My wife (the former Miss XXXX) is not planning on changing her last name, so what would her prefix/title be?

Would it be Mrs. XXXX, despite the fact that there is no Mr. XXXX, but only a Mr. DK-Prof ?
Would it be Ms. XXXX, precisely because there is no corresponding Mr. XXXX ?
Or should she just go by Dr. XXXX to avoid any and all misunderstanding?

I guess I am asking if a woman can be called Mrs. XXXX, even if there is no Mr. XXXX (and assuming she is not a widow).




Unrelated, but in case anyone is interested in WHY she is not changing her name, it's because:
1. Neither of us particularly care.
2. Profesionally, it could be problematic, as there could be confusion as to her publication record (especially when she goes up for promotions with external review).
3. We do not have, nor are we ever going to have, any children - so having a common last name is not important.  (Which wouldn't matter anyway, since Denmark has now allowed a return to the traditional Danish naming system, so last names no longer have to be passed down, but instead the suffix ...søn or ...datter is added to the parent's first name)

Ms.

ETA: Or Dr.

To me women should aleast to the Mrs. XXX-DK-Prof

She should be addressed as Dr. XXXX.

Or hypenated as Mrs. XXXX-DkProf

Mail should be addressed to Dr. XXXX and Mr. DkProf

ETA: IBTP

Edited again

I added a poll !!   But nobody got in a IBTP !!   w00t!!  

My boss is Icelandic and has that kind of name.... *******dottir, and her brother is ******son.  I thought that was really interesting.

Quoted: My boss is Icelandic and has that kind of name.... *******dottir, and her brother is ******son.  I thought that was really interesting.

Yeah iceland still uses it.

It was apparently discontinued in Denmark, Sweden and Norway in the 1700s (or early 1800) or something, because it made it too difficult for buraucracies to keep track of people.

However, now that computers, tax records, etc - make it very easy to keep track of people, the Danish government apparently decided that people can go back to the traditional system without it causing a problem.  

It's a very recent ruling, so I'm curious to see how many people will actually start using it.

"the Former Mrs. XXXX"

Are you gonna have kids? Please don't tell me that they are going to have hyphenated names (this is little "Courtney Thorne-DK-prof")

You are the man and you must command her to take your name. If you Danes were tougher with your women, Sweden might not have been able to crush yall forever and over again (Amen*)



*with apologies to Randy Travis**


** retracted - is he a switch hitter? no thread hijack intended

Quoted: "the Former Mrs. XXXX" Are you gonna have kids? Please don't tell me that they are going to have hyphenated names (this is little "Courtney Thorne-DK-prof") You are the man and you must command her to take your name. If you Danes were tougher with your women, Sweden might not have been able to crush yall forever and over again (Amen*)

Bastard!  

Quoted:   My wife (the former Miss XXXX) is not planning on changing her last name, so what would her prefix/title be? Would it be Mrs. XXXX, despite the fact that there is no Mr. XXXX, but only a Mr. DK-Prof ? Would it be Ms. XXXX, precisely because there is no corresponding Mr. XXXX ? Or should she just go by Dr. XXXX to avoid any and all misunderstanding? I guess I am asking if a woman can be called Mrs. XXXX, even if there is no Mr. XXXX (and assuming she is not a widow). Unrelated, but in case anyone is interested in WHY she is not changing her name, it's because: 1. Neither of us particularly care. 2. Profesionally, it could be problematic, as there could be confusion as to her publication record (especially when she goes up for promotions with external review). 3. We do not have, nor are we ever going to have, any children - so having a common last name is not important.  (Which wouldn't matter anyway, since Denmark has now allowed a return to the traditional Danish naming system, so last names no longer have to be passed down, but instead the suffix ...søn or ...datter is added to the parent's first name)

4.  I'm totally and completely whipped.
Aw, c'mon, you knew it was coming.  I couldn't resist.

FWIW my wife was going to try Mrs.  xxxxxx-giacutter  but after about a day it got to be too much writing and she is now just Mrs. giacutter and she likes it.


Belated congrats on your nuptuals, BTW.

If she has been going by Dr., she should continue to do so.  Otherwise, she would go by Ms.

Ergh.  This shouldn't be an issue!  She's now, and unless there's a divorce, "Mrs. Prof".

Why doesn't she take your name, and still publish under her maiden name?

It shouldn't make any difference in the publishing of books.

And I don't understand how it coul affect her professional carrer by taking your name.

Professionals get married all the time, and divorced and change their names.

Bah.

If she's a doctor or professional, I suppose it's alright to retain the last name, but it should be hyphenated - Mrs./Dr. Blarblar-Prof

It should NOT remain unaltered.

And children take the name of the father.

NO EXCEPTIONS!

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That's a good point - if we wanted to change her name, I guess there would be nothing stopping her from still publishing under her old name (or even with a hyphenated version to avoid confusion).

I remember that she asked me if I wanted her to change it, but I really didn't care - it's not like she is desperately wanting to NOT change her name, and so neither of us see it as a big deal - especially since we're not having any kids.  I guess it's particulalry unimportant when we live and work in separate states - maybe it'll seem like more of a big deal when we're in the same place.




It might also not make much of a different, practically - most people that interact with her profesionally just call her "professor" (or sometimes "doctor"), and most other people just call her by her first name.  So I guess it's only really for those times when you are filling out forms, or at the DMV or whatever.

I still think women should take their husband's last name. If my wife hadn't I wouldn't have married her.  IOW kick her to the curb.

I am HALF serious.

I voted Mrs., but aren't you both Dr.'s? BTW,Danmark rules!!!!!

Quoted: That's a good point - if we wanted to change her name, I guess there would be nothing stopping her from still publishing under her old name (or even with a hyphenated version to avoid confusion). I remember that she asked me if I wanted her to change it, but I really didn't care - it's not like she is desperately wanting to NOT change her name, and so neither of us see it as a big deal - especially since we're not having any kids.  I guess it's particulalry unimportant when we live and work in separate states - maybe it'll seem like more of a big deal when we're in the same place. It might also not make much of a different, practically - most people that interact with her profesionally just call her "professor" (or sometimes "doctor"), and most other people just call her by her first name.  So I guess it's only really for those times when you are filling out forms, or at the DMV or whatever.

I would use Dr. in her situation.  If she did not hold a doctorate, then Ms..  

She's a classic case of where it is an advantage to keep her own name...as she has established a reputation under her name and might dilute the reputation or create complications if she changed.

My wife, in her mid-20s when we married, chose to hypenate, which I supported.  The "take my name" think was much more important to me years ago than it is now, and the compromise was fine with me.  I'd have married her either way!

Dr. professionally


Mrs DKProf, personally/socially, IMO

Quoted:   My wife (the former Miss XXXX) is not planning on changing her last name, so what would her prefix/title be?

The ex-Mrs Dk-Prof.

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