I haven't read all the replies, but I thought I'd share my thoughts.
I would personally go back to my maiden name if I was in your situation. My parents were divorced, I had my father's last name but my mom went back to her maiden name. From my perspective, it never seemed to be that big of a deal. In fact, thinking back on it, I think I would have been bothered if my mother had kept my father's last name, and I can't even pinpoint why it would bug me.
I recently got married and went from a beautiful unique-without-being-too-weird Irish name, Megan Kendrick, to a funky Polish name. I am proud to be part of his family, but, well, let's just say I didn't marry him for his name. So I'm still going through almost a mourning process of my old identity. Saying my new name still sounds so strange to me. If I were to ever get divorced (God forbid) I'm quite certain that I'd take my maiden name back.
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