I didn't want to let go of my last name because it was part of my heritage, so I hyphenated, which became a nightmare. Now, I'm dropping the hyphen.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to Rand-Hendriksen, who acknowledged his own hyphenated last name, computer engineers in the 1970s, who were responsible ...

I always wanted to hyphenate my name when I got married. It turns out that my initials make hyphenating impossible. I still have to be strategic about how I style my name in public. My maiden name is ...

At 19, I had the shocking discovery that not only did I have a different name when I was born, but that I was adopted from Colombia. When I was adopted, my birth name was immediately changed, and ...

Growing up in Staten Island, my last name made me stand out. I thought I'd change my name once I got married, but that didn't happen. My husband and I eventually decided to hyphenate our last names ...

Those born at the height of the name-hyphenating craze will be the first to tell you — having two last names can be more trouble than it's worth. There's the perennial confusion at school and at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author (left) hyphenated her last name when she married her husband (right).Courtesy of Susan Teresa I felt pressure to give ...

As I stood in the clerk's office applying for a marriage license, I faced three options: no name change (keep mine), name change (assume his), or hyphenate (enjoy both). It seemed like a simple task; ...