I was raised very conservatively and was told that was what I needed to do. Now I want to change my last name, but it's expensive and time-consuming. When I was younger, I did a bunch of things that ...

Before I got married, I had the same first and last name as a celebrity. When I got married, instead of my wife taking my name or hyphenating, I changed my name. The change allowed me to carve out my ...

When I got married, I kept my legal name and just added my husband's surname to mine socially. On paper, my name is the same. I loved not needing to update my credit cards or bank accounts. I'd do it ...

Dear Miss Manners: My last name is a very common American first name. My first name, while standard, is not so common. For the purposes of this question, I’ll call myself Whitney Joseph. I go by my ...

In my predominantly Italian hometown of Staten Island, New York, you were Irish if your last name didn't end in a vowel. And if you weren't Irish, you were other. I fell squarely into that category.

A New Mexico mom has gone viral for revealing that her first name is also her last name. Bailey Grace Bailey took to TikTok in January to share how she became Bailey squared. “It’s spelled exactly the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I kept my birth name when I got married 10 years ago. However, my parents insist on calling me “Mrs. Husband’s Last Name.” They’ve used a variety of excuses -- they were being ...

Dear Amy: I have two children, ages 5 and 10. I have been a single mother for the past four years after a decade of abuse from their father and a resulting restraining order. The court awarded me sole ...

When I was younger, I did a bunch of things that some might call dumb. I also did one thing that I was told was just a part of the life everyone was supposed to live: When I got married, I changed my ...