As a WOMAN, Would you still use your SURNAMES after getting married?

Yes. I kept my last name and added my husband's last name on to it. I wanted him to actually take my last name when we got married but he didn't want to. He would do it now if we ever renewed our vows though.

I used to think that Id want to keep my last name when I do get married. That was one of the reasons why I wanted to become a doctor or a lawyer.LOL My last name is also my nickname with high school friends so Im sometimes known by my last name other than my given name. Keeping my last name would indeed be advantageous on my part because our family have a lot of connections. So to be easily recognized, the last name would say it all. As I grow older however, I am getting comfortable with the thought of acquiring my husbands last name. It would be a symbol of giving myself all to him and that I will give up my family name because of my love for him. Something like that.^_^

My son and daughter-in-law combined both their names, his first and hers second. In some cultures they do it the opposite. I think that if the names are combined, it is fine with me and I know in some Spanish cultures, they do that, but I have no idea in what order. My daughter-in-law was of German background, but they were German Catholics so there might have been some French mixed in as well. I do know that if the families were upper or upper middle class, they did that, but not the ordinary people. I do not like it when the woman retains her maiden name because it gives one the idea that they are not really married and just living together.

If it is okay, I want to still use my surname but it is much better if I used my husband surname.I understand woman change their surname once they get married. It is important to let people to know that I already change my status. If you love your husband for sure you are proud to carry his name, for me I do use my husband's name , I prefer and love to do it.

I'm crazily traditional. There is no way I wouldn't use my husband's last name if and when I were to get married; to me, using one's maiden name after marriage reeks of uber-feminism, which I'm not too thrilled with. So no...no maiden name for me after marriage.

I still use my surname, and always will.

Personally, i think that marriage is a choice. And, by marrying,then i think the woman should be willing to take on the name of the man that she chose to marry. To me, that is, a part of getting married: To become as one. To be best of friends, and to share a life together.

It has never been enforced in my country to change the surname to husband name once married. We still have the liberty to keep our maiden name as long as we wish. And I have maintain mine. It is a personal choice and am happy to have my individual identity so maintain my name as it is.

When i got married i chose to take my husbands name. It was my choice to do this. I think that it is just a personal choice of each woman as to what she wishes to do. I think that the only problems that would come up if a woman chooses to keep her surname is what name is going to be given to the children if their are any in the marriage. The fathers surname, or the mothers.....Or do you use both.

Letting go of a maiden name is a matter of choice. While it is true that when a woman decides to marry, part of the unwritten covenant is that she should be ready to let go of things that have to do with her being single, maiden name is one of those that she can keep if she desires to do so. Of course it will make things easier if the husband consents to it, or at least knows of the wife's intention not to use his name. Big celebrities manage to keep their popular names despite their married status, so I don't see any reason why ordinary people can't do the same.

I'm always going to keep mine. It's a part of who I am, it's my given name. Plus, it's kind of cool... It's the name of a town in England, ha ha. Nobody could persuade me to ditch my surname upon marriage. I think every woman has the right to select what to do with her maiden name. She should probably run it by her husband-to-be, so as to not cause any upset. He shouldn't have the ultimate say, of course, but she should make him aware of her feelings. It is perfectly within a woman's legal rights in my country to keep her maiden name upon marriage. Many women will go the hyphen route, keeping her maiden name and adding her husband's surname.

I think I will keep my surname... Or maybe just add my husband's to it.