Most Millennial women take their husband’s surname, but for some couples there are more creative options.
Jess LeWatt’s surname doesn’t come from either of her parents. Rather, it came about over a beer with friends in London. Formerly Jess Lee, she and her partner, Sam Watt, hadn’t planned to change their names when they entered a civil partnership. But the imminent arrival of a baby two years ago changed that.
LeWatt is happy with her decision, but she’s part of a surprising minority of Australian women who aren’t taking their partners’ surnames after marriage. Men taking their wives’ last names is nearly unheard of, she says, with just one groom in her entire career doing so, and creating a new last name out of each partners’ surnames has also “never been a popular option”.
“It’s crazy high, ridiculously high,” she says, estimating that 85 per cent of the brides in the 350 weddings she has officiated took their husband’s surname. Like Abbott, she finds that most women keeping their maiden names do so because they have professional reputations tied to their existing surnames.Anecdotally, Millennials are also surprised by how many of their peers are changing their names when they marry.Carmen and Dave Allan-Petale went with a double-barrel name when they married.Her childhood friends from Larras Lee, near Dubbo, all adopted their husbands’ surnames.
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