If anyone knows about evolving, it's Jeffrey Combs.

They do it in other English-speaking countries for sure.

I believe most countries in Central Europe do it. But it’s also possible to take the wife‘s name of course

I don’t mean this as a “gotcha”, but my understanding is that in the vast majority of places where marriage doesn’t change names, the children are still always named after the parent with an outie. I just want to push back against this “western bad” meme.

I know Romania does this