Womens Last Names

In early medieval England last names were not common, as people only used their first names. Once the population increased it was harder to distinguish between each person since some names were more common amongst the people. Thus, surnames or last names became more common often based on lineage. It wasn’t until the ninth century england where women began to take the same last name as their husband. The reason was for the women to become “one” with their husband and was then required to assume the husband’s surname as their own. In my opinion I believe women still take their husband's last name because it’s a tradition. That’s just what happened years ago. Not only that, to some women they change their last name because they want to be apart

of that family; they could view the man's family as an amazing family that she would want to feel officially apart of. Some women dream of meeting a guy to marry and take his last name as her own. However, the opposite could be play a role as some women my feel their identity is gone because they are using someone else’s last name, or they do feel like some sort of property owned by the man. The major reason why they take the last name is because of tradition, I believe that is the biggest reason along with the examples I presented abov