Did you trade up or down with your married name?

[HoneySpider]

If you changed your name when you got married, is your new last name better or worse than your maiden name? 

[grover]

New one is harder to pronounce and spell. Alphabet wise I moved down a letter.

[katespade]

My married name is worse in the cool factor, but better in the spelling factor. I loved my maiden name, but not do I sure love finally having one part of my name that people can spell correctly without me spelling it out for them.

[HoneySpider]

I traded a unique name for a common one which is a little bit of a bummer. I liked my maiden name.

However, I went from a name no one could ever pronounce to one no one gets wrong, so that's a win.

[travelbug]

For legal reasons I actually didn't change my last name. I go by my maiden name for anything work related or legal stuff and socially go by my H's last night.

I would say my maiden name is much easier to spell and say, but my H's last name is a little more unique.

[tacocat]

I lost an eleven letter German name no one could pronounce to a four letter name. It's nice having a name easy to pronounce, but I kind of miss my maiden name.

[MrsMB]

My maiden name was easier for people to spell and pronounce...but I'm glad I took DH's name.

[megkat]

I hyphenated mine, which I kind of hate. It's so long and no one ever gets it right. My maiden name was awesome and I miss it. I've actually debated going back to it, but I feel like that might give people the wrong idea about the state of my marriage, lol

[amaranth]

I lost an ugly German name andngot a better sounding German name that no one can pronounce or spell. I'd call it a wash.

(I prefer my new one though!)

[bk1]

Probably down but I never thought of not changing my name.

[awick14]

tacocat- I had a 13 letter German name that no one ever pronounced properly to a 5 letter very generic easy to spell name.

[estrellita]

Both my last names have gotten spelled wrong so many times. People tended to drop a letter from my maiden name and add an n to my current last name. My new one is more rare which I suppose is good and bad. I don't get asked if I'm related to some random person with the same last name anymore!

[Deleted]

My maiden name is very Italian sounding but easy to pronounce and spell. My married name is much more common and has no obvious ethnic association. I ended up changing my maiden name to my middle name and I think my full name has a nice flow to it.

[pooh8402]

It's about the same. Both fairly common British last names, easy to pronounce and spell. Well, my maiden name is easy to pronounce for most people, but with my lisp, I have hard time with it (starts with S).

[wanderingenough]

My new one is definitely more mockable. There were a couple kids names I always liked that are automatically vetoed based on the tease factor.

It's definitely more unique though, which makes it more memorable in work settings and stuff.

[anyastroud]

I am so glad dh's last name is common. No one ever butchers my last name any more.

[rockinrobyn]

Down. My married name gets butchered frequently. My maiden name was a lot easier.

[mac08]

Up for sure.  My maiden name was difficult to pronounce, but my married name is easy and nicer-sounding.  They start with the same letter, which is nice because my initials didn't change.

[ewall]

Up. Easier to pronounce, but still a PITA to spell. Not necessarily a difficult spelling, but it's unique.

[Deleted]

I definitely traded up. My last name now is easy to spell and pronounce.

[tacocat]

awick14 Yeah, no on ever knew how to pronounce or spell it, but I still miss it a little.

[awick14]

Jul 8, 2015 21:39:12 GMT -5 tacocat said:

awick14 Yeah, no on ever knew how to pronounce or spell it, but I still miss it a little.

I miss mine too.

[sarahsas]

Both pretty common, married name has a couple spellings so I have to spell it sometimes. Moved down in the alphabet though! I was always first on rosters in school and now I'm down towards the end. I like my married name though!

[girlscout]

I had a fairly normal maiden name. My married name is a little different and most people either spell or pronounce it incorrectly.
I did move up in the alphabet a lot tho!


my SIL told me I was crazy to take on their family name when I had such a good one already! LOL

[katespade]

Jul 8, 2015 16:45:07 GMT -5 megkat said:

I hyphenated mine, which I kind of hate. It's so long and no one ever gets it right. My maiden name was awesome and I miss it. I've actually debated going back to it, but I feel like that might give people the wrong idea about the state of my marriage, lol

My dad tried to talk me into hyphenating. Yeah, no. I already had an apostrophe in my maiden name and my middle name, there was no way I was going to add another piece of punctuation to my name. Haha.

[Blue Moon]

Jul 8, 2015 16:32:25 GMT -5 HoneySpider said:

I traded a unique name for a common one which is a little bit of a bummer. I liked my maiden name.

However, I went from a name no one could ever pronounce to one no one gets wrong, so that's a win.

Me too. I like my new name though. It's nice not to have to spell it constantly like with my maiden name.

[MrsMB]

Jul 9, 2015 8:29:29 GMT -5 girlscout said:

I had a fairly normal maiden name. My married name is a little different and most people either spell or pronounce it incorrectly.
I did move up in the alphabet a lot tho!


my SIL told me I was crazy to take on their family name when I had such a good one already! LOL

When I got married, my boss at the time had a few choice words regarding my name change. In front of a new hire, he asked me what my new married name was (he received a wedding invite....but apparently didn't look at it). When I told him he said, "HMMPH...I would have kept my maiden name" then walks off to leave me with with our new employee.

[ewall]

Jul 9, 2015 8:43:10 GMT -5 MrsMB said:

Jul 9, 2015 8:29:29 GMT -5 girlscout said:

I had a fairly normal maiden name. My married name is a little different and most people either spell or pronounce it incorrectly.
I did move up in the alphabet a lot tho!


my SIL told me I was crazy to take on their family name when I had such a good one already! LOL

When I got married, my boss at the time had a few choice words regarding my name change. In front of a new hire, he asked me what my new married name was (he received a wedding invite....but apparently didn't look at it). When I told him he said, "HMMPH...I would have kept my maiden name" then walks off to leave me with with our new employee.

Wow, professional.

[Skyesthelimit1212]

My maiden last name was a very common last name, think Smith in nature. My married name is Portuguese, and should be easy to pronounce but you'd be surprised at how many people get it wrong.

[MrsMB]

Jul 9, 2015 8:49:28 GMT -5 ewall said:

Jul 9, 2015 8:43:10 GMT -5 MrsMB said:

When I got married, my boss at the time had a few choice words regarding my name change. In front of a new hire, he asked me what my new married name was (he received a wedding invite....but apparently didn't look at it). When I told him he said, "HMMPH...I would have kept my maiden name" then walks off to leave me with with our new employee.

Wow, professional.

Yeah....he's a real piece of work.