If Miss Brown marries Mr Green, but chooses to keep her maiden name, will she be known as Mrs or Miss Brown?

Answer 1

I'm presuming that Miss Brown is British here:

There is no legal requirement for a woman to change her surname when she gets married. It is her own personal choice, although by tradition it is usually the case.

Upon marriage, there are two options available to the woman that do not require a separate Deed:

*To continue using her maiden name, or
*Change her surname to her husband's surname.


The choice of Miss or Mrs is hers to make, and is not forced upon her, though usually if she's retaining her maiden name she would either be likely to be a Mrs to avoid any confusion - or be Miss Brown to assret her independance from her hubby

Answer 2

Mrs. Brown-Green

Answer 3

Mrs or Ms.

Personally I don't like Ms, it is associated with divorce so is maybe not a good start to the marriage.

That being said, I do see the argument for resisting Mrs as it implies that one's status is entirely dependent on being married to a man.

Why don't you just FORCE Mr. Green to take the name Brown. A friend of mine did that because her surname was unique to the town of her birth, but her husband's was pretty commonplace.

Answer 4

She would either be Miss Brown (more common) or Ms. Brown. That's why you see so many married celebrities referred to as "Miss." Example: Miss Reese Witherspoon would be Mrs. Reese Phillipe.

She would be either Mrs. Brown or Mrs. Green-Brown or Brown-Green if she decided to take her husband's name completely, or with a hyphen.

Answer 5

That would be up to her.

Some feminists believe in using the term Ms.

Since Mr. can be for either a married or unmarried man, feminists believed that women should also have a prefix that could refer to a married or unmarried woman. Therefore a woman who keeps her maiden name for feminist reasons would probably also like to be reffered to as Ms. rather than Miss or Mrs.

Generally speaking, if she doesn't go by Ms. she would most likely go by Mrs. since she is married.

Answer 6

Mrs

Answer 7

Mrs

Answer 8

She can be known by whatever title she wants to be, Miss, Ms or Mrs. After all, a man is always Mr no matter what his marital status.

Answer 9

She may be called Mrs. if she wishes to be identified as a married woman or Ms. if she wishes her marital status to be unknown to the world at large. Chances are if she's keeping her maiden name she will be a Ms. by preference.

Answer 10

The choice is entirely your own. I work with a number of married women who retain the title 'Miss'. I can honestly say that I have never worked with anyone who chooses to use the own surname whilst using the title 'Mrs'