{"id":152808,"date":"2023-12-12T12:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T12:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=152808"},"modified":"2023-12-12T12:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T12:38:42","slug":"why-i-didnt-and-will-never-change-my-surname-in-marriage-toke-makinwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/12\/12\/why-i-didnt-and-will-never-change-my-surname-in-marriage-toke-makinwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I didn&#8217;t and will never change my surname in marriage \u2013 Toke Makinwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Toke Makinwa has revealed she didn\u2019t officially change her surname to her husband\u2019s when she got married because her name is a brand she has worked hard to build.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><strong>She admitted that while it wasn\u2019t even an issue in her former marriage, it sort of made things easier for her when they got a divorce, as she didn\u2019t have to go through the stress of a name reversal. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Makinwa stated that when she remarries, she would still not change her name, nor hyphenate (to make it a compound name) but her kids can bear their father\u2019s name.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Traditionally, in most cultures and most parts of the world, when a woman gets into a marriage with a man, it is expected that she takes on his last name. Unlike other places where some women choose not to take on their husbands&#8217; last names, in Nigeria, it still remains the norm and is very rare to see that not being the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, media personality and business woman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/12\/11\/chioma-goodhair-gets-candid-with-toke-makinwa-opens-up-on-her-abusive-relationship\/\">Toke Makinwa has on her podcast opened up on the reason<\/a> she never bothered to change her last name during marriage, and doesn&#8217;t intend on doing so in her next marriage either. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The media personality who was once married but got divorced due to alleged infidelity on the part of her ex revealed he wasn\u2019t the kind of person who would push a woman to change her name. Toke Makinwa said it wasn\u2019t ever up for discussion, revealing that her ex-husband had a married sister, a top doctor, who didn\u2019t pick up her partner\u2019s name either. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2023\/12\/09\/cop28-dubai-toke-makinwa-threatens-to-sue-danny-walter-over-statement\/\">Toke Makinwa who was recently in Dubai for the COP28<\/a> added that her name is a brand she has worked hard to build and even if she got married again, she still won\u2019t change her surname but her kids can take up their father\u2019s name. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In her words:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI kept my last name when I get married. It was supposed to be Toke Makinwa-Ayida but it was only at home that he called me Mrs. Ayida, but I was always called Toke Makinwa.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">But he understood as well because he came from a family where his sister was a doctor, an OBGYN, a very top one, and she&#8217;s always still known as Dr. Ayida, so he never had a conversation with me about baby, why can&#8217;t you change your name? Like he wasn&#8217;t wired that way, he didn&#8217;t care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">I hope that whoever I end up with next would actually love it because Toke Makinwa is staying. I don&#8217;t want to hyphenate, I&#8217;m not taking anybody&#8217;s last name. My name was and is Toke Makinwa. My kids can bear their father&#8217;s surname.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">In my marriage, my passport, my bank details, nothing changed. We divorced, thank God it didn&#8217;t change [laughs]. Imagine what I would have gone through trying to change it back, &#8220;please help me o! I used to be former Ayida, I need to become Toke Makinwa my name&#8221;, no! I&#8217;ve built this brand with blood, sweat, and tears.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toke Makinwa has revealed she didn\u2019t officially change her surname to her husband\u2019s when she got married because her name is a brand she has worked hard to build. 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