I know of a lot of women who have not changed their names after marriage, and it seems to be ok with the husband. 

Most women opt for the hyphenated last name as to preserve both her roots and his, while others drop their original middle name (or keep it) and use their maiden names as middle names. 

As odd as this may sound, I read an article a few months back about men beginning to change their last name to that of their wife's!

It just depends on the couple

[/quoteyou know my mother is BEATRICE (BETTY) BLACK-BRIGGS

i don't know whether my only sister out of 4 kids will look into your idea in order to retain her present surname.]


IBBY love your mum's name. But you are there to carry on your father's name , aren't you going to marry and have kids or are you, hmm?
i meant when there are no males in the family. Never mind

some one said about the names not sounding nice, come on, surely if you love your man it shouldn't matter .
Oh! except for the poor kids on the play ground , hmmm, now that can be tricky imagine ''ukelegharahia''whoa thats actually my cousins married name.

No offense to the Ibo's in the house just messing around.

Remain in your father's house.

If you cannot change your maiden name to your husband's, then you might as well not marry.

The surname I bear is not even mine - afterall, I did not coin it - so this is not a big deal.  However, it can be troublesome to deal with third parties who are surprised that your wife doesn't share your surname.  So if the husband's surname is not good, perhaps the husband and wife can agree on a new name to share?