Did you take yor husbands last name?

Question

I have kept my maiden name and gave my daughter her fathers last name, I am wondering how common this is.

Answer 1

Hold your own girl it means nothing but that you are your own woman on don't need a man's last name to validate your marriage. Ask him to take yours

Answer 2

Just thought you might want a husbands point of view on this. My wife has kept using her maiden name in all her business dealings and uses my name for everything else. She owns a business that took her father years to build up and there was no way i was going to ask her to use my name for her business dealings. Both she and her father worked many years to build a good name and reputation. Now with all other aspects of life she uses my last name and this seems to work out very well.

Answer 3

Yes I took my husband's last name, and I am very glad I did. I had two daughters before I got married, and they have my maiden name, but after I got married I had a son, and I gave him my husband's last name as well. If the Lord blesses me to see my children get married, I will explain to my daughter why she should take her husband's last name. It is an honor and a blessing.

Alot of women think that they will lose their identity if they drop their maiden name and take their husband's.

Others feel they should keep their maiden name to carry on their family name, which is preposterous, that is what the males in the family are for.

And finally others think the man should take the woman's name. What for? He asked you (women in general) to be his wife, you did not ask him to be your wife.

Answer 4

It is fairly common, but mostly around where I live if the parents of the child aren't married. The woman keeps her maiden name, the child takes the father name.
Where I'm from, you take the husbands name if you're married. I am getting married in October and I can't wait to get rid of my maiden name..Franks (like the freakin hotdog).

Answer 5

I took my husband's name. I never even considered NOT taking it -- it's a statement to the world that we are together, just one more demonstration of that committment we made to each other to stick it out.

I know one family where she kept her name, and then gave the children their fathers' names. Eventually they had 4 people in the family and no two had the same last name. My friend (the oldest child) said it made them seem like less of a family to her, and it was confusing in school. Eventually they went to court and had all the names changed to the last husband's last name.

Answer 6

I did not change my name after marriage. This was a decision taken jointly by my husband and me. The reasons were definitely not 'feminist'. I travel a lot and changing names on the passport and other official documents can get to be a pain and a time consuming activity. So we decided that I retain my maiden name. However my child carries my husbands name. Its more practical and by the way our familiers concurred too. Chill....

Answer 7

I took my husband's last name, but now we're divorced & I wish I had just stuck with my maiden name. If I ever get married again, I'll keep my original last name. I don't want children though, so I guess I'm not much help to you.

Answer 8

I did take my husband's last name and have been married 30 years. I kind of wish I had kept my maiden name. I would have given my daugher his name either way.

Answer 9

Yes I took his last name 13 years ago and I regret it everyday of my life! I should have kept my maiden name at least I would still have a sense of my original identity! Lol

Answer 10

i only use my maiden name for business and most everything else, but technically i made my maiden my middle name and added my husbands last name only in the event we have children, most people i work with have no idea what my married name even is....and it's been a few years now!!

Answer 11

I took my husband's last name. I really hate it though, so I dropped my middle name and used my maiden name as my middle name and my husband's last name. Was that confusing?