For those who have been married more than once

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Had you changed your name back to your maiden name before re marrying? If not, did the celebrant/registrar/minister etc say your full name including your old married name?
I'm divorced and don't know what to do with my name, I may just leave it, however if I were to marry again, I don't think I'd want to have my old married name read out in the ceremony if that makes sense?

My reasons to keep my surname for now would be to keep it same as the kids name.

I changed my name back to my birth name as soon as I separated from my first husband - so my birth name was used during the ceremony and is on my marriage certificate. My husband and I changed our names to “my name - his name” soon after the wedding. We both mostly use my name now.

Children are all grown ups now. I have reverted back to my maiden name. Don't think I'll remarry (got 2 t-shirts).

Changed back to maiden name as soon as I left my ex h. Marriage certificate quoted maiden names formerly ex h’s name. This was over 40 years ago though so things must surely have changed.

I hated my maiden name so kept it. Didn't bother me and made it easier when changing names on official documents.

*kept married name after divorce

I kept my married name after my divorce and the registrar used that when DH and I married.

I changed back to my maiden name as soon as I separated.

If I remarried I wouldn't take his name and I'd expect the celebrant to use my maiden name.

I kept my married name as it is my daughters. I also double barrelled my married name with my new husbands. He understood it was important to keep the link with my dd and I have been this name for a third of my life it is my identity now.

Reverted back to my maiden name on separation, but I'd only been married 3.5 years so my maiden name felt more 'me', and retaining that felt more important than clinging onto a name I didn't want for the sake of having the same name as my kids.

When I remarried any previous names are included as standard on the paperwork but you can ask to remove references to them, as I did.

Another reason to just keep your maiden name and ensure your surname is part of your children’s names

My ex changed her name to my surname when we got married ( a long while ago). As far as I am aware she's kept it since we separated - it's our kids name and it would be quite inconvenient for her to change it. We still run a joint account for example to look after their ongoing needs.

It wouldn't bother me at all if she wanted to revert - quite up to her

Now that's a good question 😂 I kept my married name and TBH I didn't even notice what was read out at the ceremony.

No children w 27th first marriage, so changeable as soon as I could. It was like getting my identity back. 2nd marriage I never changed my name, so I do have different name from husband and daughter but I'm proud of my family name.

I kept the married name as it's same as kids. They said my previous married surname at wedding not my birth surname. I even joked we do a combination of the two names as it would have been a funny name. Think pig -bum or similar 😂😂