Wedding Forum - Signing the register - married name or...

You will need to sign in your maiden name x

You're welcome. Glad i could help :)

Ohh so you sign in your maiden name I thought it would be in your new signature as a Mrs I already know mine InDreamland been practicing it before H2B even asked me to marry him You need to start scribbling down on paper what you like make it similar to your old signature or totally different up to you =D ♥ X

Brilliant question - hadn't thought about it before and would've been in a tizz as I sat to do it :-)

In my head H2B was going to propose to me didn't know when or how I just knew in my Heart of Hearts that Chris would propose to me and I would be his wife one day As we are soul mates and he is my partner for life I have perfected my signature its a little like my original signature =D ♥ X

Nah, just wing it ;)

I know Tracey I'm terrible At Uni on all my lecture notes I put my new Married name on my notes and have to remember on actual assignments to put my maiden name I have almost put Deaton as my surname instead of Smith I write it to much =D ♥ X

Lana!

Lol xx

h2b and I have lived together over 30 years and I've never once practiced signing with his name. In fact it's actually something I think will feel so weird, using a different name after all these years.

raycheroo - that's what I thought too. No practicing beforehand for me

My signature was illegible as my maiden name so I haven't changed it, unless I have to initial something then I just so a sqiggly line like waves as my initials are now mn!

i didn't practice my new signature at all and I only use the last part fo his surname for signing as he has a double barrelled name I haven't changed any details with the bank or credit card company so have to remember which name to sign at the moment lol. Had my other married name for nearly 30 years so I have to think when I sign now lol

oh thanks for asking this IDL... complete mind blank over this! phew! x

I thought you signed both names.. Was looking forward to signing my new name :-( My new signature is ten times better than my actual signature lol.. xxx

You sign your maiden name. I've been married before and had to sign my maiden name and they write next to it what you have written i.e. if you sign with initial of your first name, initial of your middle name and then maiden surname, they will write exactly what you have signed. xxx

I'm glad I saw this, I've been subtly worrying about it since I gave Notice. Thanks for the clarity guys!

I've tried creating a new signature with soon2b married name and cannot find anything I like plus every time I write it similar to my current I sit there and lmao because it looks funny when you realise the spelling (I always include my middle names) xx

Interesting but useless fact of the day from me...legally, you can sign whatever the heck you want. If you wanted your signature to be a smiley face, then so long as you always sign it in the same way, then that's your signature, end of. Therefore, in theory, if you changed your name when you got married but kept signing your maiden name, then that would be OK.
I only know this as when I went to the bank specifically to change my name, I signed in my maiden name first, and then I realised as I was handing the form over and tried to get it back. That's when the lady in the bank said it wouldn't have mattered, I would just need to remember that my signature hadn't actually changed! She did, however, give me a new form :)

Little Kettle: I guess that makes sense - when I was into family history things lots of the really old marriage certificates had X as a signature - guess not being able to write doesn't mean you can't legally be married

Wow, I never expected such a great response, interesting that it's bad luck to practice before you're married, glad I haven't played with it yet now! I will wait til after we're married before giving it a go.

Thanks for the clarity on this one xxx

I love this site, so helpful, I'd be lost without all the practical advice xx

So your sign with your maiden name on the marriage certificate and your sign with your new signature when you set up a new account with your husband and when you sign anything else from your wedding day cannot wait to change my signature and Bobsi change your sig if you want too you don't have to if you don't wish too if you want it to resemble your new married name then change your signature =D ♥ X

H2B had a look at me practising my new signature and he laughed and said it was crap

He then did a signature on behalf of me and made it look so much better grrrr.