If you married a woman, would you take on her last name?

[CivGeneral]

Depends, is the the only female daughter? If so, then I would take her last name.

[snoopy369]

I value having a single last name for the family. It's something of an issue for me and my long-term gf, we're not sure what we want to do ... I have a feeling I'll end up taking hers, but it is not set in stone.

I value having a single last name for various semilegal purposes, credit cards, school, etc... also less confusing for the kids, especially if we live in a small town, which we may. Hyphenated is annoying and unnecessary. We could both use a middle name last name combo, of course, with one of our names being middle names for both of us, but I'm not sure about that.

Ultimately I'm closer to her family than to mine, so ... that's probably the way we'll go

[b etor]

I dislike my family greatly. I'm going to take my husband's last name.

[Leifmk]

I'd consider it, if hers was significantly rarer and/or cooler than mine. This is however not the case in reality.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Dis
Kenobi is a good name though.

Yeah, take on the Jedi name instead

[self biased]

i know a guy who took on his wife's name. he's in a punk band and her surname is 'savage.'

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
What last name do you give your kids??

Boys get mine, girls get hers.

Transgendered get to choose.

The rationale I have for not changing names is because the name is such a part of identity; while a commitment on the level of marriage does change that, what happens when it ends? (Note I don't say if. Too many marriages end prematurely; why bother changing your name because of that?) You don't suddenly go from Jane Smith to Jane Jameson back to Jane Smith when you split, nor are you still Jane Jameson.

In any case, there's also that Korean tradition that the wife keeps her maiden name (offspring assume the father's surname), so one could argue tradition or something.

[Adagio]

If she's got a great last name then I might take it, but if she's just got normal last name then there's no way I would take it
I like my last name

[C0ckney]

not a chance.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
It's probably Grant or Adams, since Davis was actually pretty good.

Tyler?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
It's probably Grant or Adams, since Davis was actually pretty good.

... since when?

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
If it was an unavoidably cool name I'd get it hyphenated on.

If she was the heiress to an immense family fame and fortune, I'd get it hyphenated, as well.

I would have to be careful about hyphenated names. Even trivial names like White or Day would cause much hilarity, let alone unusual names like Pudding or Tree.

[Heresson]

I wouldn't marry a woman

[Krill]

I don't have any attachment to my last name. I'd probably prefer to come up with a new last name with my wife if we were changing names.

[b etor]

Originally posted by Heresson
I wouldn't marry a woman

me neither.