With Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in office and Komeito out of the ruling coalition, the move to introduce a system allowing married couples to choose separate surnames has taken a huge step backward ...

When Sophie was pregnant, it was her partner who suggested giving their daughter her surname. "My partner is more traditional than me generally, and I was surprised that he was so comfortable to have ...

In some cultures, your surname is viewed as your family's history and legacy. Not changing hers meant honouring this, says Canberra woman Yimin Qiang. "I won't change my last name after I get married, ...

As in much of the world, children in China typically inherit their father’s surname. This was once a defining characteristic of the country’s traditional patriarchal family structures, which greatly ...

If you were pregnant and engaged, would you happily give your baby your partner’s last name, or would you want to pass down your last name to your child? In this story, one pregnant mom has decided ...

' Japanese Surname Atlas ' is a service that displays on a map the distribution of surnames at three levels: prefecture, former city, town, and village (2000), and oaza, town, and district. When you ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Who’d have kids? Pregnancy and childbirth are no walk in the park, and then you have the issue of naming your baby. First names are ...

What is the meaning behind Prince William's name, what is his official surname and why has it changed? The Prince of Wales' surname, for very interesting and historic reasons, has changed twice ...

We all dream of rich relatives kicking the bucket and leaving us their fortunes, which is why this "unexpected inheritance" scam works as well as it does. My name is Becky J. Harding, I am a senior ...

On 28 February 2016, the host of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver launched into a lengthy segment about Donald Trump, which culminated with encouragement from Oliver to use Trump's ancestral surname ...