Do you think a woman should have to change her last name when she gets married?

She should be required to change it every 6 months regardless of marital status

No. It was done originally to show that a woman, after marriage, no longer had allegiance to her maiden name or to her parental family, but could only have allegiance to her husband. That was important in the middle ages, when battles were fought over land and by clan. It also signified that a woman, after marriage, was the property of her husband.

It certainly makes it very difficult to do genealogy. In many cases, in the past, the last name of a married woman was considered so unimportant that it was not recorded anywhere. I can go back to the early 1800's and the attitude was, apparently, who cares what her last name was before marriage? Now those womens family trees are lost forever.

it makes more sense then those double names... mrs smithjohnsonbiedermeiyerlewinski

They don't have to, it's a choice. There are many women who choose to take their husband's name (most do), some however hyphenate their maiden and married names together and some just keep their maiden names. There is no rule or law that says they have to change their name.

It is getting to confusing with the hyphenated names, and keeping a maiden name. (Both my sisters kept their maiden name when married.)
Yes it is a personal choice, but I sure feel sorry for those who do genealogy research in the future.

I think it's more convenient to both have the same last name, but i'd be just choosing the best sounding one whether it was his or hers. Imagine if her name was Wilson and his was Higginsbottom and she had to change to his 😧

It's up to her.

Of course not, I mean if she wants to sure but there’s no reason anyone should be [i]forced[/i] to do anything that trivial

Yeah, I own her then 😈

Up to her really

there's no "HAVE" to anymore. Women choose whether or not they want to give up their identity

Thats the whole point of marriage

They don't have to, but...I feel like, unless they're famous, why wouldn't they want to?

Only if she wants to. I like my last name just fine.

I hyphenated mine with his 😀

Nah. It’s should remain optional.

It's easier to name the kids and keep track of history I think. Since the woman usually ends up living in her husband's home.

But nowadays anything is possible so anyways nothing matters anymore! 😅

Yes, to Humpsalot.

Now a days in our culture, women just append the surname of her husband to their existing given and surname.

I do believe that there is no need to remove maiden surname for women after marriage.

If both parties want her name changed, or unchanged, that is the important thing.
If he wants her to change and she refuses, there will be larger issues in that marriage anyway.

nah people just do it because it's traditional or whatever. I personally like both people taking a name 🤔

Mutual agreement I suppose. I mean a man can take his brides name, if it suits them better sooo...

she shouldn't have to, no

[i][c=#BF0080]If she wants to. [/c][/i]

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