Wedding Forum - Do you automatically legally take on your...

Hi Ladies,
I was just wondering if your name changes to your husbands legally once you are married? I know you can choose to keep your maiden name or have a double barrelled surname....

Is there extra paperwork that needs to be done once you are married so your name is legally mrs xxx??

I'm confused

yes - legally on paper your last name changes when you sign the register as your married name - as the attending officiant oversees the name change, and can guarantee it.

you have to change it on everything else though.

technically, you would be able to use either your maiden or married name - but remember that when travelling - your passport will have a different name on it - so take a colour copy of the marriage certificate - not the actual one - when you go no holiday. you will need it as proof to change your name at your bank, phone bills, domestic etc...

that's what i was told, anyway...

chinese whispers!

xx

Take a look at the uk deed poll website, they have all the info on there, but it is correct that you can use either your married or maiden name once you're married and all you need to do is decide which name and then contact all the relevant people and inform them in writing - copy of the marriage certificate helps as well x

Thankyou!! I had visions of having forms to fill etc for some reason. I do want to take H2B name as my sons already have his name (i'm the odd one out :() So i just sign the register at the wedding and done... my marriage certificate is the proof...

Remember that if your going on a honeymoon straight after your wedding and booked before you got married and didn't send off your passport before hand to have name change you can still travel in your maiden name as for travelling purposes ALL documents must be in the same name e.g. if you book hol in maiden you must travel as maiden but do remember to take colour photocopy as proof of recent marriage. OOOOO and when you change driving licence please ensure ALL documents relating to your car and you are in the same name otherwise your car insurance is null and void if you have an accident xx

really silly question but how do you change your name on day of wedding is it just by signing the register or what im really confused!! cos if we got married early in the day and had a full day wedding we wouldnt be able to just go off and change it! beforehand if we were getting married later yes but hmmm oooh my head! lol cannot work this oiut!!

lmfao dove! personal experience??lol

just check with companies .some will let you send photocopy's of the wedding certificate rather than the original!

u no whats bad? i cant for the life of me know where our one is :s

I got this little bit of advice from the deedpoll website

Continuing to use your maiden name for work or professional purposes
With the permission of your employer, it is perfectly acceptable and legal to continue using your maiden name for work or professional purposes. Often, there are clear commercial and career enhancement benefits if you have a good reputation in your profession and are well known to your clients, peers and superiors. In some situations, a change of name at work may be commercially detrimental and your employer will hope you continue using your maiden name.

If you change your name by Deed Poll and continue to use your maiden name, you are not in breach of the declarations you make on your Deed Poll committing yourself to using your new name for all purposes. This is because at work, you are always acting on behalf of your employer and not in your own name.

If you are self-employed, you can continue to trade in your former name. Legally, your will be [New Name] trading as [Former Name].

you don't have to take your husband's name if you don't want to ...my nephew took his wife's name...now there's something novel lol

No not really Vicky. But at the end of the day it's your choice, not your work. After all you're going to be married for a lot longer than any career.

I'm still debating whether to keep my name or not - I'm the last one of my family with the surname (no brothers to carry the name on and my dad's brother's kids have their mum's name!). I was considering double-barrelling but my mum has a double-barrelled name and says it's such a nightmare! Also my double-barrelled name would be such a mouthful lol. x

Oh, I'm glad this thread has come up. Not only am I taking m h2b's name, he's taking mine too. So we'll both have the same double-barrel surname. What would we do in that situation? Would that have to be deed poll or would we be able to do that at the registry?

Ooh, good thread - I was wondering the same! It's such a mine field, my head hurts lol. My passport expires in a couple of months so I need to renew that in my married name (I understand I can do this a few months before I get married??), and I need to update my drivers licence as it still has my dad's address on it and I haven't lived there for years (it was only recently I even gave that some thought after my neighbour told me it was illegal and I could be fined a lot of money if I ever had to produce it and it wasn't under my current address - obvious really lol). I am wondering whether to leave it till I get married in june so I only have to change it once and hopefully don't incur two fees. However, I need to decide what name I will call myself 1st lol - I can't decide whether to take on my h2b's name only or have a double barrelled name as my name is very unusual and I am reluctant to loose it!

oooh reminds me i need to change my license address only use it for id in a pub though lol still i was wondering if you honeymoon in your maiden name and book everything in this will they accept you on your honeymoon if you have extras? like upgrades as they sometimes do this for you complimentary???

ah that ok then thank you xx

lol mrs clarke2b, im going to have double barrel as our son has it,its going to be handforth-milloy x

lol yeh i dont mind it its just very toungue tying francesca lynnette handforth-milloy x

frankie that sounds like a really nice name
ashleigh glad ya mam didn't choose that name she could have passed it onto you

think i'm just going to take his name only problem is if you say the initial's KJB too quickly....