Name Counsel

Now that you’ve decided to get married, it may feel like you have a million decisions to make! Invitations, flowers, photographers and vows likely occupy your thoughts, but the decisions you make about your last name will have implications that last long after your wedding day is over.

If you’re thinking about modifying your name, it’s important to consider things like: what your partner expects; how your choice will impact naming of children; how your career may be affected; how much you are influenced by societal norms and what others think; whether or not your choice will reflect your most deeply held values; and much more.

We’ll help you sort through the tough issues such as the nature of feminism and equality, the value of having a “team name” and perceptions of nontraditional choices. Creative arrangements such as hyphenating two names, combining two family names to create a new last name, choosing a completely new last name of special significance or using the woman’s maiden name for the whole family are among the possibilities.

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