i just got married about two weeks ago and i want to change my last name to my husbands name, we did only traditional wedding and the white wedding will be next year and not this year. is there a way i can change it now before then, and how am i going to go about changing it? pls any good reply will do.

Congrats, you look pretty. You can only do a change of name with your marriage certificate, you contact the newspaper adverts on change of name and they will tell you what next to do. But if you know that you just want to do the traditional alone without getting marriage certificate( you get it in the church or registry) you still contact them and they will give you all the information you need to get. But if you are not working in any organisation, say you are a complete housewife, so to say, then you can go ahead and start bearing your husband's name. Happy Married Life, and welcome to the club.

you contact the newspaper adverts on change of name and they will tell you what next to do.

If you've gone through the process before, why don't you just tell us what it involves?

I think change of name is something you do in a court. You sign the documents, pay the fee, and they you're required to announce it in a newspaper too.

Seun:

If you've gone through the process before, why don't you just tell us what it involves?

I think change of name is something you do in a court. You sign the documents, pay the fee, and they you're required to announce it in a newspaper too.

This is if you are changing your name for reasons other than marriage (for ladies and men) and you swear an affidavit.
For marriage you just take the marriage certificate from the Registry to a any print media and pay cost of advertising (I think it is about 5K, some charge less); you cannot do this via traditional marriage alone, I advise you do a Court marriage at the Registry to get this done.

I forgot to say congratulations! U do look good.

African queen

I was at this trado.

@Topic
I think Gentlelady said it all. Happy Married life.

In all honesty u dont need a marriage certificate to chang your name, just go to any print media and give them your details. You are required to pay certain amount, i did mine with dailytrust newspaper and payed N100 per word.

Afterall islamic weddings dont ve marriage certificate

Exactly, u need only d print media for dat.i think its 4k or 5k depending on a particular one u choose.

Pretty Bride!!!
Are u sure this is real you or a pics from the net.?

Fine babe. . . , happy couple!

mgbeke bebe

mogentle:

Pretty Bride!!!
Are u sure this is real you or a pics from the net.?

lmfao!

nicelady10:

i just got married about two weeks ago and i want to change my last name to my husbands name, [b]we did only traditional wedding [/b]and the white wedding will be next year and not this year. is there a way i can change it now before then

But why the rush if i may ask?. . .Anyway i can understand.You wan super-clue yaself to him before he changes his mind._{Di di uko,hold am tight oo!}

Even if its traditional marriage, my community (Kingdom) issues Marriage Certificate for traditional because White Wedding is not compulsory.

But y una only dey see the beauty of the bride and una no comment on d side of d groom eh? Una knw how much d bros spend to paint dat woman to look like dat eh?

chei anoda beautiful one is married

, But y una only dey see the beauty of the bride and una no comment on d side of d groom eh? Una knw how much d bros spend to paint dat woman to look like dat eh?

Bro I support you I think say no only me seyan.
They didn't know that they guy has done his behind the scene work to polish the babe.

Congrats

chei this girl looks good!

kongrat, chei powder don finish ooooooooooo

Jesus Christ, i am 19years,i wanna get married
This girl fine ooooo, I pray i marry a pretty girl like u

Does anybody know how a doll baby look like?

ObamaUS:

Does anybody know how a doll baby look like?

I was thinking Stella Obasanjo went home with all the remaining pancake.Now, why blaming Michael Jackson?

Congrats. You just have to go to the print media and pay them to publish it. When it's published make sure u buy it , make a copy of the page and keep it for your record purposes. Thats another certificate

Iranoladun:

I'm surprise at all the responses. To the best of my knowledge, you cannot just go to a newspaper whether you are a man or woman and just declare that you want your name to be change.

If you want to change your name for reason of being married under the Native law & custom i.e. traditional marriage, church or mosque (Customary act) or marriage act (i.e. marriage in a registry) the steps below is what you need to follow:

You need to do an affidavit (i.e. swear on oath) with a lawyer (Notary Public) or in front of a Commissioner for Oath in a Court before you then go to a newspaper for the purpose of widely circulating the notice of change of name.

However, If you have a marriage certificate you will need to present it otherwise your lawyer or Notary Public may do a "Deed Poll" for you i.e. your husband will also need to sign the document to confirm that he has given his permission for you to be bearing his name.

Changing of name without a 'Mrs." simply involve an affidavit & newspaper publication (i.e. if you are a man or you are a 'Miss".

Absolutely right!!! I used Vanguard last year and they asked for my marriage certificate. It cost me N3500.
Swear an affidavit and take it to them if yu dont have your certificate.

@aysometin and Iranoladun are correct

i did mine just a two months ago and what i spent was 5k and in punch newspaper.

Iranoladun:

I'm surprise at all the responses. To the best of my knowledge, you cannot just go to a newspaper whether you are a man or woman and just declare that you want your name to be change.

If you want to change your name for reason of being married under the Native law & custom i.e. traditional marriage, church or mosque (Customary act) or marriage act (i.e. marriage in a registry) the steps below is what you need to follow:
You need to do an affidavit (i.e. swear on oath) with a lawyer (Notary Public) or in front of a Commissioner for Oath in a Court before you then go to a newspaper for the purpose of widely circulating the notice of change of name.

However, If you have a marriage certificate you will need to present it otherwise your lawyer or Notary Public may do a "Deed Poll" for you i.e. your husband will also need to sign the document to confirm that he has given his permission for you to be bearing his name.
Changing of name without a 'Mrs." simply involve an affidavit & newspaper publication (i.e. if you are a man or you are a 'Miss".

Some of the responses are same as yours!

I do not know about marriage in mosques but marriage in churches demand that you get a notification from the Registry prior to the wedding and after the wedding you take the church marriage certificate to the Registry for proper registration of the marriage.
For traditional marriages you can get is registered in the Local govt area office where the marriage took place.
If you did a Court Marriage the certificate will be issued to you automatically.

You need the certificate to announce a change of name in the print media.

You need a marriage certificate for the following:-

1. To get an International passport in your new name or endorse your old pp.
2. To change the name on your bank accts and other financial institutions
3. To change you name in your place of work or school

Those in the Legal profession should also help with this matter.

Well i did mine last year with dailytrust newspaper Abuja, it cost me 2,500 (N100 per word). I just went with a write up and i ve used dis same publication to change name on my cheque book (i had an Islamic wedding).