Fluff - Maiden name when married?

I traded a 12 letter Polish name for a 7 letter English name so I dropped that sucker as fast as I could.

I kept it, not as my middle name. I thought about changing it but was too lazy to go through the trouble. Plus, I have a name already.
Plus, my DH and I have the same first name so that would just be confusing. But I'm pretty sure I would have kept my own name anyway.

Our kids have DH last name.

My sister kept our last name too, but her kids have our last name instead of her husband's. They decided for whatever reason that girls would have our name and boys, his, but they didn't have any boys.

Several of my cousins named their kids my last name, even though it's not theirs. It's an uncommon name that would have died out in our branch since my dad and his brothers only had girls.

Dropped it. If I had it to do over, I might have kept it as a middle name. But maybe not. It was difficult for most to spell/pronounce.

I still use it along with my married name on legal documents ( first, maiden, married names).  For general daily usage I just use DH’s last name.   

Still my legal last name, but socially I use my husband’s.

No one could spell or pronounce my last name. I happily took dh’s very common name (now at the beginning of the alphabet vs the end, too). Sometimes I tease dh one of the best perks of being married to him is the last name.

Mine became a second middle name. My sons both have it as a second middle name too.

I kept mine. DH and I were both older when we got married, his is more difficult to spell than mine, and I like my name.

I dropped mine so fast! Hated my maiden name all my life. My DH's last name was so much nicer. I did have a problem with my new last name for a few years because it was the name of a character on a TV show here. Thankfully that's all ancient history now. I am surprised, however, that so many people ask me to spell my last name. It's pretty simple.

I dropped my maiden name only because I didn't like it at the time. Now, after 37 years of marriage, I'm wishing I never would have done that- 'cause his side of the family is weird and I'm more proud of my side of the family


Actually thinking about legally changing it back to my maiden name (heard it's a pain, though?) both to honor my Dad and because my adopted married last name is both hard-to-understand and difficult to spell. "If I had a dollar for every time I've had to" spell HIS last name, I'd be rich! ...... There's also a possible divorce in my future, so there's that too

I’ve been married over 50 years and it would have been odd to have done anything other than drop my own surname in favour of his at that time. I don’t particularly like it, either, but I appreciate its history from a genealogical point of view. Both our sons got saddled with it as middle names and both have dropped it like a hot potato.

Dropped it. It was more important to dh that I change it than it was to me to keep my old name. I dont have positive memories of my life with my old name so Im glad I dont still have it.

I kept mine to use at work. And then, because my state allowed it, I did put both surnames, without a hyphen on my driver's license (along with my middle initial, so not in place of my middle name.)

I go by a nickname of the middle name I was given at birth. It was annoying throughout school and my early work career to explain that over and over. My first marriage I went with the given first name-middle name-his last name conventional choice. And still had to explain the difference between my legal name and name I was called all the time.

My second marriage at age 50, I took the opportunity to do nickname-maiden name-new husband’s last name. That decision was greatly influenced by the advent of more and more social media as I was reconnecting with many dear friends from college and was easier to find that way.

My legal name for the past 15 years has been that nickname- maiden name- current husband’s last name combo and it finally feels like I have the name I am most comfortable with.