[mdadm]

> Names: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

    32. People’s names are assigned at birth.
    33. OK, maybe not at birth, but at least pretty close to birth.
    34. Alright, alright, within a year or so of birth.
    35. Five years?
    36. You’re kidding me, right?

I must know what case there is of this, and who exactly was the poor soul to stumble upon it...

[bzbarsky]

There are cultures at which a coming of age ceremony involves assignment of a name, either in addition to existing ones or replacing them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesy_name and http://www.samurai-archives.com/names.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation#Confirmation_name are some examples.

[franciscop]

As far as I know, in the US when you get married (most?) women get the husband's last name. And it might change if they divorce/marry again.

[ubernostrum]

It's not automatic a lot of places, these days. It's just a far simpler/faster process to get the name change done, and most companies and even government agencies won't raise a fuss over a woman filling out a last name that doesn't match her ID, because they'll assume she got married and took her husband's name.