Would You Ever Consider Changing Your Last Name?

I think that a name is what you make it. If your happy with your name and your used to it, then keep it. If your not, then change it. Don't change it for someone else. The only time I think you really need to be accurate is when your doing your geneology. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

Good picture! I don't think I would ever consider changing my last name. I'm proud of the people who carry that name, and I consider it an honor to share the moniker. If circumstances had been different, and I was in your situation, then I would have to think about it a lot longer. But as it is, if I get married, it will be hard for me to change my last name to my husband's, if I even will. LOL

As I always maintain, Mylot has opened my eyes to situations that were unimaginable to me. Here in India, it is but common and taken-for-granted that all women change their maiden last name (surname) after marriage and take the last name of their husband’s family. While this may sound like women are looked upon merely as family properties of their husbands, this has never been an issue with us. I have done so, and so has all women in my family and my friends too. Nowadays however, many women here do not change their last name after marriage and it is they who are looked at suspiciously and with contempt by society. They are the ultra-liberal who do not have any ‘respect’ for the norms of Indian tradition LOL!

well i don't have a surname i mean i don't include it with my name anywhere. it creats some problems sometimes while filling up the form they mark area of surname as obligatory!lol when i meet some new person they would ask my name and after my telling it they would always tell me "but what's your full name?" then i have to say it's only...once a person joked if my name was "Only...."LOL so situations like this are making me think that perhaps i should change my name and should include my surname after all as the world around me is yet to accept a single name.:) and i don't think it's offensive or wrong to do so. it kind of depends on one's personal values and thoughts about such issues.

There is nothing wrong with my surname so I won't change it.

If I am given a chance to do so I would gladly do it,.Not because I don't like the sound of it but the thought of the person who is the reason why I have it made me sick,.It's my father's last name..But no matter how I wish, even if I could change it when i'll marry someday,there's nothing I can do than to accept the fact that it would always be a part of my life...:-(

About 7 years ago, I changed my last name from my father's name to my mother's birth name, because I did not like the archaic nature of a tradition that treated women first as their father's property, and then their husband's property. I took a name from my mother's family (my Danish side) that meant something to me, and I kept it even after I got married. There was some problem in my family because of this, but I did it anyway. My husband is happy that I did it, and that I kept it after we got married.

My comments refer to my original maiden name. I feel very strongly about that name and I would never change it, as I find it would be an offense to my father and grandfather, even though they have already passed away, but still. That name has its history and its people and I respect that, changing the name would be like insulting my ancestors. When I married I got my husband's name and I like how they do it in Latin America, where women can continue using their maiden names and then add their husband's name at the end. What I disagree about though is having to put the word "de" before the married name, as that means "of", as if one belonged to the husband!

I don't think there's anything wrong with changing your last name because you are unhappy with it or because you want to have someone else's last name (like your husband or partner's). I do think that if you want to keep your last name and you change it because someone else wanted you to, that's the wrong reason. However, in your case it sounds like you wanted to do this for your own reason. I actually get complained to a lot about the fact that I didn't change my name even though I got married. A lot of people are offended by that, and even sometimes tell me that I'm not really married. It's annoying. I chose to keep my name because I felt it was a large part of my identity, and it meant a lot to me because of that. So it's frustrating that other people feel they have the right to tell me what I should have done, or should do. Honestly, on things like this, I think people should mind their own business more.

A very long time ago I did consider that, however I am glad that I did not. I considered the name change because of a family situation that was divorce related, and if I had followed through with that, not only would all three initials have been the same, my first and new last name would have also been the same. This would had created way more confusion for everyone involved, and as it was, because my stepdad's family name was the same as my first name....and he was known in the county where my drivers license was first issued...they got my name confused on my license, with my last name listed as my first name. Imagine the fun of trying to explain that to the state trooper on the side of the road in the middle of the night. I finally convinced him, but it still took another couple of months to get it all straightened out. I don't know about it being wrong or offensive, but I can see where changing your name could be very inconvenient for everyone who knew you.

I would only change my surname/lastname if I would commit a heinous crime (Heaven forbid). Or if I will totally change my identity as to avoid being caught by authoriities (heaven forbid again). Other than that, I won't. Why should I, I love my last name!

If i were a guy i think it would be harder to do but i dotn mind changing my name. sometimes the guy in the relationship change there name and i dont see nothing wrong with it if thats what you really want to do. and of course only you know what you really want to do.

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No i wudnt, i like my last name so wont change it