Advice needed on how to change surname personally not professionally

[firsttimemom77]

Hi,

I am an academic working at a UK University. I got my PhD in my maiden name, and I want to keep working under my maiden name. However in my personal life I want to change my name to adopt my husbands surname.

Does anyone have any advice on how to go about this, especially which documents I will need to change?

I kept my maiden name so didn't have to deal with this. That was over 25 years ago and have no regrets at all. I can't see the advantage to changing your name especially if you keep your maiden name for work.