married name
Post-wedding last name
A married name is the surname a person adopts upon marriage, typically replacing or hyphenating with their birth surname.
Traditionally, women took their husband's family name, though contemporary practice varies widely.
The term distinguishes someone's current legal surname from their maiden name or birth name.
She published her early work under her married name.
Formal written attestation
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- petitionFormal written appeal
documentation · social security · official · amendment · records · bank accounts · DMV · bureaucracy
Hereditary family identifier
- double-barrelledHaving two parallel tubes
- titleFormal honorific or name
- MrsMarried woman's title
- honorificRespectful form of address
patronymic · matronymic · moniker · identity · signature · documents · passport · records
Habitual group practice
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- cultureCollective social practices
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
patrilineal · lineage · ancestry · continuity · legacy · generational · family line · practice
Settled course of action
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- feministGender equality proponent
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
hyphenation · keeping · taking · blending · career · personal choice · discussion
certificate
Formal written attestation
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- court orderBinding judicial directive
petition · documentation · social security · official · amendment · records · bank accounts · DMV · bureaucracy
surname
Hereditary family identifier
- double-barrelledHaving two parallel tubes
- titleFormal honorific or name
- MrsMarried woman's title
honorific · patronymic · matronymic · moniker · identity · signature · documents · passport · records
custom
Habitual group practice
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- cultureCollective social practices
ritual · patrilineal · lineage · ancestry · continuity · legacy · generational · family line · practice
decision
Settled course of action
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- feministGender equality proponent
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
compromise · hyphenation · keeping · taking · blending · career · personal choice · discussion
- Marriage Namessurname change
- name changescourt order, surname change, court filing, court approval, judicial decree
- name typespatronymic, matronymic, nicknames, pseudonyms, pen names
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- surnamesSmith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones
- namesgiven names, first names, names, surnames, last names