**Theme 1: Societal Attitudes and Trends in Surname Change**
1. **Bame, Y. (2017)** - Should women take their husband’s surname? Younger generations
are less likely to think so. YouGov. [Link]([Link]
younger-generations-less-likely-think-women-should)
2. **Beshay. (2024)** - About 8 in 10 women in opposite-sex marriages say they took their
husband’s last name. Pew Research Center. [Link]([Link]
reads/2023/09/07/about-eight-in-ten-women-in-opposite-sex-marriages-say-they-took-their-
husbands-last-name)
3. **Hurst-Rollins, N. (2022)** - The ability to change your name after marriage depends on
your sex. University of Cincinnati Law Review Blog. [Link]
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depends-on-your-sex)
4. **Jones, T. (2024)** - Men changing their last names to their wives' Marriage Name
Change. [Link]([Link]
5. **MacEacheron, M. (2020)** - Women’s marital surname change by bride’s Age and
jurisdiction of Residence: a replication. Names, 68(4), 193–209. [DOI]
([Link]
6. **Oksaniuk, O. (2024)** - Features of implementation of the wife's right to choose a
surname: Comparative and applied aspects. *Analytical and Comparative Jurisprudence*,
*2*(2), 239–242. [DOI]([Link]
7. **The History Behind Maiden vs. Married Names | Washington Wedding Day. (n.d.).** -
[Link]([Link]
8. **Vassuer-Bovar, C. (2017)** - When taking a married name no longer goes without saying
on JSTOR. (n.d.). [Link]([Link]
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**Theme 2: Gender Dynamics and Identity in Surname Change**
1. **Castrén, A. (2018)** - Becoming “US”: marital name, gender, and agentic work in
transition to marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81(1), 248–263. [DOI]
([Link]
2. **Drea, K., Brown, M., & Sacco, D. F. (2021)** - Functional perceptions of relational
success and infidelity concerns for violators of gendered naming conventions in marriage.
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(11), 3142-3155. [DOI]
([Link]
3. **Pilcher, J. (2017)** - Names and “Doing Gender”: How forenames and surnames
contribute to gender identities, difference, and inequalities. Sex Roles, 77(11–12), 812–822.
[DOI]([Link]
4. **Robnett, R. D., Underwood, C. R., Nelson, P. A., & Anderson, K. J. (2016)** - “She
Might be Afraid of Commitment”: Perceptions of Women Who Retain Their Surname After
Marriage. Sex Roles, 75(9–10), 500–513. [DOI]([Link]
5. **Shafer, E. F. (2017)** - Hillary Rodham versus Hillary Clinton: Consequences of
surname Choice in Marriage. Gender Issues, 34(4), 316–332. [DOI]
([Link]
6. **Shafer, E. F., & Christensen, M. A. (2018)** - Flipping the (Surname) script: Men’s
nontraditional surname choice at marriage. Journal of Family Issues, 39(11), 3055–3074.
[DOI]([Link]
7. **Stoiko, R. R., & Strough, J. (2017)** - ‘Choosing’ the patriarchal norm: emerging adults’
marital last name change attitudes, plans, and rationales. Gender Issues, 34(4), 295–315.
[DOI]([Link]
8. **Taniguchi, H., & Kaufman, G. (2019)** - Attitudes toward married persons’ surnames in
Twenty-First Century Japan. Gender Issues, 37(3), 205–222.
[DOI]([Link]
**Theme 3: Legal and Cultural Perspectives on Surname Change**
1. **Kartal, D. B. (2020)** - Recent developments in Turkish law regarding the surname of a
married woman. [Link]. [Link]([Link]
2. **MacEacheron, M. (2016)** - North American Women’s Marital surname Change:
Practices, law, and patrilineal descent reckoning. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2(2),
149–161. [DOI]([Link]
3. **MacEacheron, M. (2024)** - Canadian Brides’-to-Be surname choice: Potential evidence
of transmitted bilateral descent reckoning. Genealogy, 8(1), 13. [DOI]
([Link]
4. **Omura, M. (2019)** - Why Can’t I keep my Surname? The Fairness and Welfare of the
Japanese Legal System. Feminist Economics, 25(3), 171–200. [DOI]
([Link]
5. **Oksaniuk, O. (2024)** - Features of implementation of the wife's right to choose a
surname: Comparative and applied aspects. *Analytical and Comparative Jurisprudence*,
*2*(2), 239–242. [DOI]([Link]
6. **Parmar, R. (2020)** - Transacting caste in modern times: Changing social identity
through surnames in urban Gujarat. *Contemporary Voice of Dalit*, *12*(2), 14–27. [DOI]
([Link]
7. . **Chayinska, M., Uluğ, Ö. M., Solak, N., Kanık, B., & Çuvaş, B. (2021)** - Obstacles to
Birth Surname Retention Upon Marriage: How Do Hostile Sexism and System Justification
Predict Support for Marital Surname Change Among Women?. Frontiers in Psychology, 12,
702553. [DOI]([Link]
8. **Palmwood, E. N. (2024)** - Ambivalent sexism impacts attitudes toward marital surname
change decisions. Sexuality & Culture. [DOI]([Link]
**Theme 4: Social Mobility, Career Implications, and Individual Experiences**
1. Atir, S. (2018)** - How gender determines the way we speak about professionals. JSTOR.
[Link]([Link]
2. **Benko, D. (2018)** - Female experience with changing or keeping the surname after
marriage: qualitative research. [Link]. [Link]
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3. **Clark, G., Cummins, N., Hao, Y., & Vidal, D. D. (2015)** - Surnames: A new source for
the history of social mobility. Explorations in Economic History, 55, 3–24. [DOI]
([Link]
4. **Coleman, J. M., & Oliver, R. T. (2014)** - The matrinomen ceremony: a new marital
Name-Change option. SciSpace - Paper. [Link]([Link]
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fbclid=IwY2xjawFeAyRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHStatyuYZi0lIyKzdDu53S9bgF8G4Zp60b
hqbUCABiKJz2OSqeHgJ96F7w_aem_Zv8KLhlZJ0xLUMFa6rvrKA)
5. **Grieser, S., & Stoeger, H. (2022)** - Keeping her surname as a middle name at marriage:
What impact does this have on hiring decisions and promotion likelihood in academia?
Societies, 12(2), 95. [DOI]([Link]
6. **Keels, M. M., & Powers, R. S. (2013)** - Marital name changing: Delving deeper into
women’s reasons. *Advances in Applied Sociology*, *3*, 301-306. [DOI]
([Link]
7. **Scheuble, L. K., & Johnson, D. R. (2016)** - Keeping Her Surname as a Middle Name at
Marriage: What Predicts this Practice Among Married Women Who Take Their Husband’s
Last Name? Names, 64(4), 202–216. [DOI]
([Link]
8. **Stefanova, V., Latu, I., & Taylor, L. (2023)** - What is in a name? Exploring perceptions
of surname change in hiring evaluations in academia. Social Sciences, 12(2), 95. [DOI]
([Link]
9. Walker, J. L. G. (2012)** - "I now pronounce you...uhh": A qualitative autoethnographic
exploration of women's and men's marital surname-choice experiences. *Cornerstone: A
Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato*.
[Link]([Link]