When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Name change - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_change

    Specifically in California, Code of Civil Procedure § 1279.5 and Family Code § 2082 regulate common law and court decreed name changes. Code of Civil Procedure § 1279.5 (a) reads, "Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e), nothing in this title shall be construed to abrogate the common law right of any person to change his or ...

  3. Maiden and married names - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_and_married_names

    When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.

  4. Naming in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_in_the_United_States

    One naming law that some [7] find restrictive is California's ban on diacritics such as in José, a common Spanish name.The Office of Vital Records in California requires that names contain only the 26 alphabetical characters of the English language, plus hyphens and apostrophes.

  5. 8 out of 10 women change their name after marriage ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/finance/8-10-women-change-name...

    In the U.S., 80% of married women in opposite-sex relationships take their husband's surname, according to a study from Pew Research published last year. It's a trend that has showed little signs ...

  6. Naming customs of Hispanic America - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_customs_of_Hispanic...

    In Colombia, the use is two surnames: first the paternal surname and then the maternal surname. Married women used to change their second last name for their husband's first last name adding the preposition "de" between the two last names. However, in recent years, married women do not change their original family names for their husband's.

  7. Name blending - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_blending

    Name blending, meshing, or melding is the practice of combining two existing names to form a new name. [1] It is most commonly performed upon marriage.According to Western tradition, the wife normally adopts the husband's surname upon marriage.

  8. New Pew survey shows how many men and women change their ...

    www.aol.com/younger-educated-women-less-likely...

    About 9% of women ages 50 and older said they kept their last name, in comparison with 20% of women between 18 and 49, the survey showed. And 26% of women with a postgraduate degree said they kept ...

  9. Geographical renaming - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_renaming

    The city changed its name to "Eastpointe" after a vote in 1992; the name change had been proposed to reduce its association with the adjacent city of Detroit (a move that offended many Detroit residents), and the "-pointe" is intended to associate the city with the exclusive communities of the Grosse Pointes.