Carolyn Burke STL Blog

Taking the name change plunge ? Whether you're following tradition and taking your husband's name, hyphenating, or making any other change you want legally recognized, here are the steps you'll need to follow. (Of course, these same steps apply to him if he's changing his name too.)  Until you receive your signed and sealed marriage license back from the county clerk, you won't be able to begin the official name change process. You can start in advance on minor things like changing magazine subscriptions and ordering new checks with your married name. Given that fact, be sure to book all airline tickets under your maiden name - all airlines now require a photo I.D. which matches the name on the ticket. Make sure you fill out a form requesting a copy of your marriage license be sent by mail after it has been processed, which typically takes about a month after the signed license was filed following your ceremony. With official marriage license in hand, the ...

I had two couples in the last week who have the same middle name. One couple shared Lynn and another share Lee. So, what's in a name?  The truth is that names are a part of every culture and that they are of enormous importance both to the people who receive names and to the societies that given them. The sense of personal identity and uniqueness that a name gives us is at the heart of why names interest us and why they are important to us as individuals and to our society as a whole. Noted from http://www.behindthename.com/   -  In spite of their importance, most people know very little about names and about the effects they have on us an on our children in everyday life. In a very real sense, we are consumers of names, and we have a need and right to know about the psychological, magical, legal, religious, and ethnic aspects of our names.