Name change after marriage

[MarleneH]

Good evening all,

just after some advice. My children both currently have my partners surname.
we are due to get married next year, I was just wondering if it would be possible to change my children’s surname to a double barrelled combination of both mine and their dads/ my soon to be DH. Please note my children already have their dad’s surname only on their birth certificate. I don’t want to give my maiden name up as I’m an only child and feel like it’s part of my identity, however I’d love us all to have the same surname.

All advice welcome

thanks so much. X

Please note I don’t mean via deed poll, I know that’s possible. I wanted it done at the register office after we are married so it’s on their birth certificates. Hop that makes sense.

As long as both parents are in agreement, it's easy. There's a link on this page you can follow to download the forms. It'll be about £100 for both children. And I think it is 100% worth it.

www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll/change-a-childs-name

Oh sorry... Better link for you! You can re-register the children's births to change the names on the birth certificate after a marriage.

https://www.gov.uk/correct-birth-registration#:~:text=You%20can%20apply%20for%20a,married%20at%20a%20later%20date.

If your kids and yourself have passports, be mindful of upcoming trips as you will need to redo them or be denied boarding.

Why didn't you give them your name to start with?

Unless you have a time machine available to offer to the op, I'm not sure that knowing the answer to that achieves much.

But it's a perfectly reasonable question. Well I thought so.

Honest answer is I don’t know. Everyone who I know has their father’s surname. If I gave them my surname I would change it anyway after we got married, so made sense to stick with dads and add
mine on at a later date rather than changing the whole name. I just think it’s more traditional to have the dads surname.

The tradition was that people were married before having children, the children would have the fathers (and mothers) name by default, It’s not the name giving that’s traditional and whilst it doesn’t change much now it’s important for women to know that.

This one is definitely one to call the register office about, if your husband isnt double barrelling but you are, I’m not sure how they will see it. But no point worrying too much now, just give them a ring