Thread: Did Your Wife Take Your Name?

To those farang who have married Thai. When you got married did your wife change her name to your surname, ie. on ID card etc? Or did she keep her Thai family name?

Why not?

Actually in Thailand amongst Thais obviously now most women keep their maiden name and keep "miss" on their ID card as the head officer told us or better my wife in the ampuer. I would be well pissed off.

They keep their maiden name so when you've bought the house, the land and the car they can fuck you off and get another stupid farang.

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

They keep their maiden name so when you've bought the house, the land and the car they can fuck you off and get another stupid farang.

They could do that regardless, you're obviously pretty new around here.

No mate she took all the money...!!

Yes she did.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

When you got married did your wife change her name to your surname,

Yes

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

she took all the money...!!

That too

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

money

I've heard of that stuff but it's been a while since i've seen or had any

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My wife took my name, couldn't change it quick enough, think back in 2002 women had to take their husbands name, although i could be wrong on this.

She took my name. Was up to her, I didn't care either way. We live out in the boonies of Bkk so I was well impressed when the local registrar, or whatever the title would be here, recognized the name as being French and knew what it meant.

Originally Posted by buriramboy

My wife took my name, couldn't change it quick enough, think back in 2002 women had to take their husbands name, although i could be wrong on this.

The law did change around this time allowing women to keep their own names. I thought my wife might keep hers as doing so would have been a novelty.

My wife has her maiden name on all the Thai stuff and my name on all her UK stuff.

Marriage never registered here, we both believe the meddling little shits can fuck right off out of it.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

did your wife change her name to your surname, ie. on ID card etc? Or did she keep her Thai family name?

She got my name but I had previously added her surname to mine making mine
double-barrelled so as the nipper could retain both Thai and English surnames,
(it was important to her??? dont ask me)
Then she took most of the money

Simples

Originally Posted by Bobcock

My wife has her maiden name on all the Thai stuff and my name on all her UK stuff.

Marriage never registered here, we both believe the meddling little shits can fuck right off out of it.

Same here.

Originally Posted by shunpike

...................was well impressed when the local registrar, or whatever the title would be here, recognized the name as being French and knew what it meant.

shunpike is FRENCH????

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by tsicar

why , if they are serious about the marriage, do they prefer to keep their maiden name? this is NOT normal amongst thais, and any farang who hears any bullshit or who's "wife" won't take his name and change her name on her thai id doc. should chuck the worthless bitch out on the street. __________________

why does it make any difference, it is up to the couple. The option is there but it is hardly anything to do with being "serious about marriage"!

my daughter (English) has kept her maiden name as it is well known in her profession so she didn't want any bother of a name change, or a stupid double name

Changing a name in Thailand is a bit of a hassle, so if it is not important, no need to do it. In law, nothing changes

I suppose you could have changed your name from Tsico, anything would have been better

This double name thing that seems to have taken off in the UK is just pathetic, can you imagine it in a few generations, kids are going to have names like Mark Jones-Smith-Cooper-Ashton-Cole-Terry-Ferdinand-Hussein-Fletcher-Roberts.