text: when u get married do have to have the mans first name?   in the united states,canada and many parts of europe the woman traditionallly takes the man's last name. sally smith marries don brown and changes her name (legal paperwork is involved) to sally brown. however sally can decide to keep her last name.  in many latino traditions there are differences,for example the woman may not take her husband's family name or may keep her last name and add "de" and her husband's family name. see the link below for more detailed information. http://spanish.about.com/cs/culture/a/surnames.htm