is it tradition to have the same last name when your married?

Question

to anyone who was/is married

Answer 1

Yes. Some women choose not to take their husband's last name, or they hyphenate it. That seems to be happening more and more. I chose the more traditional way by taking his last name after we got married.

Answer 2

Tradition yes, necessary NO, this day and age, women like who they are and who people know them as, just because we choose to keep our name does not make us any less married then if we take our husbands name. Don't let this interfere with your love and life

Answer 3

yes its traditional to have the same last name,for the woman to take the mans name

Answer 4

Most women do take their husbands last name. There are some cases where the woman will want to keep her last name say for instance she is well known in the community by her maiden name she will want to keep it, may hyphen it with her new name. Some woman also replace their middle name with their maiden name in order to keep it going. They then will pass this middle name to their child if it is a girl or boy.

Answer 5

If a woman really wants to keep her last name and take her husbands name then she can do just that. She can drop her middle name and put her maiden name there, she can hyphenate her maiden name and married name or she can just have 4 names. Just write it how you want on the marriage certificate.

Answer 6

Yes I believe it is depending on where your from. I changed my name to my husbands last night when we married. However, I know of a muslim couple who did not because they said over in Qatar, that would appear that they were related before marriage.

Answer 7

A good, little feeling of contentness washes over me when I think of my little family. It makes it that little bit closer when we all have the same last name. It ties us together a little more.

Thus, it doesn't matter whose last name it is. It doesn't even matter if we made one up and both took it. It's not necessary but adds a little something special to a new family. It adds even more when you have children.

Answer 8

I think so! For me its means I love this person and want to be a part of them in every way. Some cases people like to keep their name they had before for many reasons. I think you both need to talk about it and see how each person feels. And take it from there.

Answer 9

Yes, it's customary in the United States but since the women's movement, it has become much more common for the wife to keep her own last name and not take her husband's last name. Some women hyphonate their name with their husband's, like Smith-Jones, etc.

Answer 10

yes. It depend on the culture/where the person came from. Most couples take the man last name.