In Chile, many women are starting to use the "de" with their husband's last name. For instance, if a woman's name is Maria Mercedes Santiago Serena (she would sign her name Maria Mercedes Santiago S.), she might style herself Maria Mercedes Santiago de Balboa.
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Originally Posted by epchick
I just have to say that i'm not sure about all "hispanics" but using "de" is not very common in Mexican tradition. So many women just add the husband's last name to the end w/o the "de." In fact, I haven't heard of using "de" until you mentioned it.
And for children (if i can remember correctly) its Firstname Middlename father'slastname mother'smaidenname.
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