38% of women keep their maiden name

[Ancilla Domini]

I wouldn't want to keep my maiden name, least of all because I'm still hoping to be able to change it to something wonderfully ethnic someday! A string of Spanish or Portuguese names would be fantastic in my opinion!

I wonder why.

[OCLittleFlower]

My husband and I have the same name in real life.  But he uses a pseudonym on Facebook, for privacy reasons.  A lot of people in their 20s use fake names on Facebook, and a married couple might not use the same fake name.

[OCLittleFlower]

I like the Duchess of Alba's full name:

María del Rosario Cayetana Paloma Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Fernanda Teresa Francisca de Paula Lourdes Antonia Josefa Fausta Rita Castor Dorotea Santa Esperanza Fitz-James Stuart, Silva, Falcó y Gurtubay

Are those the names of all her plastic surgeons?   :tongue:

[Jacafamala]

My father-in-law had some crazy Polish name that no american on earth could spell. He was an editor and librarian he couldn't bare all the misspellings/ mispronunciations. So he had it shortened. Now my last name sounds, well, sorta Turkish. I wish he'd kept it the way it was.

[Machaut1377]

I know in Iceland they still have the traditional practice of having the surname being the first name of the father or mother of the individual (usually father with a male and mother with a female) with -son or -dottir tacked on.  So Sigurd whose father is named Thorkill would be Sigurd Thorkillson and Sigrid whose mother is Sovieg would be Sigrid Soviegdottir.  Though the case maybe that the children of either sex will take the name of either the father or the mother.

I believe the same system prevails (or did) in Russia.

[LouisIX]

I know in Iceland they still have the traditional practice of having the surname being the first name of the father or mother of the individual (usually father with a male and mother with a female) with -son or -dottir tacked on.  So Sigurd whose father is named Thorkill would be Sigurd Thorkillson and Sigrid whose mother is Sovieg would be Sigrid Soviegdottir.  Though the case maybe that the children of either sex will take the name of either the father or the mother.

I believe the same system prevails (or did) in Russia.

That's the way it is in The Brothers Karamazov.

[Greg]

I know in Iceland they still have the traditional practice of having the surname being the first name of the father or mother of the individual (usually father with a male and mother with a female) with -son or -dottir tacked on.  So Sigurd whose father is named Thorkill would be Sigurd Thorkillson and Sigrid whose mother is Sovieg would be Sigrid Soviegdottir.  Though the case maybe that the children of either sex will take the name of either the father or the mother.

I believe the same system prevails (or did) in Russia.

In Russia you take the surname of your father and his Christian name.  Nothing at all from your mother.

So something like Alexander Petrov Lebed.  Or Alexandra Pertrova Lebeda.  Where the Father's name was Peter Lebed.

[OCLittleFlower]

I know in Iceland they still have the traditional practice of having the surname being the first name of the father or mother of the individual (usually father with a male and mother with a female) with -son or -dottir tacked on.  So Sigurd whose father is named Thorkill would be Sigurd Thorkillson and Sigrid whose mother is Sovieg would be Sigrid Soviegdottir.  Though the case maybe that the children of either sex will take the name of either the father or the mother.

I believe the same system prevails (or did) in Russia.

In Russia you take the surname of your father and his Christian name.  Nothing at all from your mother.

So something like Alexander Petrov Lebed.  Or Alexandra Pertrova Lebeda.  Where the Father's name was Peter Lebed.

This.  It's just that girls get feminine endings, which might be where some of the confusion on this thread is coming from.   :tongue:

Though most Russians here in the US tend to use the father's last name, masculine ending, for all of their children born here -- and sometimes even those born in Russia if they immigrate as a family.  Thus, the American gymnast Nastia Liukin (who was born in Russia to rather well known gymnast parents) is Anastasia Valeryevna Liukin not Anastasia Valeryevna Liukina.  Nastia is a standard diminutive (nickname) for Anastasia.

[MilesChristi]

My uncle once recited his last name to three generations, technically its longer

[Der Kaiser]

I know in Iceland they still have the traditional practice of having the surname being the first name of the father or mother of the individual (usually father with a male and mother with a female) with -son or -dottir tacked on.  So Sigurd whose father is named Thorkill would be Sigurd Thorkillson and Sigrid whose mother is Sovieg would be Sigrid Soviegdottir.  Though the case maybe that the children of either sex will take the name of either the father or the mother.

I believe the same system prevails (or did) in Russia.

In Russia you take the surname of your father and his Christian name.  Nothing at all from your mother.

So something like Alexander Petrov Lebed.  Or Alexandra Pertrova Lebeda.  Where the Father's name was Peter Lebed.

Once again Russia proves it's better then the West.

[dymphna17]

My French-Canadian grandmother had 6 names, 4 of which were aunt's names to be honored, i.e. Julianna, Georgianna, etc.  Yet on my grandfather's side, the oldest sons all switched between Maurice and Pierre for first and middle names.  This was throughout the family for generations.

On fb, I just use my maiden name to make it easier for friends and family to find me.  I don't use it in real life, other than to excuse my attitude.  lol

[angelcookie]

I don't like the hyphenated names. To me it's like saying I do but not completely just in case....

[Penelope]

I still use my maiden name... but only because I haven't filed the paperwork to change my name yet.

[OCLittleFlower]

I still use my maiden name... but only because I haven't filed the paperwork to change my name yet.

In your state, do you need to wait to get the official certificate back from the government to make the change?  On a California driver's license, you have to go to the Social Security people, marriage certificate in hand, and get your named changed with Social Security.  Then you wait in line at the DMV and show them the paper from the Social Security people.  Or, in my case, you go to the DMV first, stand in like for two hours only to be told to drive across town to the Social Security people and wait in their line.   

[Der Kaiser]

One really stupid thing I recently heard about was a family where the husband had his name, the wife kept her (father's) last name, and when they had a kid, they created some kind of portmanteau of the two last names to give their child a brand new combo last name.

People have no pride in their ancestry anymore.

Exactly, that is the problem. I won't marry a woman who keeps her maiden name. Thankfully none of the girls I am interested in find the pretentious lesbian/femnazi idea of keepings ones maiden name a good idea. The last girl I date now went off on a 1 hour rant about how stupid that is.