Aug10
Remember when Heidi Klum took Seal's surname... 4 years after they married? Well the fashionable couple may have been jump-starting a trend, because now Portia de Rossi is taking Ellen DeGeneres' name... over two years since they wed! [via TMZ]
Maybe it's a model thing: Portia was a model before she became an actress, turning in hilarious performances in Scream 2 and "Arrested Development," and of course Heidi Klum is Heidi freakin' Klum!
Name-changing has been in the news a lot lately, from those who think brides should be forced by law to take their husband's name, to grooms taking their brides' names, to both keeping their own names or hyphenating. It's a lot to consider.
For more on changing your name, from timing to paperwork to "rules," click here.
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by: OWD
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Filed in: Celebrity Weddings, Celebrites, Wedding Traditions & Etiquette Tags: Heidi Klum, seal, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Name change, married name, Portia DeGeneres, Taking groom's name, Maiden Name
Aug11
We're pretty surprised with the results of this poll, in which half of female respondents say that women should be mandated by the government to take their husband's name.
The study, presented by the American Sociological Association from Indiana University and the University of Utah, used this question to get the fairly small sample of 815 respondents to open up about various social issues
70% of those polled felt "either somewhat or strongly, that it's beneficial for women to take her husband's last name when they marry." A researcher called the enthusiasm for government-mandated name-change "interesting."
Will you be changing your name? Do you think that brides should have to change their name?
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