My wife wanted to keep her name, and I wanted her to take mine.
Her reasons were (a) established professional identity in her company and (b) her dad, who was the only male child in his family, only had daughters; that would be the "end of the line" for the direct family name.
My reasons were... cavemanish. I spent a couple of weeks trying to come up with rational reasons, and couldn't find any that sounded good even to me.
We toyed with alternate last names, but they all sounded stupid, and ultimately insulting to both of our extended families.
So, she kept her last name, but we also decided that any children would have my last name. I hope this doesn't confuse our son (now 22 months old); I don't think it will.
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