Weddingbee Blog

My parents were married in the Soviet Union. My dad had a Jewish last name and my mother had an armenian last name. Armenian wasn’t perfect, but it could open a lot more doors then the jewish one (for example, there were certain jobs, etc that you wouldn’t get if you were obviously jewish).

My father took my mother’s lastname and I’ve been trying to convince Mr. Firefly to take it as well … sadly, its not working!

I voted for “hyphenate” but that is a lie! I’m doing what my mom did - just adding his name onto the end so I’ll have four names total. So it will be like Hilary Rodham Clinton; most of the time I’ll write both of our last names but for simplicity’s sake I’ll sometimes just go by Mrs. Hisname. And I don’t have to give up my middle name which is actually my mom’s maiden name.

what about those that make their maiden their middle? (i’m not but another option to add….but that’s technically taking his, so nevermind)

And combining is definitely a new one for me…probably a spinoff from the bangelina and bennifer trend!!

My fiance and I joked with people that instead of me taking his last name I would take his first name and keep my maiden name.

But really, I am taking his last name. I have a difficult to pronouce first name and last name and he has a very simple and easy last name, so I look forward to having one name people can say on sight!

Jessica, I can see the novelty in that, but YIKES. My two names (First and last) are both colors, so if I married someone with the last name Green, or Silver, it’d be tons of fun.

We joke around about combining the last name… from Kim and Greenberg to Kimberg. It has a nice ring to it - don’t you think. Too bad it got vetoed by the to be hubs.

i have a friend who changed hers because she wanted her initials to be ASK.

as for me, i’ll probably keep my name. i like the way my whole name sounds and he really doesn’t care. however, things might change when we have children. basically, i’ll probably stick with whatever is easiest.

as for the “if you don’t change your name, you’ll end up getting divorced study,” it also said you were more likely to stay married if you become a housewife. i don’t think that’s going to make us all quit our jobs. and the articles i read disputed the methodology.

i’m definitely changing my last name to his. infact, i’m looking forward to it! to me, it makes it so final, as if we’re both committing ourselves fully to the marriage. and i think i’ll feel different, in a good way, when i take his last name. oh and did you know that in korea, the girls don’t change their last name even after they get married? i didn’t know that! they still keep their last name. i’m glad it’s not like that here. i just really appreciate the whole changing the last name process.

i’ve tried to convince aaron to take my last name, just because after we marry, it will be the end of my family’s name. my dad produced all girls, therefore the family name stops when we marry and take our husband’s last name. aaron’s not too keen on the idea. it was worth a shot though. :o)

I’m taking my husband’s last name “Son” and I love it! It makes for so many childrens’ names jokes… i.e. Our first son… First name Michael, middle name Jack. Second son, Jack John. Daughter Pamela Ander. etc…