On 22 Aug 2006, at 21:44, LiduinaAD wrote:
When you get married in UK, do you lose your maiden name or do you
keep it
with the name of your husband ? For example: my maiden name is
Heijblom, my
husband's name is Jaumotte and since I'm married, my name is
Jaumotte-Heijblom. Is it the same in UK ?
Until very recently it was usual (but not obligatory) for a woman to
drop her maiden name and start using her husband's name. Over the last
few years some women have started using both names - some put the
maiden name first then the married name, others have it the other way
around. A colleague of mine uses both names, and so does her husband.
Jean replied:
The double-barrelled name is often used to keep a family name from
dying out on the female side if there are no males to carry it on.
It's also used for effect (sounds a bit posher than just one name). Or
it's used to lose a name.
That's true, but historically, a double barrelled name is more likely
to have come about through an illegitimate child using both parents
names.
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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