Name Survey - Part 1 - Your Last Name

[Annah]

I transitioned and I kept my last name

[Tejas]

I kept my last name because I didn't have a reason for changing it. Though, after paying the fees—a hefty one too—for the documents and changes, I wondered if I should have picked a cool last name to go with it. I probably would have ended up as Deven Stark or something.  (Because Iron Man!)

[breezy]

I thought about changing it for awhile but kept it after all. It links me to my family and my ancestors. Keeping it has also been helpful with documents and paperwork. The only problems I've had has been that sometimes I get people and paperwork back thinking I am a spouse of my old name Bryan.

[kerrianne]

I changed my last name because my father hurt me and I never liked the sound of it anyway. I chose my grandmother's maiden name because her and her 3 sisters were the biggest matriarchal influences to my entire extended family and I wanted to honor them. And I like the sound of it.

[Elspeth]

I don't want to skew your results by answering undecided when it's more complicated than that. I'd like to keep my current name (which I changed to at marriage).

It would definitely eliminate any chance of stealth, though, and I might be willing to change it if my ex requested I do so, but if I did, I'd most probably revert to my very common surname from birth, unless parents objected. Since my current surname is also the legal surname of my children, I'm very hesitant to consider changing it.

If I were to decide to change it, I'd probably go with the maiden name of an ancestor on my dad's side whose identity I discovered in the course of genealogical research. The screen name I use here is also a tribute to her, as is my most common and simplest online screen-name, ebbixx. e.b. being her initials, bi and xx being what I assumed to be self evident references that surprisingly few people deduce on their own, or those who do don't feel comfortable mentioning.

[kelly_aus]

I planned to change my surname - but in the end I didn't. In discussions with my mum, I discovered that she had continued to use her married name after her divorce so that she and I would continue to have the same surname - so I decided to return the favour.

I also kept my middle name the same in order to keep peace with the other side of the family - my middle name is actually a surname. It was a name that has traditionally been given to the first born male in every generation for the last several. It hasn't been attached to a woman since the woman whose family the name came from married in to the family..

[Elspeth]

I also kept my middle name the same in order to keep peace with the other side of the family - my middle name is actually a surname. It was a name that has traditionally been given to the first born male in every generation for the last several. It hasn't been attached to a woman since the woman whose family the name came from married in to the family..

Cool story! No way am I keeping my middle name (William), not even in feminized form, even though it is sort of a similar tradition, tracing back at least five generations. I actually dropped it at marriage, at least on my social security card and driver's license. The hyphenated surname was long enough without adding a middle name to the mix.

[FTMDiaries]

I changed my surname to my husband's surname when I got married. But when I decided to transition, I went back to my original (so-called 'maiden') surname.

I've really come full circle. When I got married I was so glad to get rid of my birth surname because my dad had abandoned me, but when I announced that I would be transitioning my husband decided to abandon me too. If he wants to throw me away, he doesn't deserve to have me keep his name. I told him that to his face.

So I got rid of his name and went back to the original one because at least I feel a connection to it.

[sweetashiro]

I am neutrois and plan on keeping my last name.