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When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.
I just need to get used to it, I kept telling myself. But I couldn't. Unfortunately, the process of going back to your maiden name isn't so easy.
A 2015 The New York Times study found that about 30 percent of married women keep their maiden names or add their husband’s name to their own—a big uptick since the 1980s and the 1970s when ...
Also some just add the husband's surname keeping any existing middle name/s and their maiden name as another middle name e.g. Madonna (entertainer). Obviously sources should help to resolve the matter (preferably those with a worldwide view in case there is e.g. difference in the Commonwealth vs US practice) Nil Einne ( talk ) 22:49, 27 August ...
The League was restarted in 1950 by Jane Grant, plus twenty two former members, its first meeting being on 22 Mar 1950 in New York City.Grant promptly won the Census Bureau's agreement that a married woman could use her maiden surname as her official or real name in the census.
A Dutch study suggests a way for brides to pick up an extra half million dollars by doing nothing--specifically, by not changing their names. Women who kept their maiden names
Women who continue to use their maiden name, after marriage, are still occasionally known as "Lucy Stoners," in the United States. [5] In 1921, the Lucy Stone League was founded in New York City by Ruth Hale , described in 1924 by Time as the "'Lucy Stone'-spouse" of Heywood Broun . [ 163 ]
The article is very explicit that "maiden name" is synonymous with "birth name" in the opening paragraph, for example: "that name replaces the person's birth surname" But in many cases, this will not be true - women who were adopted when young will often have a different surname on marriage, and this is what is usually referred to as their ...