You mean like if Mary Ellen Smith married Mark Jones, she would then be "Ellen Smith Jones?" This doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I guess it could be done. Anyone can change their name to just about whatever they would like at any time. Marriage would seem to be an opportune time to do this.

huh? no you just take your partners last name. so it goes: your first name, your middle name(s), your husbands last name

You can do whatever you want with your name, it's your choice.

You could change your name at any time for various reasons. However, you will have to get through a particular procedure to do this. If you are getting married, name change is easier. 1) Here the possibilities if you get married: "Wedding Name Change Options: - Wife takes her husband's last name - Wife and husband keep their own birth names - Wife hyphenates the two names - Wife and husband both hyphenate - Husband takes wife's name - Wife uses birth name as middle name - Wife and husband take each other's last names as middle names - Wife takes husband's name socially, keeps own name professionally - Wife and husband pick a new name" Source and further information: http://www.onewed.com/articles/78/wedding-name-options/ 2) Here an information about people changing their name without getting married: "People may change their names for a variety of reasons. In many countries there is a mandatory or voluntary official procedure. Popular reasons for changing one's name include these: professional reasons (as with actors). Name is too common or uncommon. Name is too hard to spell or say. (Actress Nina Hartley once taught English to Japanese students: she found that they had difficulty with Marie but could easily pronounce Nina.) Name is too long. Name is too "foreign-sounding". too "old-fashioned sounding". Family reasons, such as being raised by a step-parent than a biological one (most common with children who have no connection to the biological father). One feels that a nickname is more "oneself" than the given name. Name is unisex. Name is not unisex. Name conflicts with one's spiritual belief (popular in Asian countries; and often amongst converts to Islam). to effect a clean break from the past and make a fresh start. a family member has the same name. Name is obscene, vulgar or insulting in another language the name's owner later comes to use. Name is too closely identified with someone who became famous or infamous after that person's birth (for instance, Adolf). To reflect the identity of a transgender person. (Walter/Wendy Carlos; Jonathan/Joan Roughgarden" Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given_name#Name_changing Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_change

You don't drop a name when you marry, you take your husbands. Legally, you can change any or all of your name any time you like, through your County's court system.