I'm glad there are options in whether to change their name or not. With academics and some professions as mentioned above, it can be rather difficult with certifications and licenses to get name changes; I have seriously considered that I will be keeping my last name at this point even if it does become a point of contention by not changing it. However the other side is that, even if the professional aspects weren't an issue, I love my familial name and history, and probably would have kept it as a middle name or hyphenated it anyway out of respect for both families and might still. There is a lot to consider.

Thankfully, no matter what we choose, we do have that choice!