surname change
Married name switch
A surname change is the legal process of adopting a different family name.
Marriage is the most common occasion—traditionally a woman takes her husband's surname—but people also change surnames after divorce, to reconnect with heritage, or simply because they prefer a different name: The surname change took three months to process through the courts.
- maidenUnmarried young woman
- marriedJoined in matrimony
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- hyphenateJoin with short stroke
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- Marriage Names
- name changescourt order, court filing, court approval, judicial decree, hyphenation
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