Interestingly, over the past 10 years fewer and fewer women have kept their maiden names.
Wow – this is an exciting new insight!! I thought it was moving in the opposite direction. But it seems that women are still opting to take their husband’s name after marriage! This is neither good or nor bad news, really, it’s just well, interesting.
Call it tradition – call it old fashioned – call it what you will, taking your husband’s name after marriage goes way back! All the way back to Biblical Times!
What were the reasons women changed their names even way back then?
- Protection of family and wealth
- Designation of a new life direction
- Acknowledgement of God’s presence in and endorsement of the marriage
Are these three things much different than the reasons we still change our names today? Not really. Particularly for reasons 1 and reasons 2. In fact, they are at times reasons why we may NOT choose to change our names at all. Particularly as we, as a society, tend to wait longer and longer to get married; we’re already established in our careers, we have loans and cars and houses in our own names. Making a decision to change your name may cause a little bit of uproar, if you will, in our personal lives.
So – again, changing your name is a very PERSONAL decision and one that shouldn’t be entered into lightly, much like marriage.
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