Would you give up your name when you get married?

Nope, and I wouldn't ask him to either.

 

Depends on the person and situation.

 

I don't like my last name, so I don't think I'd really want to hold onto it. However, I really like my boyfriend's last name... haha

 

Yes, I would - no doubt about it! >.<

I really don't like my last name, so I wouldn't be fighting to keep it or anything. Also, I really would like to just keep my lover's last name. I dunno... so, it's like I'm completely part of their family? It's really dumb, I know, but I think it would be nice. :icon_redf

 

No. I like my last name. It's my mother's surname, if I had my father's it might be a different story but I'd probably have changed it to her's by now regardless, aside from anything else he has a very common and unappealing surname whereas ours is brilliant. It actually means 'petite/beautiful', plus I like that virtually nobody I meet knows how to pronounce it, so I get to hear some amusing attempts.

If my partner had a really great name I might consider adding it in some form or fashion I suppose, but then I'm not very big on marriage in the first place. Maybe we can just change our names to a combined one and then not get married, to confuse everyone :lol:.

 

Not wasting my time with the silliness that is marriage, imo, so I don't have to even worry this consideration, heh. :v

 

This is going to sound really random. But my family is 100% Italian because the grandparents parents on both sides came to America from Italy. My first name is Gabriella which has a nice Italian flare, so I probably wouldn't want to completely give up my last name because I love how it sounds with a. my name, and b. how it reminds me of my family and my family history.

 

Doubt it, my last name is very ethnic (Family came here from Denmark), it was never changed and it's hard as hell for most people to say, so unless my mates name was cooler than mine.......no dice. =)

 

Nope. My last name sounds pretty fancy. On top of that, out of respect for my family, seems like i'm the only child in the family to carry on the name.

 

Lol, Quebec is probably one of the only places in the world where it's illegal to do so

We realized that the rate of divorce was so high that we could not even trace people back anymore, so it got banned. The only people it bothers are outsiders who are ''scandalized'' when they learn they can't take their husband's name.

I never understood why you would ever want to give up your name, so even if I could, I would prefer to keep my identity.

 

Where I live, everyone keeps their last name

 

I would personally just because I don't feel any sentimental attachment to my last name. It's only my last name because a guy technically adopted my dad a long time ago and gave him that name. He's not even my grandfather anymore and I rarely see him so yeah. Although if I did have, say, one of my parents' original last names I'd probably want to keep it.

 

I love my last name and all the puns I can make with it. So no I wouldnt.

 

I don't think I could, my last name is so rare I think it would be a crime!

Although if we went hyphenated we would be the only ones in the world!

 

Haha I voted "no", but actually after reading some of these my position has evolved a bit.
My last name is super common and frankly a bore to have, but changing it would depend on the person and what the situation is.

 

Yes, without hesitation! I'm surprised I haven't ditched my last name of my own accord already, no marriage required, haha.

(This is kind of assuming that I'd be marrying my girlfriend, though! If it was anyone else it would be very dependent on what their last name actually was. My existing surname is quite nice, really. I just dislike it by association.)

 

Voted yes. My surname is probably one of the most irrelevant things I can think of.

 

Honestly, I really don't care about my name and I don't understand why anyone has a preference.

 

No, I like my family name and am proud to be of my family name. Plus I don't want to have a different surname than my two sons.

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