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I'm the last of my line, and for that reason I plan to retain my surname when I marry ~ and the current boyf's last name is Jackson. There are plenty of those... so his feelings couldn't *possibly* be hurt. Besides, I'm hard-pressed to come up with a name other than "Haug" that works well with "Dagny".
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In Spanish, a man, Juan Gomez, marries a woman, Amelia Sanchez. Juan Gomez remains Juan Gomez. Amelia Sanchez becomes Amelia Sanchez de Gomez. They have a son, Jesus. He is Jesus Gomez Sanchez. He may choose to leave his mother's name off in informal setting or use the initial S. They have a daughter, Gloria. She becomes Gloria Gomez Sanchez. When she marries Jorge Ramirez N., she becomes Gloria Gomez de Ramirez. Their childrens' last name will be Ramirez Gomez. This goes on and on and on and on............ 
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A married couple we are good friends with went with her maiden name for the children. His surname is Seamen. True.
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In Québec, by law since 1981 or 82, women do not take their husband's name after marriage. There are no hurt feelings (from husband or wife) since majority of the people now getting married know only of that system. I believe this is only in Québec and that in the rest of Canada the women automatically are switched to the husband's name.
As to children's last names, the great majority get the father's last name, the balance hyphenate both names.
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I'm hard-pressed to come up with a name other than "Haug" that works well with "Dagny".
Abbott?
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Yeah, thanks a heap, Doc. I'll look for prospects in the phone book...   Clever, I must admit.
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And then there is the possibility of Fye, Fie, Feigh, or if you want to go a little crazy, Frye. You don't have to dagnyfry this post with an answer, babe
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Sorry to resurrect a dying thread, but I want to clarify what belM says about Canadian name/marriage laws. In Manitoba there was no obligation at all about names. You had the choice of keeping your name, taking your spouse's name, adding it to your name, adding it and hyphenating it, keeping one name as a new middle name and one as a last name. Also, it is symmetric with respect to gender, so my husband could have taken my name.
I gather, though, that other provinces are different. My professor (who got married in B. C.) says the rules were different for them, and his wife was "forced" into taking his name at the last minute (ok, they didn't know the rules in advance and she had to make a hurried decision). And as belM has told us, the rules are different still in Québec.
However, I have heard (and it would be great if you could clarify this, belM), that in Québec you must marry in a church, that there is no such thing as a "civil ceremony". And that this somehow accounts for a much higher percentage of common-law relationships in that province - if people don't want to get married in a church, there is no other option. True or false?
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Weeell, there are no rules at all in Zild. I guess that most wives still take their husbands' name nationally, but in Wellington it's usual for the wife - who often has a career as important to her as her new husband's is to him - to keep her own name. Saves on business card reprints.
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However, I have heard ...that in Québec you must marry in a church, that there is no such thing as a "civil ceremony". And that this somehow accounts for a much higher percentage of common-law relationships in that province
Good gosh no. You don't have to marry in a church. You can get married at the Palais de justice (courthouse I suppose is the accurate translation). Most first-time marriages do occur in church though because of the grandeur of walking down the aisle in that white wedding dress.
Common-law unions...wellll, I think the French have a very open mind when it comes to relationships and having sex. Waiting to get married before having sex went out of style in my parent's generation (and even then). Starting in the 70's it became common-place to live together instead of getting married. There was very little stigma attached to it so it just became an other option.
It is now extremely rare that someone will not be living with his/her future spouse when they get married.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I am talking about *French* Québecers only. Anglophones have somewhat the same mores and allophones not at all.
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