Posted on 03/15/2005 8:03:55 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
Brazilian men take on wives' surnames
Brazilian men are belying their macho reputation by taking on their wives' surnames.
Registry officials in Sao Paolo say 540 grooms adopted their bride's surname in the last three months.
Psychologist Deisely Carreiro Stefani told Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper: "By doing this the men show their brides how much they love and admire them."
Newlywed Jeremias Oliveira de Souza used to be called Jeremias Silva Luz.
He said: "When I got married, I wanted to start a new story with my wife and forget the sad things of the past."
I also happen to be of the old school when it comes to that.
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I used to call my ex "Atilla, the Wife". (I'll never understand why that woman divorced me).
Ewwwwww I would have no respect for a man that takes a womans name. That is just wrong.
I'm in the process of ditching mine. But not for any reasons listed. 3 Letters is much shorter, simpler and not as mis-spelled as often as a 9 letter name. No weird permutations, no more listening to someone with a microphone take 4 running attempts to pronounce it, no more 'typographical errors' in the mail.
And south of the Mason Dixon line, if someone can't spell this 3 letter name, I believe I'm legally entitled to slap them.
I have no respect for a man that marries a woman knowing they will not take his last name, or will us a hyphenated name, totally ridiculous...
Nice profile page!
Ass? LoL
So, if your family name was 'Sczakenquentina' and your wife's name was Jones; you'd want to stick with 'Sczakenquentina'? And yes, there are far worse last names than that... I think we both know of some real names that are unprintable in this forum.
If you have a 'doozie' and you decide to stick with it, do you think you are doing your children any favors?
¡Si! And "courted" her with machismo lines like "You are so beautiful, I wish I were cross eyed so I could see you twice!" :)
By doing this the men show their brides what easily dominated wussies they are.
I'm one of the lucky ones. Not only is my wife exponentially better looking than me, she happens to have the same name as a famous porn star half her age. The suggestion that she change her name to mine never came up.
Brazil seems to be getting a little too European anyway. Or is it Europe is geting a little too Brazilian?
"Lee"?
LOL! I hope she takes her hot dogs with mayo. :D
LOL. My regards to "WOJ".
My cousin and his bride decided not to take either of their birth surnames, rather they picked a Native American (Indian) name as their new last name. Neither of them have a drop of American Indian blood in them. His papa wasn't too happy.
You do your children a great favor when you behave as a man.
I had a friend from law school who hated his parents so much that when he got married, he took his wife's name to spite them.
I'm not even going to try and guess what that means!
Well, I've always found Icelandic names rather intriguing. No wonder they write family sagas going back centuries. How else could they keep their own genealogy from bleeding all over the landscape?
Many foreigners who visit Iceland become confused when they look through an Icelandic telephone directory, because persons are listed alphabetically by their first name. Icelanders regard the first name as the "real" name. The last name of a person is rarely used to identify a person.
Icelandic surnames are also quite special. Surnames, which exist from generation to generation in other European cultures, are rare in Iceland. In Iceland, the father's first name is used as the base to the child's last name. For example, Baldur Þórsson and Freyja Óðinsdóttir have two children, Kristín and Björn. The children's last names would be Kristín Baldursdóttir and Björn Baldursson. It is also possible to make a last name using the name of the mother, but it is uncommon.
The same naming tradition existed in Sweden and Norway until the second part of the 19th century. In certain areas of western Sweden, it continued even longer.
If I were his father I would be also, that is totally asinine.
You're cousin is Ward Churchill?
Hi Bob.
Hey, some of us Sczakenquentinas are very proud of our heritage. It's a very common name in certain parts of the Caprivi Zipfeld and in the southern corner of the Neutral Zone.
How do you say "Wussy" in Portuguese?
Me either. Looked a little strange after I sent it.
That's pathetic
Never mind ... it still looks strange. ;)
My last name's easy, it's my first name that used to give me fits when people tried to spell it. The day one of my junior high school teachers spelled it "Terica" on the blackboard, I started to have people call me Teri.
I took my ex's name when we married, and wouldn't have had it any other way, but after the divorce I took back my family's name.
"if someone can't spell this 3 letter name, I believe I'm legally entitled to slap them."
I believe you are legally entitled to draw back a nub!
ROFL! No - thank goodness!
Thanks for the laugh, though.....
This is f--kin' gay. Then again, most of the Brazillian men I've run into in Florida are queer as a three dollar bill. What do you expect from a country who's male head of state is referred to as "Lula."
No Presidents have had three-letter names, unless you count FDR, JFK and LBJ. 4 Presidents have had 9-letter names: Jefferson, Cleveland, and the two Roosevelts.
Well, in Mexico if I remember right, the child of Thomas Garcia Mendez and Linda Garcia de Vazquez would be Bubba Garcia Vazquez. Bubba's Paternal grandparents would be Francisco Garcia Herrerra and Maria Garcia de Mendez. Bubbas Maternal grand parents would be Pedro Vazquez Soto and Elena Vazquez de Lerma.
Confusing at first but much easier on genealogists 3 generations later.
Thank you and welcome to FR. I saw yours. If I wasn't red/green colorblind I would be taking flying lessons.
Most of my dad's family came from Ballydehob. Some stayed behind there.
This is actually quite common in Latin American countries.
...okay Mr. "from Michigan." Howcome you don't capitalize "from?" Howcome "from Michigan" isn't hyphenated, huh??
...and BTW..."from Michigan" doesn't sound all that Irish to me....
Well... the O' was changed to avoid discrimation, and it ends in "gan" which is a common ending of Irish names. :)
So it used to be O'Higan and now it's MicHigan.
Dan I can't tell you how wrong you are. My last name is three letters long and I'd hazard to guess you hear it more than a few times each day just listening to the radio.
I've thought of changing my last name to include the spelling of it because I have to spell it out almost every time I use it on the phone. One good thing though, it is only three letters so spelling it isn't too time consuming.
Sorry Hodar (not Dan)... My eye wandered when reading what you wrote.
I know a guy that took his wife's name when he got married. His parents divorced and his last name got changed when his mom re-married, he hated his abussive stepfather and didn't feel the guy had any right to have him carry on the family name, he never really knew his real father, so when he got married he changed his last name.
Mr. Asswipe (pronounced azzweepay) supports this practice.
Bingo.
This is another matter entirely. You do your children a favor when you make a good role model, and teach them to strive to be the best they can be. But that is NOT the point being debated.
If your family name is Hogg, Seaman, Schlitthed, or other similar name, the kids will be singled out for abuse. Kids are cruel, and adults can be just a little less cruel. Introduce yourself as "Phil Micraken" at your next interview.
There is no shame in dropping a surname that either has taken on a new and un-intended meaning, is simply bad, or is awkward. I doubt you have any problems expecting Mohammed Isbarr Myied Kalarid Saraginai to change his name. I would expect this individual to change his name, for no other reason other than to match the culture of his new home. Same thing for many Asian immigrants. Why does a man have to keep a lousy last name?
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