▁References ▁ ▁Category : P ride ▁Fight ing ▁Championships ▁events ▁Category : 2 0 0 4 ▁in ▁mixed ▁mart ial ▁arts <0x0A> </s> ▁When ▁a ▁person ▁( trad itionally ▁the ▁wife ▁in ▁many ▁cult ures ) ▁assumes ▁the ▁family ▁name ▁of ▁their ▁sp ouse , ▁that ▁name ▁rep laces ▁the ▁person ' s ▁previous ▁surname , ▁which ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁the ▁wife ▁is ▁called ▁the ▁ma iden ▁name ▁( b irth ▁name ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁gender - neut ral ▁or ▁mascul ine ▁substitute ▁for ▁ma iden ▁name ), ▁whereas ▁a ▁married ▁name ▁is ▁a ▁family ▁name ▁or ▁surname ▁adopted ▁by ▁a ▁person ▁upon ▁marriage . ▁In ▁Scotland ▁it ▁is ▁legal ▁and ▁not ▁unusual ▁for ▁a ▁woman ▁to ▁retain ▁her ▁ma iden ▁name ▁after ▁marriage . ▁In ▁point ▁of ▁fact ▁if ▁a ▁woman ' s ▁family ▁was ▁more ▁' infl u ential ' ▁than ▁the ▁gro om ▁then ▁he ▁sometimes ▁took ▁his ▁b ride ' s ▁family ▁name . ▁ ▁In ▁some ▁juris dict ions , ▁changing ▁one ' s ▁name ▁requires ▁a ▁legal ▁procedure . ▁Nevertheless , ▁in ▁some ▁juris dict ions ▁anyone ▁who ▁either ▁mar ries ▁or ▁divor ces ▁may ▁change ▁their ▁name . ▁Due ▁to ▁increasing ▁security ▁and ▁identification ▁needs , ▁even ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁legal , ▁the ▁common ▁law ▁method ▁is ▁now ▁rarely ▁accepted ▁except ▁( es pecially ▁for ▁women ) ▁at ▁marriage . ▁ ▁Trad itionally , ▁in ▁the ▁Ang lo phone ▁West ▁only ▁women ▁change ▁their ▁names ▁on ▁marriage , ▁but ▁in ▁some ▁instances ▁men