tradition until the 1950s. During the Communist rule of Hungary, great emphasis was put upon the equality of women and men, and from that time, women could either choose to keep their maiden name or take that of their husband. Most women did the latter except for artists. Now, the alternatives for a woman when she marries are as shown below (using the examples of and – Júlia and Sándor are their given names): Júlia can keep her maiden name, as Szendrey Júlia (now very popular, especially among more-educated women). Júlia gives up her name, adds the suffix -né to her husband's full name, and will be called . Júlia adds the suffix to her husband's family name, adds her full name and will be called . Júlia adds the suffix to her husband's full name, adds her full name and will be called Petőfi Sándorné Szendrey Júlia (less popular these days, because it is long to write). Júlia takes her husband's family name, keeps her given name "Júlia" and will be called . The applicable law, which used to give substantially different sets of options to women and men, was declared sexist and unconstitutional. The ensuing amendment, in force since 2004, also lists options for men. Thus: Sándor can keep his birth name, as Petőfi Sándor (the most common choice). Sándor takes his wife's family name, keeps his given name "Sándor" and will be called (often considered when the wife's family name sounds remarkably better than the husband's one). A further new option is hyphenation. In our example, the family name or will be introduced for one or both parties. A sole party not assuming the hyphenated form keeps his or her original family name. Note that using opposing hyphenations (i.e. Szendrey-Petőfi Sándor and Petőfi-Szendrey Júlia) and exchanging names (i.e. Petőfi Sándor and Szendrey Júlia become Szendrey Sándor and Petőfi Júlia) are not allowed. Also, one can have a maximum of two last names. If one or both partners-to-be come to the marriage with more than one surname, they will have to agree which ones to keep. Both the bride and groom have to declare at the wedding which name they will use, and they have to declare which family name their children will get (which can be changed until the birth of the first child). Children can get either parent's surname, if it is on the marriage certificate,