Thread: Did Your Wife Take Your Name?

Originally Posted by shunpike

She took my name. Was up to her, I didn't care either way.

Same here. I'm not chauvinistic on these things, in fact i probably thought it better she keep her maiden name so the farang connection was not apparent when dealing with government matters. Doesn't seem to have made any difference though.

My previous wife was HK Chinese, and she kept her maiden name because thats how she was known professionally. No ploblem.

The wife took my name as she didnt like her chinese/Thai one anyway.
Tells me having a chinese name for a thai is a curse

Originally Posted by tsicar

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????

Hee hee heee...mais oui!!

Actually Dad's French Canadian (Acadian) and me Mom's English Canadian. I was raised mostly in English.

Originally Posted by sabang

in fact i probably thought it better she keep her maiden name so the farang connection was not apparent when dealing with government matters. Doesn't seem to have made any difference though.

I thought the same thing, plus I'm a bit of a lazy git and couldn't see myself going to the trouble. She seems happy enough, though I hear her from time to time having to spell, and respell the name a few times when giving it to another Thai on the phone.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

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.

Ermm no I'm not.
But if the new farang sees the name "Braithwaite" on an id card it sort of gives the game away.

Originally Posted by Fabian

Why not?

Hence the thread.

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

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

Nothing new there.

Originally Posted by chitown

Yes she did.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by helge

Yes

Thanks.

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

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

Same same.

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.

Couldn't change to your family name quick enough? Or change back to her family name quick enough?

Originally Posted by shunpike

She took my name. Was up to her

Thanks, completely up to her.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

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

Sounds a little messy.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

we both believe the meddling little shits can fuck right off out of i

Agreed.

Originally Posted by tsicar

wtf is it about thai women who marry farang and keep their maiden names? more importantly: why , if they are serious about the marriage, do they prefer to keep their maiden name?

I was interested to find out if any posters partners had found any drawbacks to taking a Western name on their official Thai documentation.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

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"!

Agree.

Originally Posted by buriramboy

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.

Have already no doubt.

Originally Posted by Fabian

The majority keeps their maiden name now.

Is that just your impression through your personal experience or are there government figures to show this, I'm honestly interested.

Originally Posted by MeMock

Mine changed hers.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Mr Brown

got married in '07 - no change of name. now the wife is here in the UK we will use her surname for our account.

Sounds like it become a fuck on to me.

Originally Posted by sabang

probably thought it better she keep her maiden name so the farang connection was not apparent when dealing with government matters.

That was what I was wanting to know.

Originally Posted by Rigger

The wife took my name as she didnt like her chinese/Thai one anyway. Tells me having a chinese name for a thai is a curse

I would think it was a blessing in Bangkok, if educated anyway.

Originally Posted by SEA Traveler

she changed her surname to mine but since the King apparently had given the family her Thai surname and for the fact that she had no middle name, she made her Thai surname her new middle name. ID card, Thai Passport, US Passport, house register, and all other appropriate docs reflect the name change. Makes life a lot easier when everything is the same.

That was my first thoughts when the subject came up.

Save yourself the hassle and stay single. Keep your money and live a happy life, shag who ever and whenever.

My wife changed her surname to mine. The main drawback is that no Thai can pronounce it, although she says that's an advantage.

Wife took my name.
All paperwork changed (I.D, passport, tabien baan, cards etc).
No problems whatsoever with the missus having a farang name so far.

Couldn't change to my name quick enough Noodles, just asked her if she wished she'd kept her Thai name or fancied changing it back and she just said 'no', thought i'd save myself a headache though by not asking why.

Originally Posted by Sdigit

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,

We'll do the same.

The nippers will have a double-barrel Thai and English first name too. They can choose which one they prefer when they're older.

Originally Posted by The Master Cool

Originally Posted by Sdigit

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,

We'll do the same.

The nippers will have a double-barrel Thai and English first name too. They can choose which one they prefer when they're older.

That's another thing, when my misses was pregnant and we were thinking about names, i asked her if she wanted to choose a Thai name which i would have been more than happy with as i quite like the name Tittiporn myself or even a Thai middle name, but she was adamant she just wanted a farang name so i got my Mum to send me over one of those baby name books with about 2000 names in, i short listed about 10 and she chose Annabel out of my list and no middle name.

And yourself OP?

Perhaps you could be a pioneer and take your wife's surname.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Quote: Originally Posted by Bobcock My wife has her maiden name on all the Thai stuff and my name on all her UK stuff.

Sounds a little messy.

Not at all, it's never caused us any trouble at all.....although we have only been married 17 years.

But can they remember it and spell it, that's the question.

Buriramboy, your Mrs and My Mrs seem to think pretty much the same way.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

You do not seem to understand that having a farang name can be quite disadvantageous. You get treated differently, some people will take advantage etc etc so some Thai women do not want those repercussions

This was why I started the thread. Care to list a few of these disadvantages? I'm pretty sure there must be a few, there must be a few advantages too, I would imagine. Just trying to find out other peoples experiences.

Originally Posted by The Master Cool

And yourself OP?

I'm not married, but probably will be in the not so distant future. She mentioned the name thing yesterday and was very keen on taking my family name as her own, as this is something I have never thought about I decided to make the thread. I have found it quite interesting so far.

Thanks all for playing.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Not at all, it's never caused us any trouble at all.....although we have only been married 17 years.

Certainly no need to change it then. Well done.

It can be an advantage having a western name when applying for jobs in some parts of the world.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Care to list a few of these disadvantages?

I did mention two

It depends how stupid their Thai name is.

Originally Posted by the dogcatcher

Originally Posted by English Noodles

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.

Ermm no I'm not.
But if the new farang sees the name "Braithwaite" on an id card it sort of gives the game away.

She could change back to her maiden name after divorce.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Is that just your impression through your personal experience or are there government figures to show this, I'm honestly interested.
Thanks.

As I mentioned, that's what the one who signed our papers at the Ampuer said. That was at Bangrak.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Buriramboy, your Mrs and My Mrs seem to think pretty much the same way.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

You do not seem to understand that having a farang name can be quite disadvantageous. You get treated differently, some people will take advantage etc etc so some Thai women do not want those repercussions

This was why I started the thread. Care to list a few of these disadvantages? I'm pretty sure there must be a few, there must be a few advantages too, I would imagine. Just trying to find out other peoples experiences.

Originally Posted by The Master Cool

And yourself OP?

I'm not married, but probably will be in the not so distant future. She mentioned the name thing yesterday and was very keen on taking my family name as her own, as this is something I have never thought about I decided to make the thread. I have found it quite interesting so far.

Thanks all for playing.

Obviously the disadvantages occur in Thailand while in the west a local surname has more advantages.