![Why do some women choose to keep their maiden name rather than take their husband's last name after getting married? Why do some women choose to keep their maiden name rather than take their husband's last name after getting married?](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iimY8L24Q1c/WraEyQCVGNI/AAAAAAANgXo/08rb37c7TQAv-pZCL6gtcGRVeOsDpY3sQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG-20180324-WA0015.jpg)
Why do some women choose to keep their maiden name rather than take their husband's last name after getting married?
![Guy de Maupassant Quote: “Her name was Marroca, probably her maiden name, and she pronounced it as though it had fifteen r's in it.” Guy de Maupassant Quote: “Her name was Marroca, probably her maiden name, and she pronounced it as though it had fifteen r's in it.”](https://quotefancy.com/media/wallpaper/1600x900/6975299-Guy-de-Maupassant-Quote-Her-name-was-Marroca-probably-her-maiden.jpg)
Guy de Maupassant Quote: “Her name was Marroca, probably her maiden name, and she pronounced it as though it had fifteen r's in it.”
![Mrs. Whaley (died 1798, Isle of Man). Artist: Attributed to George Chinnery (British, London 1774-1852 Macau). Dimensions: 93 1/2 x 58 in. (237.5 x 147.3 cm). The sitter's maiden name was Maria Mrs. Whaley (died 1798, Isle of Man). Artist: Attributed to George Chinnery (British, London 1774-1852 Macau). Dimensions: 93 1/2 x 58 in. (237.5 x 147.3 cm). The sitter's maiden name was Maria](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PAB5NT/mrs-whaley-died-1798-isle-of-man-artist-attributed-to-george-chinnery-british-london-1774-1852-macau-dimensions-93-12-x-58-in-2375-x-1473-cm-the-sitters-maiden-name-was-maria-courtney-but-for-some-seven-or-eight-years-before-her-death-in-1798-in-douglas-isle-of-man-she-was-known-as-mrs-whaley-she-was-the-constant-companion-of-a-wealthy-and-dissolute-young-irishman-thomas-or-buck-whaley-by-whom-she-had-four-children-thomas-richard-ann-and-sophia-isabella-they-lived-in-a-house-buck-whaley-built-on-the-isle-of-man-where-this-portrait-may-have-hung-in-the-dining-r-PAB5NT.jpg)
Mrs. Whaley (died 1798, Isle of Man). Artist: Attributed to George Chinnery (British, London 1774-1852 Macau). Dimensions: 93 1/2 x 58 in. (237.5 x 147.3 cm). The sitter's maiden name was Maria
![Men: Why do you have a hypenated name? Women omen: Well because just because lin married doesn't mean my husband owns me. I'm keeping my maiden name. Men: That's your father's name Men: Why do you have a hypenated name? Women omen: Well because just because lin married doesn't mean my husband owns me. I'm keeping my maiden name. Men: That's your father's name](https://imageproxyb.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/5101ae470a0377f601ea34db42c551cb38208d09eb5d80f02d13d27ade0da002_1.jpg)
Men: Why do you have a hypenated name? Women omen: Well because just because lin married doesn't mean my husband owns me. I'm keeping my maiden name. Men: That's your father's name
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