Q&A for How to Change Your Name After Marriage

You have to make a marriage affidavit with details like your name before marriage, your name after marriage, the place of marriage, your husband's name, etc. Contact any notary -- and make sure you have a photo of you as a couple.

Basically, this will depend on the country and the reason for the change. If the change is due to marriage this is a question to be asked at the time of application.

Name changes are subject to legal fees and other fees, such as changing your name on your license, social security card, and insurance.

In most cases, upon the divorce, the (ex-)spouses are asked if they want to revert back to their own names. If you are still divorcing, then use that opportunity to achieve this. If not, follow the procedure described in this article. But do you really want to? One of the official acts included in a marriage is that the spouses get to choose their married names, so it can be changed anyway when you get married. Seems a bit overkill to do all the paperwork, just to do all the paperwork again once you're married.

You will need to ask the court to change your name.

Go to court and swear an affidavit of change of name. After that, publish it in a national or daily newspaper and submit it with the registrar. You can also submit with your bank to change your account detail's name and other places such as the DMV, store accounts, work emails, etc.