After marriage, why do women have to change their surnames to their husband’s? Why can't they keep their maiden ones?
After marriage, why do women have to change their surname?
Is it possible for an Indian woman not to change her surname after marriage? Wife surname change.Marriage certificate and her passport is having her maiden name.Now we want to change it to husband's surname? Should Indian women take up their husbands' surname after marriage? What is the history behind the wife taking the husband's last name (surname) after marriage? Besides China and Korea, in what other countries does the wife not change her surname to her husband's after marriage? While applying for a passport I gave my wife's surname as mine but she has her maiden surname in the marriage certificate. Will this create a problem? Do men generally get offended if a woman keeps her maiden name? If a woman with a name that follows the Icelandic naming custom were to marry a European man with a surname, does she adopt his surname or continue with hers (or lack thereof)? What does it take to change a surname in India? Can a divorced women use her maiden name and surname for her child? I don't want to use my surname anymore? What if the candidate switched her name after getting married? Do women who take their husband's last name divorce less frequently? Should I legally change my first name? Why did or didn't you take your husband's last name after marriage? Why do (most) Japanese women take their husband's name? What does it feel like to change your first name? What are the legal consequences of changing my first name? How does it feel to get your name changed because of numerology? What are reasons why people change their gender? Is it legal to change my name just because I hate it? Have you ever thought about changing your first name? Why does nearly every form ever require you to give your mother's maiden name? If you legally change your name, can people still look up your birth name? What are the legal implications, if any, for a lady retaining her maiden surname post-marriage in India? If someone's name is changed in a marriage certificate then is it mandatory to change it in their passport? If a woman from a take-the-husband's-last-name culture marries a man from a family-name-comes-first culture, how is the new name determined? Is it possible to change your first and second name in Sweden? Should I legally change my name? Can I legally change my name?