Laura Wood from Stockport was unsure about whether or not she wanted to take her now-husband’s Danny’s surname when they got married after her friends had mocked her possible name for years
A bride has gone viral and left people cracking up after taking her husband’s unusual surname, which has left some people asking if it’s actually real.
Laura Wood tied the knot with her husband in July 2025, after 14 years together. The couple first met at university in Preston and have been inseparable ever since. Like many future brides, Laura was left facing a decision that she had to make ahead of their big day. The topic of whether or not to take her husband’s had left Laura the butt of jokes among friends for years as Danny’s surname meant she’d become Mrs Laura Large.
For the years while Laura was dating Danny, her friends had joked for years about double-barrelled alternatives such as ‘Large-Wood’ or ‘Wood-Large’. At the time, Laura was working a 9-to-5 graphic design job and worried that signing off emails as “Laura Large” might not be taken seriously.
Now self-employed as a nail technician and living in Stockport, the 32-year-old rarely uses her full name. When the day came to make a decision, she saw no reason not to embrace her new and unique name.
“I used to find the idea of taking his name quite funny,” Laura told What’s The Jam. “It felt surreal because us getting married was a way off, so it just felt like a joke.”“I’m only 4ft 11in, which makes the Large name funnier,” she added.
She went on to say: “When we did get married, I wasn’t sure if I was going to change it on social media, but I thought, sod it, I’ll do it for the plot.”
The couple got engaged in 2021 on their 10-year anniversary during a staycation in Bath. On the big day on 4 July, the pair celebrated their ceremony at Stockport Town Hall before hiring a big red vintage bus to take 70 guests to Manchester city centre.When Laura later posted a video on TikTok revealing her new surname, the clip went viral – with 34,000 people reacting to it. Among the 1,400 comments were some people who said it reminded them of The Large Family, a popular children’s book series by Jill Murphy featuring a family of elephants.
And the commenters weren’t the only ones who had made the connection as Laura’s sister gifted her the books on the morning of her wedding.
While it’s becoming more popular for husbands to take their wives’ names after getting married, Laura explained that this hadn’t really been something they’d wanted to do. She said: “When we were looking at all the options, Danny said he really likes his surname. And he’s the only boy in his family, so he wanted to carry the name on. I also knew we wanted to have the same name for our kids.”
Although she admits “Laura Large” still doesn’t feel just right yet, the name is growing on her.Laura, who recently launched the podcast, Nails and Yap, said: “I’m quite headstrong, and if I didn’t want the name, I wouldn’t have taken it. I haven’t felt any pressure to do it.
“It feels nice having the same name – it’s like having a connection and makes us feel closer.”
