Bread and butter Quote by Stephen King

“I want to meet and marry a girl with the same last name as me, so I can show how modern and feminist I…

— Jarod Kintz

“I thought, men who changed their names were likely to be con-men, criminals, undercover agents or magicians, whereas women who changed their names were…

— Margaret Atwood

“The names they gave were false ones, though the vows they made were true.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“Did all women married to well-known men struggle for recognition?”

— Nancy Horan

“The moment I heard her name I fell in love. Of course I fell in love with the wrong name, so I made her…

— Jarod Kintz

“Women are hard to keep track of, most of them. They slip into other names, and sink without a trace.”

— Margaret Atwood

It still may take some explaining, but many more women are keeping their birth names (and not calling them maiden names, with all the…

— Gloria Steinem

“When I married Mr. Right, I didn’t realize his first name was ALWAYS.”

— Jill Kargman

“In our time, Universalism as such, like a spinster lady late in life, took a husband, and although they agreed to hyphenate their married…

— Max Coots

The vast majority of women who marry still take their husband's name. And I'm not vilifying that behavior! But that's a pattern where women…

— Rebecca Traister

“The bride will keep her name and, after considerable negotiation, the groom will, too.”

— Meg Waite Clayton

Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers.

— Zoe Saldana