Comments on: The name game continues

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:10:44 +0000

I’ve been married for 29 years. Not changing back to my maiden name now – hated it growing up, still hate it. Have had many galleries/exhibitions tell me they are glad my name is short and easy to remember. Isn’t being memorable to potential clients more the point than personal vanity?

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By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:36:16 +0000

Can anyone, that doesn’t speak German, spell Friedrichsmeier? Nope. No one can pronounce it either. VERY distinctive, but lots of issues with length as well. When I was 13 I assumed I was going to get married and thought I HAD to change my name, so I decided that I would change to a nickname – “Keena” (a contraction of Christine – you pronounce the “e”) so that when I got famous I wouldn’t have to worry. Hee hee! Got the name – now just working on the fame

By: Alyson B. Stanfield

Alyson B. Stanfield — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:24:38 +0000

Sheila (and Jill): Let me answer your question in a separate post. Tracy: You alphabetize under the last name in the list of names (married name) UNLESS it’s hyphenated. Then, under the first name in the hyphenation. So, my friend Rachelle Disbennett-Lee would be under the “D”s. If there was no hyphen, we’d put her under the “L”s.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:57:17 +0000

PS: btw, nice new pic Alyson! (Am I way too late in this? I’ve been off-line for a bit.)

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:56:08 +0000

I guess I’ve had it easy with no husband or married name to add or subtract. (Though sometimes I sign work as TLW and sometimes with my name) Liza brings up a good question that I have come across when adding names to my patron list. If someone uses maiden and married, do you alphabetize them under the middle maiden or the ending married? Or, do you put both words under the last name category?

By: liza

liza — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:27:56 +0000

A thousand years ago I used to hyphenate my last name. (in the early 70′s) The good news about that was that I always kept my maiden name and it was easy to drop the married name when I dropped the ex-husband. The complicated part of it was that when my work was listed in shows and catalogues no one knew whether to put it under the first or last name of the hyphenated duo. I have chosen to stick with my name ever since.

By: Michelle Davis Petelinz

Michelle Davis Petelinz — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:30:35 +0000

The dropping of middle or maiden name happens to me frequently too. I’ve never understood why people feel free to change my name when I’ve clearly written or typed it the way I want it shown. I used to hypenate my name, which caused its own challenges, but decided against it when I remarried 7 years ago. I will be changing my company name to some combination of my three names and “Studio” (I think–still deciding!), and I’m sure it will mangled, deleted or changed in ways I can’t even imagine now.

By: Robin Maria Pedrero

Robin Maria Pedrero — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:39:06 +0000

Jill, That even happens to me with galleries, and in PR that I submit. In print they drop part of my name to save space.

By: Sheila Mahanke Barnes

Sheila Mahanke Barnes — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:51:13 +0000

Oh, yes, the editing game. I just went through that and can see why the organizers left out the middle (maiden) name – their little handwritten cards didn’t really allow for long names of anything. My contact apologized to me about it at the opening reception which I appreciated. Usually no one says anything as if it doesn’t really matter. A friend who had traveled to the opening and was sharing her impressions and what she hoped were helpful suggestions as I build my art career, noted that in the future she would advise I use my full name (including that maiden name) when I exhibit. I do, and I always have, I had to inform her, and I have no control over whether that is the way I’ll show up in print. She was quite surprised. Come on Alyson, any suggestions? Those of us with otherwise common names need the additional initial or name to differentiate ourselves from the crowd.