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For a woman, getting married traditionally has meant relinquishing her maiden name in favor of her husband’s. But nowadays, that's just one of the options.
Legally, a woman can choose for herself whether to adopt a new name or keep her old one. She can also choose to be Ms. or Miss at the office and Mrs. at home.
The bride does not have to take any legal action in order to retain her own name, according to Bride’s magazine. She can continue to remain Mary Jones simply by using the name.
An increasingly popular option, however, is to retain the maiden name at work while adopting the married name in private life. Both are legal as long as one has dual identification, such as a birth certificate and a marriage license.
Although not as common as adopting the husband’s name or keeping one’s own, another choice is for both wife and husband to hyphenate their names.
The couple might decide to become Mary Jones-Smith and John Jones-Smith. Put his or her name first, depending on what sounds better, say the magazine writers. It is not necessary to go through a court proceeding to do this and if there are children, they can use either the hyphenated name or pick one last name.
Whatever is decided about names, if a name change is called for, here are the documents that need attention: driver’s license, car registration, Social Security card, income tax form, voter’s registration, passport, bank accounts, credit cards, insurance policies, school and employer records and postal address.
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