To ask you to give me a new surname?

[6079SmithW]

Marriages/divorces (my own and parents), deed poll and other circumstances mean that I am currently on my fourth surname.
Each surname has belonged to a different man, a father, a stepfather, a husband etc. Not having had a particularly good relationship with any of them, I have never felt that any of these names belonged to me.
I want to change my surname. I want a name that belongs to me.
Any suggestions?

Love.

Goldfinch
Kershaw

Two of my favourite teachers from secondary school.
Who's inspired you?

Freed 😀

Fossdyke-Crumpet

Liked my maiden name, first married name v unusual (and seemingly unspellable) current surname v ordinary.

We have some corkers on my maternal line and I do sort of pine for some of them, Baskerville being my favourite (yeah I know ) Have a rummage on the family tree for inspiration perhaps?

Featherstonehaugh.

I know someone with the surname Toogood which I think is amazing.

If I was to choose my own it would be Valentine

I've always fancied marrying Tomasz Schafernaker just so I could be Mrs Schafernaker.

Either that or Shufflebottom.

I like Smith, but if not Smith I'd go

Stillwater
Hope
Light
Charming

I work in customer services and these are some of the nicest I've heard recently

La Destroyer
Hfuffhurr
Mycock
Dunaplop
E45
Kolacube
Sausage
Feet

I would choose Bracken, Rowan or Oak

de Pfeffel Johnson

I came across a Winterberry recently which I thought was lovely.

I’d look at reviving a maiden name that has been lost through marriage - perhaps one will stand out and you might enjoy researching your family tree.

Stirling...my happy place

I like Maywood, May is my favourite month of the year and I love trees and nature.

It was also my best friend at primary schools surname.

What are your favourite things that could be made into a surname?

My middle name is my Gran's surname so I would probably go with that if I changed my name.

This is such an exciting project, OP!

Have you thought about using the given name of one of your female ancestors or heroes? A friend of mine did this; she disliked her father so chucked his name, and her new surname is a classic French girl's name from her great-grandmother.

Mary, Rosalind, Florence, Honour, Elizabeth, Emily, Jane, Ruby, Pearl, Clementine, Caroline, Susan, Clare, Heather, Rosemary, Tamsin, Lillian -- these would all work easily as surnames.

In my own family tree there's the surname Fazackerley, which puts a smile on my dial. It's an old Lancashire name.

Placemarking for ideas

Stone.

Natural and strong. I think I might pick Stone for my own surname if I had to choose one.

Did your mum or grandma have a maiden name that you like?

Or double barrel?

Wilde - Valentine?
Wilde - darling?
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Wilde - River
River - wilde

Phoenix - Freeman?

Heartless-Wilde? I love that!

Flange. 😆

i love family tree stuff, i'd root around and find something historic on my maternal side or a location.
do pick something easy to spell and not too long.

My history teacher was 'Mrs Goode'. I thought that was nice. I met a woman who had become a Christian and changed her surname to 'Servant.'

i think 'Radish' has a nice ring to it.

My Swedish ancestors had the surname 'Cock.' They changed it.

How about 'Tomorrowsdaughter'. Emily Tomorrowsdaughter. I like that.