My guess is no, because carrying the family legacy is falling out of fashion as much as taking the husband's name, maybe even more so.
replyDoesn't everyone do that? My brother has a grandparents name as his middle. I never thought of it as a gendered tradition
replyIs it a specific cultural thing I wonder
Possibly. I’ve just heard it more with girls and wouldn’t expect it’s evenly common on relative basis but certainly could be wrong
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