Do you think women should change their last name when they marry?
143453
I think it should be a womans choice. After all how many men would take there wifes last name.  Me it would depend how hard it is to say or write. Or make a new law, mix the letters together and come up with one or split the difference.
797678
I think the deal with changing your name is that you can have as many names as you like as long as you aren't deceiving anyone.   If everyone knows you have ten names, then ten names are fine.\n\nThe problem comes with the admin, and that comes thick and fast.   How is your employer supposed to pay your salary into a bank account that doesn't have the right name on it?   How are you going to get on a flight if your documents don't match up with one another?\n\nI used to know a Brazilian woman with a big long name made of about eight bits.   She sometimes used one combination, sometimes another.  She ended up getting arrested for stealing her own bank card!
742275
Yes, I think women should have the right to choose.  :)
137154
Your legal name is the name that is on your marriage certificate. This is a legal document that can change your name, if you said you wanted it changed. You are also responsible to get the name changed on your Social Security card after you are married. I would get this done as soon as possible or you can get in trouble with the IRS over it.
271132
Not if she legally changed her name back to her maiden. And by legally I mean she went to her local Social Security office and filed for a new SS card showing her divorce decree and on her social security card it has her maiden name.She may not have done it legally maybe she just started going by her maiden name but was legally listed by her married name.
1144968
Yes, some women change, because the man changes after marriage.
307940
You can change your name at any age..If you are under 18 you need parental consent unless you have a special need but yeah there should be no hassle
948354
Jules you can use whatever name you want whenever you want, go back to your maiden name now its your choice, good luck honey xx\ndon't know who invented marriage but personally I think it was a very bad idea x
12278
The traditional solution was that a divorcee was still Mrs....as a married woman, she was addressed as Mrs.John Soandso, after a divorce, she would become Mrs. Maidenname Soandso. NEVER Mrs. Mary Soandso.\n\nNow, it is really a matter of her personal preference, she can continue as Mrs.Soandso, or become Ms. Soandso, she can use both names together, with either Mrs. or Ms., or she can drop her married name and return to just using her maiden name, with Miss, Ms. or Mrs.\nThe one thing she can't do is be Miss Soandso.\n\nIf it's how YOU should be addressed, take your pick, if this is about how to address someone else, asking what she prefers is never wrong.
869249
Would'nt think so.Especially if your only replacing a lost document.If her biological is'nt about should be irrevelant.Even if you're changing the name(deed poll)you would'nt need this info
366549
My girlfriends last name is "Stevens"\nMy last name is "Thomas"\nWe have agreed if we get married we will not hyphenate our names we will combine them and call ourselves the,\n"Thievins"\nKind of has a nice ring, eh?
1030982
This is so funny me and my husband was discussing this same question with my younger sister who wants to retain her maiden name and have her married name. \n\nI never thought that it was anything wrong with it considering that I am born a Thomas I figured that wasn't a problem, but that is not what my husband felt he feels that once a woman marries a man then that maiden name is no longer what your name is and that your new last name should reflect his last name.\n\nPersonally I told him I didn't see where there was any harm in it and so did my sister but my husband the man that he is felt that it is only right that a woman carries her husbands last name and not there maiden name.\n\nFrom my point of view I found nothing wrong with a woman who carries her maiden name I still don't think that is nothing wrong with it the reason I say so is because as long as the husband knows that we love them why should it matter at all. Really it shouldn't matter at all. You are from your family name and you are simply married to a new family line and that is all. Women who do this I see nothing wrong with it.
437592
You can legally do that. But it may upset your husband. If it is too long, you can just kept your name as is...Just start signing your name to documents with a shorter name. I use to work in customer service for years, people used credit cards with had their nickname on them. Although they didn't legally change their name.\n\nI use my middle name with my first name all the time. On your license they can use a middle initial instead of the whole name. Their are ways around the long name, without the hassle of legal fees/procedure and upsetting your husband.
326131
Has to do with one's own preference, and what the couple has agreed to. Many will not do a name change due to job, career, and other reasons. Some girls look forward to the name change and just write it over and over.That goes for men as well to change their name instead of the woman.
1067037
An old friend of mine was named Mary Poppen, I don't know her marital status now, so she may still have the name. Every time we went somewhere and met someone I would have to vouch for her that her name really was  Mary Poppen. I do say she is an interesting person. It is sad because she got teased alot and she was really very attractive smart and very funny. I think people were just jealous that she had a good sense of her identity and found something to tease her about. As for me, I have seriously considered changing my name, and I am in the process of doing so, but just my last name.I believe you should feel comfortable with your name . Although I must tell you that when you are looking at names, you will always find that there is some jerky person out there that will try and trash you no matter how good your name sounds. So I say if your personal reason for changing your name make you a more productive, giving and loving person, I would do it, and I am.
917845
Gabriella, I would be very surprised if it is mandatory to change your name in the USA.  I think if you enquire you will find you can keep your own name, just as you do in Italy.\n\nIt is personal choice.\n\nMany women here do not change their name either.  On the other hand, I have known some men take their wife's name.  personal choice.
128339
Yes, more commonly than not. Mostly in the less developed areas. It is based on inheritance and ownership customs, and on the desire to have the last name carried on into the next generation. In general, women do not own property or have authority except through the men in their family. Polygamy is accepted and women who bear sons will most likely receive more support, monetary and otherwise, than those who bear daughters.