Courteney Returns To Cox

Courteney Cox Arquette has decided to go back to being just Courteney Cox.

But before rumours spread, it isn't because of marriage troubles with actor David Arquette.

The 38-year-old actress said she started going by her maiden name in some situations out of respect for her father, Richard Cox, who died of cancer last year.

She told InStyle magazine: "When I was a kid, I wanted to change my name so badly because I didn't like it. Now that my dad's gone, I don't want to lose it.

"It's not an issue for David. I am an Arquette, but I'm also a Cox. My social security card says Courteney Cox Arquette. And when we have children they will not be Cox-Arquettes, they will be Arquettes."

Cox met Arquette, 31, on the 1996 movie Scream, but they didn't start dating until the following year, when they made Scream 2. They married in June 1999.