Men hundreds of years ago in marriage took the last name of a woman instead of the woman taking the last name?

Question

why? i have some infor on dukabours. is there any other answers

Answer 1

i dont know...

Answer 2

I am 24 and been married for almost 3 years. I didn't change my last name. We are both white-hispanics. It bothers my husband, but I don't understand what the big deal is. We both take care of eachother and even if he became diabled or something and I took care of him I wouldn't make him take my last name, like the last person stated.

I like my last name and his last name is a good one, but I didn't feel I needed to change my identity just because I promised to be with him forever.

Our children will have his last name.

I have never really believed in doing things just because that is what everyone else does.

Answer 3

That happened in some limited ways. What was more common was the combining of the mother's last name and the father's so that people would be aware of the child's family affiliations and lineage. Also, in many societies, inheritance and title was passed through the mother, not the father. Christianity played a large part in ending that. The reasoning behind it was you could always be sure who your mother was, but not the father.

Answer 4

There is no logical reason for one spouse to take the last name of the other. However, it IS logical for children to have their mother's family name because there's never any doubt who the mother of a baby is.

Answer 5

One of the reasons was because of genealogy. You always know who the mother of the child is, sometimes the father is questionable. There are also cultural reasons. Certain cultures are matriarchal and those are usually cultures that use the mother's name.

Answer 6

That is very true. It just shows you how the world changes. With all the hyphenated wives names now, who says it won't be long till men start hyphenating or adopting their wives names?

Answer 7

Thats awesome. I will have to tell my man, he has a really boring last name but mine is interesting and cool. Im going
to ask him to change names!!! lol. Think it might go down like a lead balloon, but it is worth a try.:-)

Answer 8

during the creation of the world, God created Adam (male) first and then Eve (female) from the rib of Adam, which means that the male should be the head, leader, and responsible for the females always, including namings.

Answer 9

well this is purely cultural. in Cyprus they still do. In the Middle East they don't share a last name, each member keep his/her last name. in other cultures they combine the last name of two members to make one last name. so there is no one way about it

Answer 10

I would have loved for my exes to take my name. that way my kids would both have my last name, and unfortunately, neither do. I have to prove I'm the mother. that kinda sucks.

Answer 11

It is a practice in some of the Asian countries even these days.