55 times v. 760 times!) but growing up, i knew a ton of people with my maiden name, and i've never met anyone outside DH's family with my married name. so weird!
as for preference, i THINK i prefer my married name, because it sounds nice with my first name. But, it is a common first name, and people often get confused. That will also make it a little harder with baby names.
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@Mrs. Pen: you and my sister have the same maiden name.
My married name wasn't too common. My maiden name I was the first to search it. I like my maiden better, but only because its not popular
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Maiden name not in database & I was the first to search it
Married name ranked #2290 & only searched 7 times.My first name is about as unique in popularity as it gets so I'm fine with either surname.
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My maiden name is uncommon and hard to pronounce and spell. When I married my first husband, I was grateful for a more common name, and when we divorced, I kept the name (more for ds's sake). My now married name is even better, not just cause I'm biased, but it's less common than my former married name, but more common than my maiden name.
In 2000, maiden name was ranked #115845.
You are the first visitor to this site to enter that name (out of a total of 1888896 name entries).
In 1990, first married name was ranked #78.
In 2000, first married name was ranked #75.The name has been searched 433 times
out of 1888897 total searches on the Popularity Index.In 1990, current name was ranked #171.
In 2000, current name was ranked #152.The name has been searched 93 times
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I kept my last name because it's way cooler than DH's last name. The nurse at my drs appointment today said 'oh, wow that's a great last name'. Wasn't getting rid of that one, though random Italians want to be facebook friends because we share a common last name that's not even that common in Italy.
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my maiden name is much easier to say, and way more common. It's in the top 100 on that website. My married name is harder to pronounce (everyone gets it wrong), and it's fairly uncommon... it's in the 14,000 range.
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I liked my maiden name better. My DH is Asian and I'm white so I don't feel my married name fits me. We've been married 2 years and I'm finally starting to get used to my married name. I kind of wish I would have just kept my maiden name.
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@mediagirl: I have the same problem and it drives me crazy! I can't fit "The ABCS Family" on a doormat or return address stamp.
I loved my maiden name and liked how well it went with my first name. My married name is fine, but not as awesome.
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I never changed my name, so my maiden name is my married name
It is ranked #166, so not too popular but not terribly uncommon. Easy to pronounce!DH's name is #5686. Not very common here, but a popular surname in Latin America. Again, easy to pronounce, easy to spell. Our kids will have it easy, ha.
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I like my maiden name and that's why I kept it. I'm sure my husbands name (Anderson) is number one or something.
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Both my maiden name and my married name are very well known and common. So I can't say either of them is interesting. It's really like switching Smith for Jones or vice versa.
Maiden #136
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I prefer my maiden only because it's less generic. My married name is super common.
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I absolutely love my married name. It's much catchier and I feel like it makes it easier for people to remember me. My maiden name was pretty boring.
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Haha. Both of our names are in the top 15. How boring. I took his last name and only fell a couple spots... Sadly I'm not in top 10 anymore.
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