A french man becomes the first in France to take wife's surname

I don't think that my husband would change his last name to mine. He likes his name too much and I love it also. Although a lot of people pronounce our last name wrong, he like his last name and he would keep it. I don't like what my last name was, it was just too simple.

Remember, he changed it because his surname was hard to pronounce and not because he wanted to change with any other view that could mean gender equality or anything else in the view of the society. He may continue to show his male supremacy..

That's really an interesting story and it's the first time that I heard a man changed his surname to take his wife's surname. It may not only be first time in France but rather it's the first record in the world. Thanks for sharing this interesting information. I think it's too unfair for him that companies or employers hardly consider him for employment just because his surname is hard to pronounce. That is discrimination in my opinion.

Plenty of people do change their name especially if it's one they do not like. To use the name into the one of your partner famous people but also royalty already do since ages. As long as I can remember for female it's a right to use the name of their husband but it was never the law. I never used the name of my ex husband. Our law is changed here as well. Also children will have the name of their mother unless since the mother is the only parent for sure. She has to allow it if the children get the name of the father (my children have my name as well since to my opinion/believe it's the mother who gives the bloodline not the father). If I was a turkish man living in France I would change my name into my wifes too. This way I would probably be less discriminated and have way more opportunities. But I am sure if this man goes back to Turkey he will use his own name again.

It's really good that they have that law,——gender equality law. I never know about the law in my living place. But I feel it's really good, I hope my husband can change his surname into mine, just a joke, I believe he won't do that! Thanks for sharing, friend.

Is this really a surprising story? This has happened in the UK for a long time. My Brother changed his name to his wife's name when they married... That didn't end well and he changed it back

That's quite unusual. I wouldn't change my surname into my wife's unless it's a big deal for her. My surname is easy to understand here in my country so I can leave it as it is. If, for instance, I married in another country and my surname is hard to understand there, that's when I'll change my surname to something her's.

Thanks a ton for sharing this discussion. Well this is really surprising and shocking to hear that this guy could go to this extent and i think he has certainly given us a chance to think if we would have done the same thing had we been in his place. Well coming back to my case, i would have been hesitant to change my surname at least as a surname represents the tradition of a family and it is the headache of the public if they are not able to spell my surname and not mine. What say?