>>>>>I see less and less spouses here in Quebec taking the name of the other spouse. My wife have kept her name and I've kept mine. My only daughter have my name (Tremblay is way too common here :), but if we had another child, he/she would surely have taken my wife name.
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>>>>In most of Latin America, a wife basically keeps her own name. To this, she might sometimes add "de" + husband's name. "de" means "of" or "from", but it might also mean "belonging to", so, this might sound to some as if she were her husband's property...
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>>>My wife is from Peru and her family is from Spain. Her name is Enriqueta Cristina Mendivil-Bojorequez de Whiteley. I call her Katy for short! :)
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>>Where's the Katy come from? What are you, like royalty? Prince Charles's 2nd son, was christened Henry Charles Albert David Wales (or Windsor - not sure) yet the day they announced that they immediately said "but he will be known as Harry" - Go figure.
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>I'm guessing Katy comes from the pronunciation of Enriqueta. Maybe like 'Onreekayta'? Just a guess - probably a bad one.

Well not far off if you see Tom's answer :-)

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BTW, I'd always assumes your name was "pop off"