Traditionally, the Bride changes her last name to her husband's last name.

An alternative to this is for the bride to continue to use her maiden name, or hyphenate her maiden name with her husband's last name (long hyphenated names may have problems completing forms with insufficient space).

Another alternative to this is to create a new surname, sometimes by combining parts of each person's last name (example: "Shore" marrying "Harrington" would become "Shorington") for both the Bride and Groom to use.

The following list includes some of the places where a name change may be required:

Bank accounts (savings/checking/IRA/safety deposit box/etc.)

Bills

Business cards & stationary

Car registration o Club memberships

Computer records & directories

Credit cards

Driver's license

Employee records

Insurance (Life/auto/property titles/leases)

Loans

Marriage license

Medical records (doctor/dentist/etc.)

Passport

Pensions

Post office

Property titles/leases

School records (high school/college/etc.)

Social security

Stocks & bonds

Subscriptions (newspapers/magazines/etc.)

Taxes

Utilities (phone/electricity/water/cable/etc.)

Voter registration

Wills & trusts