<P> Married women in professional circles (e.g. Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo, Korina Sanchez - Roxas, Vilma Santos - Recto) typically join their maiden and married surnames in both professional and legal use (e.g. Maria Isabella Flores Garcia - Dimaculangan / Ma . Isabella F. Garcia - Dimaculangan). This allows them to be identified as married, and keep track of their professional achievements without having their names mean another person (e.g. Maria Isabella Flores Garcia / Ma . Isabella F. Garcia, as against Maria Isabella Garcia Dimaculangan / Ma . Isabella G. Dimaculangan) </P> <P> An older scheme based on Spanish naming customs add the particle de between the maiden and married surnames (e.g. Maria Isabella Garcia de Dimaculangan or Ma . Isabella G. de Dimaculangan), but the tradition is no longer common . </P> <P> Taiwanese women generally keep their surnames after marriage while their children inherit the father's . It is, however, legal to take the spouse's surname . Some older women have the husband's surname added to theirs, as was common in the early to mid-20th century . </P> <P> A Thai wife that adopted her husband's surname due to the old law requiring it, can also change back to use her original surname . </P>

Where did the tradition of taking your husband's last name come from