• I always wanted to hyphenate my name when I got married. • It turns out that my initials make hyphenating impossible. • I still have to be strategic about how I style my name in public.

My maiden name is Khorey. Last year, I married a man whose last name is Khanna. A few weeks after the wedding, I was chatting about it with a couple of women from my team at work.

"What about your name?" One asked. She was about to get married herself, and these questions were top of mind. "Are you going to hyphenate or what?"

"Well, my full first name is actually Katherine with a K," I said, trying to keep it subdued. "So I don't think that would be a good idea."

It took a second, and then they got it. My initials would be KK-K.

I always planned to hyphenate when I got married

Years ago, when t

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