Early Name Change

Early Name Change

April 28th, 2008 @ 3:25 pm by Mrs. Pineapple
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I have never had a second thought about changing my maiden name. It is not very easy to pronounce, even I - after 24 years, slur the syllables. I always have to spell it out to strangers and my signature isn’t very pretty. Also, my brother is planning on having upwards of 7 children so I certainly don’t have to worry about passing it on. Using it as a middle or hyphenated name would make my full name epic in length.

Now Mr. Pineapple’s name is not much easier, but it is - a smidge. Plus I think that taking his name is very romantic. I am actually very excited and feel like I can take on a whole new identity.

With the death of my current name looming in the horizon (ok, maybe that is a bit dramatic) I have already begun planning the transition. One of the first things that came to mind was my domain name. Currently, it is www.MissPineappleMaidenName.com. So, I quickly snatched up www.MissPineappleNewName.com and MissPineappleNewName@gmail.com. I have even started receiving emails at the new address from new clients. Mr. Pineapple thinks this is a bit strange, but I don’t want to confuse people come October.

Now I know this is just a teeny tiny little detail, but it made my future life seem so much more real!

Has anyone else taken early steps to say goodbye to their maiden name?

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36 Responses to “Early Name Change”

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Miss Tiramisu (message) 1,098 posts, Bumble bee

I grabbed MissPineappleNewLast@gmail like 5 years ago… you know just in case

4/28/08 @ 3:29 pm (reply)

Bee

Miss Tiramisu (message) 1,098 posts, Bumble bee

duh, I mean MissTiramisuNewLast of course… I’m confusing myself with this name change business already!

4/28/08 @ 3:29 pm (reply)

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tberry (message) 488 posts, Helper bee

I am happy about taking a new last name, too! I am proud to take the name of my FH and start a new family. I also like the way my new name sounds.
In the town that I grew up there are massive numbers of people with my name but everywhere else they are few and far between. People always pronounce it incorrectly and it is very ethnic so people always say things like “Oh, you must be Italian.” While I’m proud of my dad’s heritage (we still have a lot of family in Italy) I am also proud of my Mom’s which is completely different from my dad’s (Her’s is much more diverse with her 4 grandparents being from differnet nations -Sweden, Scotland, France & Germany). My future last name is more generic and very hard to pinpoint where my family is from. Although still mispelled, it doesn’t evoke a particular culture. As an American of many cultures I love this. I love the fact that people see my FI as just American (although they take great pride in his mother’s polish roots, from the food to the jokes about themselves).

4/28/08 @ 3:38 pm (reply)

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Candi1024 (message) 357 posts, Helper bee

hehe, thanks for reminding me. I just made my new yahoo account! Though I have to keep remembering to check the old one every 3 months or so or it will close. I would hate for old friends or something not be able to find me.

4/28/08 @ 3:43 pm (reply)

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ErinSea (message) 172 posts, Blushing bee

I’m off to claim ErinSeaHisLastName@gmail.com immediately. Good idea ladies! Long before we were engaged we visited a Texas surf museum which was really cool and happened to have photos of my uncles and their friends in the 60s. There was a guest book to sign in and in a moment away I wrote an entry and signed it with The HisLastNames. He saw and grinned and called me Mrs. for the afternoon. It was fun.

4/28/08 @ 3:44 pm (reply)

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banana (message) 11 posts, Newbee

I too snatched up anngoodbyeprettyshortname@gmail.com; however, I’m having anxiety issues about the whole thing. While I cannot wait to share a last name and be a Mr. and Mrs., I am the last generation of all girl cousins and my last name will be completely gone after us! Plus, I have to admit my last name is pretty cool (short and very Irish) and his name is not so short or Irish…in fact, it’s German (gasp, hee hee).

4/28/08 @ 3:48 pm (reply)

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melissa

heh - my husband’s family name is rare enough that i was able to snag http://www.newlastname.com (before the wedding, naturally, domain names can go fast!). So now my email is melissa@newlastname.com!

On a different note, I was planning on changing my name from:
Melissa Mom’sMaiden OldLast to
Melissa OldLast NewLastName

Dad said to keep mom’s maiden name since it’s gone in the US (except some random dude in Alaska…we don’t know if he’s any relation). He basically said to take the ones that need to be carried on…

4/28/08 @ 3:52 pm (reply)

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Miss Hydrangea (message) 414 posts, Helper bee

I decided to switch to gmail recently, so I did my initials and new last name. It confuses people, but I figured what’s the point in using my maiden name for only a few months then having to switch again!

I’m having a hard time with parting with my maiden name completely, so I think I will just now have two middle names a la:

Mrs. Hydrangea Middle Maiden New Last

4/28/08 @ 3:54 pm (reply)

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SKM

My fiance’ actually set up my first name new last name email for me just after we were engaged. I thought it was adoringly sweet that he was showing me how excited he is about my name change. I am very excited about it myself.

4/28/08 @ 3:55 pm (reply)

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Miss Jasmine (message) 1,170 posts, Bumble bee

I currently have a very unusual last name so I was SO disappointed when I went to snatch up MissJasmineNewLast@gmail.com and found that it was already taken along with all the other permutations I could think of. So I actually may just keep my old email address even though it uses part of my old/current last name.

4/28/08 @ 3:56 pm (reply)

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Manda

I also created a new email address using my will-be name…I did so not long after the engagement…I am looking forward to dumping my old email address which is arandomnickname@gmail.com to one that actually uses my name!

4/28/08 @ 4:03 pm (reply)

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Pengwen (message) 81 posts, Worker bee

I just made a new gmail account for my new last name too. I feel a little silly, as I’m still 6 months out, so it feels kinda like junior high and writing Mrs. Pengwen MyCrush’sLastName in my notebook. I guess the reality of it all hasn’t hit me yet.

4/28/08 @ 4:04 pm (reply)

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ErinSea (message) 172 posts, Blushing bee

I’m in grad school and still practice signing my new last name in all the different fonts I can think of when the lectures start getting a little dull!

4/28/08 @ 4:09 pm (reply)

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melodicsighs1 (message) 1,289 posts, Bumble bee

you made me curious about gmail, and i just checked my own future name.

firstnamelastname, firstinitialmiddleinitiallastname, etc. are all taken. they only have suggestions for me with strange mixtures or misspellings of the names. darn.

4/28/08 @ 4:11 pm (reply)

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cgeniew

melodicsighs1-
did you try adding a period (or two)? When I got my first gmail acct, I was able to get firstname.middleinitial.lastname at gmail

4/28/08 @ 4:19 pm (reply)

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knudsonwedding (message) 234 posts, Helper bee

Yah, my firstnamenewlastname was taken too. I ended up doing newlastname.firstname and firstinitialmiddleinitialnewlastname. I’m not sure which I’ll use. I also have http://www.newlastname.com, so maybe I can use firstname@newlastname.com

4/28/08 @ 4:23 pm (reply)

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sourceofjoy (message) 20 posts, Newbee

My old last name was unusual, my new last name is very common, so now I can’t get sourceofjoyhislastname@gmail.com - I’m having to do sourceofjoy.maidennameinitial.hislastname@gmail.com!
But at least that works! I’ll miss my old last name because it was unique, but am looking forward to having his last name. It’s kinda funny b/c I’m going to share the same last name as a president’s wife!

4/28/08 @ 4:25 pm (reply)

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MissPotterBear

When I signed up for gmail a couple of years ago I purposely used firstnamemiddlename@gmail.com so that I wouldn’t have to worry about changing it after getting married.

4/28/08 @ 4:25 pm (reply)

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mingaling

Yep, I definitely snagged the newlastname gmail address

4/28/08 @ 4:29 pm (reply)

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Jaime08 (message) 24 posts, Newbee

I grabbed my new gmail account a while ago too. It’s the one time I was thankful that my mom spelled my first name non-traditionally when I was born (it’s a pain for everything else in my life because I am constantly correcting people).

Now - does anyone know if there is a way to combine the old and new gmail accounts? I have a lot of archived e-mails on my old account that I would love to just combine into the new one, instead of keeping them separate.

4/28/08 @ 4:31 pm (reply)

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