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It was a big pain to change my last name, and it only took me three years to do it. 
But it’s going to be a lot easier for the winners of this giveaway because MissNowMrs is giving away 5 name change packages to 5 lucky brides!
Here’s how the easy three step process works: 1) answer a couple of questions about yourself, 2) your answers are used to fill in the legal forms, 3) print out the completed forms along with instructions on how to file them.
To enter this giveaway please tell us — do you plan on changing your name in any way after you get married? You have until midnight PST May 25th to enter. Good luck!
Please go here for complete contest rules.
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I plan on dropping my maiden name because I have no real ties to it and taking my fiance’s last name!
Yep! I’m going to hyphenate my last name because I love my current one so much!
Man I hope I win, I could use all the help I can get to change my name after the wedding (also because I NEVER win 
haha).
Ooo great giveaway! I’m not looking forward to name changing! I’m taking his last name and moving my maiden name as my middle name.
I fought with myself on what to do, but ultimately I’m going to change my name to his. Every other woman in my family has done it, and the FI was a bit upset when I told him I was thinking about not changing my name. All of my degrees and awards (except my BS) will have my maiden name and I won’t ever forget who i used to be. Now that I’m used to the idea, I’m really excited about it!!
And I was totally planning on using this service anyway!
I’m keeping my middle name (my mom’s first name) and changing my last name to my fiance’s last name!
I dread changing my name… but I also can’t wait to be mrs.hislastname. This would be really helpful!
My maiden name will be my new legal middle name. Away with Marie, in with Lundman!
this would be the perfect wedding gift! i just got married a couple of weekends ago and i have yet to start changing my last name to my hubby’s. i just keep putting it off because EVERYONE keeps telling me how much “fun” it was.
This is a great giveaway! Perfect for all the stressed out brides, makes things easy!
I’ll be taking his last name and moving mine to be my middle name.
I want to add my maiden name and be Mrs. First name Middle name Maiden Name Last Name, and just have it be an extra middle name. I worry this will be more difficult then I expect
I plan on keeping my middle name but taking my finace’s last name.
YAY! I CAN’T WAIT to be Mrs. FH’s last name. My name now is a pain in the keester. I’m going to join it with my middle name, though, and have one long glorious quasi obnoxious name 
I plan on dropping my current last name and taking my fiance’s name!
I am changing my last name to match my future husband’s last name.
I hope I win! I’ll only be in the states for a few weeks - not a lot of time to change my name, when I’ll be getting married, honeymooning, and marathon running!!
I am planning on changing my name. I’m adding his last name and replacing my middle name with my current last name. If you asked me before I was engaged I probably would have said I would keep my name but I didn’t have a strong opinion one way or the other. When I asked my fiance about this he had very strong opinions but the idea that swayed me was that by having the same last name we’re telling the world we’re a family and that our kids will eventually share our name.
I have been unofficially hyphenating my last name (mom’s maiden-dad’s last) for the past 13 years and it has been such a headache! (thanks to mom for changing it when I was a kid and not letting me know it wasn’t legal until I had to deal with it in college!) I have post-poned fixing it now that I’m getting married since I will take my FH’s last name then. His last name is lovely, simple, easy to pronounce with no punctuation! My dad and I also don’t have the greatest relationship so it will be nice to drop his name. After our wedding we’re only taking a minimoon and then I have to study for a licensing exam, so it would be great to have this service to simplify my name change process!
What a GREAT giveaway!
I can’t wait to change my name! My new initials will spell my nickname: T.A.B. How cool is that? 
Yes! My new last name will be Campbell (there’s enough of us that I feel like I can divulge!) and I can’t wait to be Mrs. Soup! :)
I am going to use my last name as my middle name and make his last name mine as well. And I have millions of cards and papers to change and this would be amazing!
I don’t have a middle name so I’m planning on using my maiden name as my middle name and taking my fiance’s last name
I am planning to change but not without some dragging of my toes. I love my last name even though it’s not that great. But it’s really important to my fiance (and me) that our kids have the same last name as both of their parents and there is NO way I would do the hypenated thing. For some last names, that works–but not for ours!
i’ll be dropping my maiden name and taking his. my maiden name would be far to long as a middle name haha!
I’m dropping my last name and taking his. I’m a little sad about it, but I’m excited too.
Great contest! I plan on taking his last name, and this would be a huge help to do so!
I am looking forward to changing my name after the wedding. I will go from a very Chinese (and hard to pronounce) last name to a very American sounding (but Viet) last name… Dan. I look forward to being mistaken for a boy and being asked if that’s really my last name. Hehe. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
While I can’t wait to have my new name, I am SO not looking forward to the process of making it legal. I plan on taking his last name, but keeping my old last name as my new middle name.
yes! i’m just waiting for the marriage certificate, but even pulling everything together is confusing!!
I’m begrudgingly taking his last name after the wedding. Winning this giveaway might help me dread it a little less!
i’m moving my maiden name to my middle name and taking his last name… after much discussion. =P
I’ll be changing my last name to his last name.
I will be taking his last name, and dropping mine. (To make it my middle name would either mean losing a middle name I love, or having two middle names which would be a mouthful for me.) Also, his last name is super cool and I would still be the only person with my name, so bring on the name change service!
I plan on taking my future husband’s last name! It will be a lot of work for us since we also have to fix the spelling of his last name, since they screwed it up when he immigrated here. So we have to fix his name, and change mine.
I think in terms of legality/officialness, I’m going to move my maiden name to my middle name and take his last name. But in more casual situations (uh, when someone is referring to me by my full name….?) I’m going to keep all 4 names.
I am planning of changing my name. My current last name will be my new middle name and his last name will be mine.
I’m hyphenating and will make that change legal….however I don’t intend to actually “use” his last name professionally unless we change our minds and have kids at some point.
I love my Italian last name, but I am taking my future husband’s last name. Its a mix of tradition and excitement for our new beginning! We can name the kid something Italian
Its so strange to imagine losing a name I’ve had for 26 years, so I’ve decided that I will just tack my fiancé’s name onto the end of my full name. It will create a lengthy (and head-scratching) name, but both the fiancé and I are pleased with that arrangement (he has two last names too!). And MissNowMrs would make the process so much easier!
I’m getting rid of my long maiden name and taking his shorter, easier last name.
Yes!! I’ll be taking his name and dropping my own - and proud of it : )
All my life there has been great confusion with my last name so I’ve decided to drop my dad’s last name which is hyphenated with my mom’s maiden name right now E**** M******-S******* and take my FI’s last name and place it where my dad’s was. I will still have the same initials which is great and I’ll get to keep my legal name.
I cannot wait to change by name! I have one of those hard to pronounce German names and it will be so nice to change it to something more simple.
I’ll be changing my name in July! I would LOVE to win this and make the process easier!
Yes I will be changing my name to my fiance’s last name. Although, funny story- I’m a first grade teacher and one of my students asked if my fiance would now be Mr. Pxxxxxxx (my last name)! The things kids say…
I plan to take my maiden name as my new middle name, and my husband’s last name as my new last name.
I do plan on changing my nail, but it seems like a nightmare that i’m not looking forward to!
I just finished my PhD about 2 months ago, with one paper out and another on it’s way to being published with my maiden name. This makes the name change a bit trickier. But if possible I’d like to add my maiden name to a second middle name and then take my fiance’s last name and then use my maiden name or second middle name as my work and publishing name. Complicated and I’m not sure if it’s going to work but that’s what I’d like to do.
I’m planning on changing just my last name to my fiance’s last name, “Cherry”. I’m excitied to change my last name and have already started practicing my “new” signature! I love it! I’m just not too excited about all the paperwork involved in changing it.
It’s been a tough decision for me, but I’ve decided to make my maiden name my middle name and take my fiance’s last name. I plan to use my full name for professional functions.
Definitely planning to change my name. I’ve waiting 10 years to be a Mrs! This would be perfect.
Definitely planning to change my name. I’ve been waiting 10 years to be a Mrs! This would be perfect.
I am planning to keep my maiden name as a second middle name and take my fiance’s last name. That way I get to hold onto a part of my family but also become part of a new one.
I am pretty traditional, so I am taking my fiance’s name. But we are an interracial couple, and it’s important to me to keep my Filipina roots, so I’m replacing my middle name with my last name, and passing that on to my children as their middle names.
I think there’s something so romantic about changing your name– it really makes you into a family! I will be keeping my first and middle names, and taking my fiance’s last name.
I am changing my maiden name. I look forward to it! It’s a very long name, and I think it will be nice to have a short last name that I can write a lot “neater”.
Defnitely heard that changing your name can be tricky, but I’m not going to let that stop me!
Yes, I will be changing my name. Moving from the beginning of the alphabet to the end!
I’m definitely changing my last name to fiance’s last name. I’m excited, yet sad that I won’t be part of the “currentlastname” sisters anymore. But I know that I’m still the same person inside, just with a new name!
I am taking my husbands last name. It was an easy decision because I always imagined it and his last name is a lot simpler than mine. I won’t have to spell out my last name anymore! =)
My fiance and I both will be getting rid of our middle names, taking my last name as our middle name, and then taking his last name as OUR last name.
I am planning to change my name when we marry. I am dropping my maiden name altogether and going with the middle and new last combo. I need to practice writing it!
I will be taking my new husband’s name. It feels like such a big change deserves a name change as well.
I plan on taking my fiance’s name and making my maiden name my middle name. I have one of those “filler” middle names anyway!
I will be taking my fiances last name, but I am going to get a tattoo of my maiden name!!!(because my little brother and I are the last of us so he is the only one to pass it on)
I’m really excited about taking on my fiancé’s name and dropping my maiden name!
I definitely plan on changing my name after the wedding,
I already have my mom’s maiden name as my middle name, and plan on doing the same to pass my name along to my children, so I’ll be taking my finace’s name after we’re married. I have to admit though, I’m definitely intimidated by the name change process!
I was surprised to find out how much it means to my FI for me to change my name. So even though I love my passport with all its stamps, I guess I’ll suck it up and get a new one with my new last name after our marriage!
I’m excited about getting my fiance’s last name and losing my maiden name… no one can pronounce it!
I sure do! But it seems like a lot of work, so it may end up being a slower process than I’d planned.
I will be changing my name - don’t mind getting one that is slightly easier to pronounce! I figure my brother can keep our family name going, so I’m keeping my middle name - which also means a lot to me since it is after my grandmother who is now gone.
I was originally on the fence about keeping my married name, but it is extremely important to FI, so I will take his and make mine my middle name.
We just got married a little over 2 weeks ago and yes, I’m taking his last name and x-naying my maiden name!
I’m changing my name to my FI’s last name. I’m not looking forward to the process!
This name change package would be extremely helpful! I’m making my last name my middle name (as I don’t have one) and taking his last name.
I’m adding his name on to the end of mine. So First Name, Middle Name, My Last name (I guess as a new Middle Name), His Last Name. I’ve grown attached to my 9 letter last name, and his is one syllable and only 4 letters. But no hyphenation!
Heck yes! I will be First Name Last Name His Last Name. Mrs. McDreamy from here on out!
Great Contest. I will be dropping my last name and taking his. The wedding is still 5 months away so I haven’t even really thought about the name change process yet. Thank you for introducing me to a website that will help with that process.
I love this website and just purchased it as a wedding gift for a girlfriend! What a fabulous idea - I would love to have this for myself too. I will definitely be changing my name, just making the decision to hyphenate or not! H-last name + H-last name doesn’t hyphenate so well though! Oh well, I”ll finally be MRrs. H!!!
After years of everyone mis pronouncing my last name, I am definitely changing my last name and MisstoMrs would be definitely be a big help!
Yes, I am definitely going to change my name. In my parents’ culture, children typically take their father’s first name as their middle name and then when a woman is married, she takes her husband’s name as her middle name in addition to his last name - which means that my middle name is actually dad’s first name and I don’t have any attachment to it at all. So I am going to drop it and use my maiden name as my middle name and take my husband’s last name. Both my sister and sister-in-law did this, so it’s like a tradition in my family!
I want to change my name to his and I will but here are my sad stories on why it will be hard to change it. My middle name is my mothers maiden name together with my last name it is Fox Hunter and that became a nick name that stuck! I know the nickname will not go away but with an additional last name it will not sound as interesting. So I think I will legally keep my whole full name and just add his last name behind it… That way I will still be taking his name but not getting rid of any party of my family since all the off spring are girls there is no one to carry on the name.
I am changing my name, I am a little sad though I have to admit. Not that my name has anything extra special, it is just my family name. I am going to take my current last and take it as my middle.
I’m dropping mine and taking his for sure. My new name is so cute! And my new initials are fun, too. I hope I win this because I’m awful at remembering to do paperwork… my driver’s license has been expired for three months!
I will be changing my name and I have been looking at this site since Mrs Quiche posted about it! Great give away!
Yes! I’ll be taking my Mr.’s name gladly! But the process is pretty daunting I’ve heard! It will be worth it!!!
I’m going to use both last names :).
I love my last name, I love my last name, I love my last name. It’s short, at the beginning of the alphabet and easy to spell. My friends call me by my last name… if it weren’t for work I would never go by my first name. However, I am going to change my name to his… there is just something romantic about us now being an “official” family and sharing a name. I know the process of chaning my last name will be painful enough…this just may take the edge off of the pain a bit!
Yes, I am changing my name. Sad to lose my old one and now my first name and last name will rhyme!
I will most definitely be changing my last name to his and I can’t wait to do so! For a long time I have hated my last name due to it being associated with my real father who wasn’t the nicest man, not to mention it sounds so weird when people say it. The only thing that is cool is my initials without my middle name are M E so people tend to address me as “ME” which is funny but I’m totally cool with losing that and being “MW”…can’t wait to do it!
I am planning to change my last name. It was a difficult decision to make (one on which I still occasionally waffle), but I decided that I want to share a last name with my future children (hyphenation isn’t an option–we’d have twenty characters to contend with!) and so that’s the plan. I’m pretty attached to my own last name, though, so I’m going to keep it and drop the middle.
I actually plan on adopting my mother’s maiden name and hyphenating that with my married name.
Elizabeth Perruso-Murphy.
I’m doing the hyphenation thing to honor my family and his.
Yes! I am planning to change my last name, but I’m going to try to phase use of my maiden name out slowly since I’ve been working with my maiden name for some time now. Hopefully it will be pretty easy!
I am definitely changing my name. And I don’t love it! But, I love him, so that’s all that matters!
I’m going traditional - just dropping my last name and adding his.
yes! i am changing to my fiance lat name but, i know i will take FOREVER to get this task accomplished after the wedding!
I think this is such a cool idea! I cant wait to change my name
Oh - and one more thing. Right now my initials are LLL. I definitely don’t want to give that up… but I figured it’s worth it! My new initials will be LLE.
After much thought, I’m taking my fiance’s name after we’re married. It was a tough choice, but I’ve decided there is something special about sharing a family name.
I will be taking my FI’s last name!
I’m taking his last name and keeping my current middle name. I am a little sad to be loosing my last name all together, but very excited about the symbolism of gaining a new name and new life. To me, something about us having the same last name makes our new family official.
SO, Missnowmrs would make my life a whole lot easier!
Because I dont want to hyphenate, I am moving my maiden name to the middle and taking his last name. That being said, I will be one of those people who writes out her full name for most things because I like my maiden name.
Yup!! and pretty excited about it (i.e. already have the new email addy!). I’m thinking about giving this as a shower gift as well!!
I am changing last names (taking his) but not changing my initials! I will still be ARR, except the last R will stand for something else. Personally, I think changing my monogram would have been harder than changing the name. What would I do with my monogrammed items??
Yep, I am changing my last name and taking his! (Sometimes I already use it :-P)
I will be dropping my very common last name for my fiance’s decidedly more unique (Polish) last name.
I will be taking his name, it means so much to him.
I am absolutely changing my last name now that we’re married…I mean, would you really CHOOSE to keep the name HELWICH? I was tortured by stupid children as a child, (”Hey! Hellofawitch!! Hey Sandwich! Hey Witch from Hell!” It’s really too bad Hell isn’t technically a swear word) and honestly, I don’t really want my kids to have to go through that someday. I just dread actually going through the motions to get this done! This kit sounds freakin awesome.
Yep! I am actually pretty excited about changing my name. I love the Mr & Mrs. same-name thing! I’m pretty attached to both my middle and last name, thought, so I might just become a four-name girl. I am a teacher, so my kids have already been practicing my new name!
I will be keeping my middle name and taking his last name. i am so excited to be part of him, and taking his last name allows the world to know that we are part of each other.
I’m taking his last name :-). Winning this contest would honestly make the change so much easier.
Thanks!!
I am dreading changing my name, not because I will miss my maiden name, but because of all the hassle!! I am a teacher so my new name will be much easier for the kiddos to pronounce!
i plan on making my last name my middle name or hyphenating. i havent quite decided yet!
Yep I’m taking Mr Frenchie last name as my own
I’m changing my maiden name into a second middle name, and taking his as my new last name
I really love my last name now, and my middle name is also my grandma’s…so I didn’t want to drop that either. I didn’t want to hyphenate, because it just gets too confusing….so instead I’ll just have a really long winded name!
I plan on changing my name. I will be taking the FI’s last name as my own. I have too many letters in my first name, so to even think about hyphening makes my hand hurt!
This is the part of the wedding my FI is most excited about!! I’ll be taking his name and discarding my maiden name. I can’t wait to be Mrs. (HEHEHE, you thought I’d write it, didn’t you?)…
Most def changing my name - his sister concluded that my first name worked well with his last before she introduced us. Not the impetus for the introduction but some things just mesh.
At the very least I’m adding Mr.D’s last name to mine if not using it as my sole last name. So yes, this would be super, duper, helpful!
Yes, I’m planning on having my maiden name as my new middle name and taking my fiance’s last name. I’m NOT excited about my future time spent standing in lines at the DMV and social security office, so I’d love to chance to win!
Winning this would make me much more inclined to change my last name, which is what Andrew wants;)
I will be changing my last name to his last name. He has always been so excited about calling me Mrs. Hislastname, and I don’t have any particular attachment to my 4-letter but still hard to spell last name. And our names hyphenated together sound really funny, so that was out of the question as well.
I am changing my last name to his, and am excited because I will no longer have to immediately start to spell out my last name when people ask for it =)
I am very excited to take my future’s husband name. We have been living together for a few years and it is going to make things a lot easier.
as amazing as my last name is (Luckey) I plan on changing it for a couple of reasons.
1)I like the thought of the name change being a new beginning in my life
and
2) It’s easier to sign than my maiden name.
I am changing my last name to his, but not fully sure I want to. I don’t think 100% ready to take on a different identity, and in some way stop being what I’ve been for over 29 years. I’ve tried to negotiate the change of last name until we have kids, but the fiance is very adamant about changing the name now. If only I can get this package to make this process less painful…
Ye, I’m taking my fiance’s last name. =)
I’ll be taking my fh’s name also, I’m not looking forward to the process!
I’m pretty traditional so I’ll be taking my fiance’s last name and dropping mine. Using mine as a middle name just would sound ridiculous because they sound so similar. =)
I am going to take his last name. Then it will be like my maiden name is my secret identity! Muahahahaha!!
Changing my name! Kinda sad I’ll start my reporting career with a different name, but without my FI’s help, I would have never made it to that point, so he deserves the shout out as well!
I am definately going to his last name… his family name is dwindling fast and my last name has a long ways to go! I heard about this through one of the Bees a few months ago and I definately new I had to use MissNowMrs! I am a full time student and full time employee — leaving me NO time to waste to be doing all sorts of forms and such. This would save me so much time especially if I’m only able to go to different offices on a lunch break or something!
I will be changing my name when we get married. (I actually just postponed business cards for this!)
I’ll be taking his last name and pushing my last name to my middle name. I love my middle name now, but four names? c’mon… too much for MoSnow.
I would love to win this as my fiance and I really look forward to being one cohesive family and could use the help with the whole process! He is German, so by me taking his name we’ll have a family that spans borders. Plus we’ll get less flak from the customs people when traveling. Thank goodness!
I’m taking my fiance’s last name and keeping both my middle name and my current last name as middle names–I’m looking forward to having two lines on my driver’s license!
This is a surprise for my fiance as he’s not expecting me to change my name at all.
I had a hard time deciding this, mainly because my last name is tied to my culture and ethnicity. More than that even, it’s intrinsically tied to my career: I’m a teacher! So although it’s going to be a pain, I’ll be changing my last name to his. His mom wants a daughter in the family and he’s just being a pain! ^_^ No, no, he’s just very sensitive about it and since he feels so strongly I (think this the part called compromise that they emphasize so much for marriage) I agreed to it. So yup, that’s what’s happening!
I plan on changing on name since I have a very common first and last name. This giveaway would help me tremendously with uniting the two to one!
I plan on keeping my maiden name but adding my married name to it. Kind of like a hyphenated name without the punctuation!
Oh oh oh, such an awesome giveaway! I’m dropping my last name and taking his!
What a great, practical giveaway! I’m a little old fashioned in that I plan on losing my maiden name entirely and taking his on. It’s something I’m actually quite excited about!
I will keep my first and middle name and drop my last and take his. Scary!
Yes, I plan to change my name, but am not looking forward to all the forms I will have to fill out and waiting in line I’ll have to do. Yikes!
Yes I’m taking his last name. I like the unity of having the same last name. JeanL1984 will become JeanH1984.
I’ll be getting a new last name! I recently had to brave the lines at social security and I am so not looking forward to doing it again after we get married!
I’m taking my fiance’s name! And dropping my last name–which has often annoyed me because it’s hyphenated and people always get it wrong!
I will change my name. I already have the new email reserved!
I can’t wait to change my last name to his!
Changing my name? Yup but it’s gonna be a big pain in the bottom cuz I’m gonna be a doctor but will graduate with my maiden name. I’m sure MissNowMrs will be a big help to me!
I’m planning on changing my name right away, and am totally stressing about process - would love to win this giveaway!
Yep, I’m planning on taking his last name and dropping mine. He actually said he’s really looking forward to us sharing a last name. I can’t wait!
I will be changing from Cheryl Middle Maiden to Cheryl Maiden Married. I’m working on my PhD and have already started stressing about the name change process. MissNowMrs would be a huge relief!
I’m taking Mr. Powder Puff’s name. We’re super traditional like that.
I am going to take his last name, because it means “the beautiful” in French, and, come on, what girl wouldn’t want that?
I am taking his last name as a second (non-hyphenated) last name so that I can use my Maiden name as my career name (I am an opera singer so name matters) and using his as my personal name.
gah being in entertainment makes it difficult!
yes i plan on making my maiden name part of my middle name and taking my fiance’s last name officially as my own!
I’m looking forward to taking his last name. While I don’t have anything in particular against my maiden name, it is extremely common, and 10 letters long. I’ll be dropping 5 letters and gaining a whole lot of uniqueness in my name. This will come in handy as I launch my own business. My business, under my own new name, will be within the very first few results on search engines, and ought to be much more memorable for my clients. My current name’s search results primarily return a suffragette who slashed a famous painting because it featured a nude woman. Oh boy!
I’m still not sure how I feel about changing my name, but my fiance feels that it’s really important to him. Since it’s such a big deal for him, I’m changing it. It’s scary thinking that my name will be different than what it’s been for the last 24 years, but it’ll be a new start with my love!
I am legally going to be a Porter and keep Camper just the same. There is something about the ring of Katie Camper and legally it will be great to be Katie Camper Porter! This would be an awesome time saver and a huge relief.
I am going traditional and keeping my middle name while taking his last name. I’ve never considered any other way. This would be a great tool to help in that process.
I will be dropping my maiden name and taking his name for my last name. I can’t wait to be Mrs. H! This service is so fantastic - I’m definitely using it whether I win or not!
Yep, I’m changing my name to my fiance’s because I like the tradition of it and having our (future) children all having the same name as both parents.
Yep, I am changing my last name to my fiance’s just as soon as I can!
I’ll be changing my name (and I’m a bit sad about it). But I’ll move my maiden name to be an additional middle name. And I even convinced my fiance to add my maiden name as an additional middle name for him too! I feel very loved…
I’m changing my name to his, though still debating whether to keep my maiden name as a second middle. My FI and I were just talking about MissNowMrs! I’d love to win the service!
Growing up I assumed I would change my name just because that was what all the women in my family did. However, as I got older and more established with my own name, it’s been harder to think about giving it up. or losing my middle name, which I was given in honor of my great-grandmother. However, my decision was made quickly when I understood how hurt my FH was that his first wife never changed her last name (not to mention the fact that I am THRILLED that means I am not the second Mrs. M!) So, I am happily changing my name.
I’m also moving my maiden name to a second middle name and adopting the fiance’s name in July. This would be super helpful!
I am changing my name. My Mom is going back to her maiden name. She kept my Dad’s last name after they divorced so she would have the same last name and I did.
I’m going the traditional route: I’m taking his last name and throwing out my maiden name. I was going to hyphenate or do the dual last name, but seeing how happy and excited he was that I was just considering taking his name only… I have to do it.
Yes, I will be changing my long, often mispronounced and misspelled German last name to his, which is easy to say and spell in both German and English. I want my family to have one last name and am excited about taking his
I am so not looking forward to the name change process. I’m currently working on getting dual citizenship and should have it by the time we are married. It’s a great advantage, but it also means lots of consular visits to update my legal status and change my name when the time comes. Not much fun! I will also be in vet school, so even more paperwork and not much time.
I have submitted over 100 pages of paperwork in the last few months alone, I’m sick of it and would appreciate any help I could get!
Yes, I am changing my name! I will be giving up my very British last name for his very Scottish one. I think I will move my last name to my middle name, since the initial would remain the same.
I guess I’m technically still on the fence. If I win then I’ll take that as a sign!
I’m definitely changing my name. I told my dad when I was 12 that if I didn’t marry by 25 I was changing my name anyway!
OMG Yes, I plan on changing my name! My last name right now is that of my ex-husband… I know it would mean SO much to my FI to have me take his last name… and I’m thrilled to do so!
I’m dropping my last name and taking his!
I will be changing my last name to his.
I am debating still about whether to hyphenate or just replace my middle name with my maiden name. Either way, my name will be changed to mark a new chapter in my life–the chapter that includes a husband. I would love the chance to win this.
I will be taking my married name and losing my maiden name after our wedding.
I am planning on changing my name after I am married. Since the day I got engaged I have been doodling my “new name” on and hard surface I can find! It would be such a life saver to win this prize!!
I’m adding my last name as a middle name and taking his last name!
I’m planning to hyphenate because I want to keep my name and he wants me to change it. So hyphenating was a good middle ground. This package would be a life saver!
I’m thinking of changing my middle name to my mom’s first name (i know she would love it and would be honored as it was what she always wanted for me but got talked into my fathers mother’s name while giving birth) and my fiance’s last name will become mine. My mom ALWAYS mentions how she’d wished she giving me P as a middle name instead of J…..i’m getting used to the idea of EPS instead of EJS as my initials. Oye vez! This would be a lovely way to facilitate the change!
i am taking my fiance’s name. i really love my last name, but i have no real ties to it. maybe i’ll keep it on as my maiden name and add on the fiance’s last name. this would be a life saver as i have a ton of legal documents tied to me!
I can’t wait to take my fiance’s name! Even though it will give me questionable initials.
I’m definitely taking my fiance’s last name, but with already two middle names under my belt I’m not sure what to do about the in-between.
I can’t wait to be a Mrs. and my fiance is even excited for me to take his last name which makes it supremely adorable. I know it’s important to him and can’t wait!
yes, after a long conversation with the Mr, I have decided to change it. I’m not looking forward to all the paper work, so this would be a perfect prize!
Yup, I am! I’m nervous and excited, and couldn’t imagine not being Mrs. HisName … even if I’m not in love with his name!
I’m taking his last name, and changing my middle name to my mother’s maiden name. He’s keeping his last name, but also changing his middle name to my mother’s maiden name.
yay So we will have the same middle names and last names.
I am definitely taking my fiances name! Mine is funny and seriously I have listened to jokes for 31 years and I am so done with the jokes.
Yes, because I’m not fond of my last name. Plus, I do’t really feel any family connection to my name because I was raised by my maternal grandparents. Not to mention, I’m very fond of my FI’s last name.
Definitely changing my name, tho I’ll keep my maiden name as a second last name, rather than dropping my current middle name. FH wasn’t thrilled about that at first, he thought it meant our kids would have both last names too! No. But it’ll be boring, my new name is Smith, blah. ^_^
Yes, I plan on changing my name, and would love to win this, to make everything easier. I really like my fiance’s last name, and want to take it as mine. I’m excited about it!
I plan to use my maiden name as my middle name and change my last name to his last name. I hate the idea of losing my maiden name because my father and I were very close. And since I got married on 4/25, the timing is great!
i plan on taking my husband’s last name.
I’m going to take his last name, but I think I’ll be keeping both my middle and maiden names… I’m so attached to them! Plus, I don’t really like the spoken rhythm of my name as it would be without my current middle name. Darn one-syllable surnames!
I’m changing my name and I would LOVE to have help with that
Yes, I will be taking his last name…. still on the fence about possibly changing my middle name so it can incorporate my maiden name
I am keeping my first and middle name, and just changing my last name to FI’s! Pretty traditional of me. However, there is so much paperwork to track down and submit, and this service looks amazing!
I am changing my last name to his for the simple reason of: it’s HIS last name. And for me, taking his name is the last and final step for making me and him officialy US. Also if i hyphenated. . . our poor poor future children.
I’m taking my fiance’s last name, for sure! I’ve only met my biological father once, and I’ve always hated having a last name connected to him! So excited to take the name of the man who WILL be there for me in life!
I was reticent to change my name, but I am marrying into a terrific family. Plus how can you beat trading in 7 letter plus apostrophe last name for a 4 letter new one? I feel like it’ll cement the bond between us to have the same name. My first name is just as much my identity as my last. And if people don’t know I’m Irish from my first name, them my old last name wouldn’t prove to be that much help!
Hi, Yes, I am going to change my last name…. completely. No hyphens here, just swapping out my last name for his. So excited too!
I plan on changing my last name to his. I was a little hesitant at first, but now I’m excited because it will really make us feel like a family! I definitely look forward to using this service!
It’s important to my fiance that I take his name, so I’m trying to figure out if I drop my middle name or my maiden name. It’s a hard decision, especially because my parents saddled me with a 3 syllable first and middle name! So many syllables floating around!
This would be a really great win! I’m getting married in the middle of med school and could totally use anything that would save me some time in this process. I am definitely changing my name because no one can pronounce my current name!
What an awesome idea! I plan on taking my FI’s last name (and dropping mine). Thanks!
The MissNowMrs site caught my eye months ago–brilliant idea! I’m lucky enough to have a maiden name that some ladies are “graced” with as a first name; so, my last name will become my middle name when I take my fiance’s family name next month!:)
I plan on taking his last name…and dropping mine. I am still thinking about changing my middle name to my maiden name but my last name will be his.
As attached as I am to my last name, marriage is about compramise and I will be taking my fiances last name. For a long time I’ve associated my Irish heritage with my Irish last name, and as of late, have decided that I’m just as much an Irish lass as I ever was, with my soon to be husbands English surname; and it means so much to him.
I never planned on getting married, so I never planned on changing my name. I really like the way my first and last name sound together. But he really wanted us to have the same last name. Easy, I thought - we could combine our last names and have a new one! Of course, I’d have to go through the hassle of changing my name, but then again, so would he. But he didn’t like that idea. It’s really important to him that I take his last name (which doesn’t flow with my first name AT ALL), and I already have a nice middle name, so I’m just dropping my last name and taking his. Ah, love…
I am changing my last name to his and would really appreciate this gift. It would leave me more time to spend with my new husband, my son, school and work.
I am planning on changing my name after we get married but i have no clue even where to start!! It was really important to my fiance to take his name.
I’m planning on moving my maiden name to my middle name and taking his name. It’s scary and really emotionally charged for me. But this will make it easier.
I will be taking his name after the wedding. He like’s to hear me practice saying it:)
I’m making my last name my middle and taking his also. Definitely really scary and something to make it go smoothly would definitely help ease my fears!
I will become First Maiden Last. I also am dreading the name change process!
Yes yes yes. I have no attachment to my maiden and will happily take hubby’s name!
I am going to have my maiden name become a second middle name and take his as my last. It is important for me to keep my maiden name because my dad died when I was young. I feel like it is one of the only real life connections that I can have with him and I love that I carry that part of him with me every day.
Yes! I’m going to change my name to First Maiden Last, and I can’t wait to honor my old family and my new family.
I’m excited to see this giveaway! I plan to change my name so that we can be Mr and Mrs, and I’ve been thinking about gifting MissNowMrs to my MOH, who’s getting married a few months after me and is changing her name as well.
I will be adding his last name to mine–no hyphen, just two names for last name (which will make my legal name realllly long–two first names, one middle name, two last names). I’m really looking forward to sharing a name with my new husband–it makes it very real that we are starting this new family together.
I plan to jettison my middle name, take my fiance’s last name, and have my maiden name be my new middle name.
I am taking my FI’s last name. It is something that is important to both of us and I’m very excited about it.
I will change my name. . . and my initals will become TLC!
Yes, I plan to change my name. I think it’s the traditional thing to do and I can’t wait!
I will be changing my last name. With new initials like BMW how could a girl not?
Yup, I’ll be changing my name! I have no attachment to my current last name, and I can’t wait to change it.
I do planning on changing my last name, for my children, so that they are able to be in the front of the alphabetical line instead of the back (going from a “P” to a “B”).
My Fiance does not have a common last name and it means a lot to him that I would change it for him to “keep the name going.” I’m happy to do this for him and excited to be joining our families. My last name will be my middle name, so I look at it completely as joining our identites instead of losing mine. Thanks!
I’ve been putting off the good old fashioned legal name change based on the many horror stories I’ve heard over the years…the plan is to go First Maiden NewLast. I’ll miss how short and easy to spell/pronounce my maiden name is (my first name is unusual in the US and his last name is also fairly unusual, and a totally different ethnicity), but I want to share my children’s last name.
I feel lucky to take my boyfriend’s last name. It’s a good one. Some of my poor friends got stuck with less-than-desirable last names. Love is blind, though, right?
I can’t wait to change my last name! I have a great last name now, but I can’t wait to share a last name as we start our family together.
I am doing my name changes as soon as possible. As two become one, so should our last name! I already have the paperwork to change it for work purposes!
I have been married almost a year and still haven’t changed my name…mostly out of laziness and also because still not sure I want to change it, but I probably will…eventually. When I do I will most likely just tack on his last name to mine so I will have 4 names, because I like my middle name and don’t want to drop my maiden name either!
This kit would be so helpful to have! I plan on making my last name my middle name (as I don’t have one) and taking his last name.
Yes I am changing my name… BUT I am adding my current last name as one of my middle names… so I guess I will have 4 names!!
First Middle OldLast NewLast
Yup I’m definitely changing my last name to my FH’s!
Funny story here…my dad’s ex-wife (of many years ago!) ran off with a man who has the same last name as my FI so my poor dad was a bit put off the day I informed him of my future last name haha. Since then he’s come around, but we still all get a kick out of it!
I’m taking his last name - and probably will keep mine as an extended middle name too.
There is NO question in my mind that I’ll be changing my last name! I am so excited about becoming his Mrs. and I cannot imagine not having his last name! However, I do dread the process as I’ve heard it’s a major headache. I know it will be worth all the trouble though.
I do! but it will be hard.
I plan to hyphenate my name (eventually.) That way, I get to retain my maiden name and acknowledge my new name. Just ’cause I’ve gotten married doesn’t mean I abandon my identity. I just get something new!
To retain ourselves and come together, we are both changing our names. I am adding his last name behind my last name and he is adding my last name before his last name to have the same sequence. This options allows us to continue to use our unmarried names and our spouses name too.
What a useful contest! I’m planning on changing my last name to his and am already worrying about the process!
I heard about Missnowmrs.com and have been planning to use the site when the time comes! I will be taking my fiance’s last name. I’m really excited about it because it’s a really interesting and unique one (it literally means “five grains” in Italian!). I’ll be giving up my middle name and using my maiden name as my middle. My current middle name is also my mom’s maiden name (Lynn) but if I’m lucky enough to have a daughter one day, I plan on passing it on to her.
I’m planning on dropping my middle name, making my last (maiden) name my middle, and changing my last name to his. We’ll see how long it takes to drop my middle name in my signature, but I’m the only child (daughter) and really wanted to keep my family name while having the Mr.’s name take its rightful place.
I plan on changing my last name, but I hate the thought of all that paperwork!
Wow, this would be great! I will be changing my last name to his, and I can’t wait (like Miss Gloss, I already have the email address!). I just got this as a shower gift for two friends, and they were thrilled!
I plan on changing my last name, and then naming my first child as my maiden name, Quinn.
It will work for either a boy or a girl, so I think it’s a perfect way to keep my family name alive. Plus, then our first child will have his family name AND mine.
i sure am changing my last name. i’m taking on his last name to be united with him and also our future kidlings. in addition, i also believe that once i make my vow to marry him, i will be “leaving” my blood family, and entering into a new union with him, my new family.
I am definitely changing my name. My new name is more unique and easier to pronounce. I also like the tradition of it!
I’m sooooo excited to change my name! I’m moving up in the alphabet! Since my soon to be called maiden name begins with a W, I was always the last in line—thank G-d I was an honors student or I would’ve fallen asleep waiting to graduate!
Can’t wait!
I can’t WAIT to go from ten letters to four! We’re also likely moving to a new state as well, so this service would be a huge help to a very disorganized bride!
I am taking my fiance’s last name and keeping my first and middle names.
I never thought it would bother me that I’m about to change my name to my fiance’s, but the closer I get, the more upset I am about it!! I’m still going to be changing my name, (my fiance’ is adamant about it) but it is harder on me emotionally than I thought!
Though I’m sad to part with my last name, I’ll be taking my fiance’s. At least it will be easier for people to spell and pronounce!
While my name is really important to me, so is my fiance’s. So, I’m adding his name at the end, which gives me a total of 5 names, but it’s worth it!
I’m hyphenating my name. It was the best choice for me personally- I get to keep my maiden name/identity, but share a new identity/family with him, too.
I’ll be taking his name for sure–moving from the very beginning of the alphabet to the (almost) end. I just haven’t decided if I’m going to keep my current middle name or move my maiden name to the middle. I’ll probably go with the latter.
I will be adding my fiance’s last name to the end of my already long name!
Im changing my maiden name to my fiance’s name after we get married (On SATURDAY!!!). I have not been looking forward to the process even a little bit!!!
Getting rid of my last (most common last name in the world!) name and taking up his in 3 weeks. So excited! And moving to another state. And having to change my license/everything there too. Please help!
What a great service!!! I didn’t know this existed :). I’m planning on taking his last name and keeping my middle name the way it is. I think there’s something so traditional and respectful about it - plus I don’t want anyone confusing last names when I have kids!
I can’t decide whether to change it to:
First, Middle, New Last Name
or
First, Current Last Name, New Last Name
I really like my last name now, but I want to change it (even though his is often mispronounced and mis-spelled).
Any thoughts?
yeah I cant wait to change my last name to his. Mine is so hard to pronounce and spell. Nothing but problems!
I go by my middle name and have never particularly liked my first name, so I plan to drop my first name, and become Mrs. Middle Name - Maiden Name - Husband’s Name.
Does that make sense at all? Maybe it only works in my head. Oh well. I’m definitely changing my name somehow so I’d love to win the prize!
In my culture, my current last name becomes my middle name and I take his last name. I like that idea and that’s how I’m going to do it. I’d love to win this giveaway. It’d definitely make things a lot easier when I do change my name.
Thanks for the giveaway!!
I don’t have a middle name, so I’m moving my last name to my middle name and adding my new name as my last name. And I totally plan on using all three, like Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Current plan is to take my last name as my SECOND middle name, and his as my last. I’m actually more excited about sharing a last name now that we’re married (as of two weeks ago), but still hate to totally give mine up.
I am dropping my middle name and making my maiden name my new middle name, and taking FI’s last name as my last name. I’m really excited about having the same last name as him, but the idea of all the red tape is stressing me out!
I plan on dropping my maiden name completely. Not because I don’t like it because believe me, I am very proud of where I came from but, as the fiance and I become 1 we become new and I want to celebrate that with my new last name. Never to forget the maiden though.
I am changing my name, dropping my maiden name totally. It feels weird to know that I won’t be using it anymore, but I think it’s an important step towards becoming a family.
Totally dropping my maiden name and taking his, I couldn’t imagine it any other way!
Yep, I will be taking my fiance’s last name.
I plan to take his and keep my maiden as a second middle. And I need all the help I can get. I’m so bad with paperwork!
I will be changing my last name to my fiance’s last name! However, I don’t have to change my initials since his last name starts with a B same as mine!
Same as most peeps here: maiden becomes middle name; his last becomes my last. Great contest!
I will be changing my last name to his, and this will be a hassle since I have citizenship in more than one country! Definitely appreciate what missnowmrs will have to offer.
I have been totally procrastinating my name change! I would like to add my last name as a second middle name, and change my last name to his. But need help! This would be great!
I will be dropping my maiden name and taking his name as a result we will share the same initals (RT) This is such a good idea and it would be such a relief to win this!
For me, there was no question that I would take my fiance’s last name when we got married. The thought of keeping my maiden name, for me, never even entered my mind.
We’re coming together to form a union between the two of us to become a pair. A shared last name really cemements our union together.
I will be taking my fiance’s last name and changing my middle name to my last name. I have a very generic last name so it works out well!
I am taking his last name. my last name is 10 letters long and its always mispelled!! I just can’t wait to be his wife, I love him so much!
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