<P> Spouses keep their original surnames . According to the Italian Civil Code (article 143 bis), a woman who marries keeps her surname and has the option of adding her husband's surname after hers . Non-Italian citizens getting married in Italy will not have their surname changed in Italy . However, brides or grooms can request their surname change in their home country . </P> <P> In the Netherlands, persons who have been married in the Netherlands or entered into a registered partnership will remain registered under their birth name . They are, however, permitted to use their partner's last name for social purposes or join both names . Upon marriage or registered partnership, one may also indicate how they would like to be addressed through the registration of their choice in the Municipal Basis Administration (Gemeentelijke Basis Administratie) (although their birth name does not change). One may choose to be called by one's own name, one's partner's name, one's own name followed by one's partner's name (hyphenated) or one's partner's name followed by their own name (hyphenated). Both men and women may make this choice upon registering to get married or entering into a registered partnership . Upon the end of the marriage or registered partnership, one person may continue to use their ex-partner's last surname unless the ex-partner disagrees and requests the court to forbid the use of the ex-partner's surname . </P> <P> However, while name changes due to marriages performed in the Netherlands cannot be processed, it is certainly possible in the Netherlands to process name changes due to marriages performed outside the Netherlands, provided certain conditions are met . </P> <P> These conditions are the marriage must be registered abroad, the application for name change abroad must be requested on the same date as the marriage date, the changed name must be recorded abroad on a certificate in accordance with the local rules of the foreign country and the marriage and name change as well as proof of application as of the date of the marriage must be legalized / apostilled and provided to the Dutch consulate or Dutch municipality upon return to the Netherlands . </P>

In a hyphenated last name which is the maiden name