Name Change And Marriage

[Alex8491]

After some advice please.

I legally changed both my surname and forname around 5 years ago now.

Around 2 years ago I met my current partner and I've never told him about my changing name.

Fast forward to now and he's proposed and we are discussing wedding dates etc, not a church but a small registry service.

To marry him I know I have to produce my birth certificate and deed poll documents to the registrar but do I have to tell my partner this?

It's not a case of being dishonest I have nothing to hide from him but feel bow 2 years in it would raise questions as to why I never told him before.

Do I have an obligation to tell him? Legally? Morally?

Can I produce the documents to the registrar myself?

Thanks in advance

[jno]

it looks like I was wrong, Kathyan's given you the answer. In that case you will either have to tell your partner or make sure he never sees the marriage certificate.

[Peter Pedant]

I would contact the Registrar ( well it will be a clerk ) and discuss

we both in the same room got the third degree over our parents and their occupations....I concluded that it wasnt by chance but to hinder impersonation ....

[Baldric]

If our experience is anything to go by, they will ask lots of questions. best to be upfront about it imho.

[Cloverjo]

As PP and others have said, you will be quizzed about each other before permission to marry will be granted, so you'll have to tell him about your name change.

[andres]

You will both be signing the marriage certificate at the same time. It used to be just fathers names and occupations that had to be put on it. However from 2018 I think that both parents names would possibly be included and if so he's bound to ask why your name is different. I would definitely tell him before not after.