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J.D. Vance sounds more like an example of Nom De Mom


* In ''ComicBook/SpiderMan,'' Mary Jane changes to "Watson-Parker", but continues to use "Watson" for her job since fashion models are another job where name recognition is essential.

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* In ''ComicBook/SpiderMan,'' Mary Jane changes her surname to "Watson-Parker", "Watson-Parker" after marrying Peter, but continues to use "Watson" for her job since fashion models are another job where name recognition is essential.



* {{Inverted|Trope}} with supporting ''ComicBook/XMen'' character Moira [=MacTaggert=] (formerly Moira Kinross) who kept her husband's name after he died, despite him being a horribly abusive man who refused to divorce her. Moira is a prominent scientist and Nobel Prize winner, so keeping her name would have been professionally important.

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* {{Inverted|Trope}} with supporting ''ComicBook/XMen'' character Moira [=MacTaggert=] (formerly Moira Kinross) who kept her husband's name after he died, despite him being a horribly abusive man who refused to divorce her. Moira is a prominent scientist and Nobel Prize winner, so keeping her married name would have been professionally important.



* ''Fanfic/MischiefInMusutafuAndOtherSuchTales'': Inko's surname is "Midoriya" as a result if her marriage, but she goes under her maiden "Sasaki Inko" for her job as a therapist.

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* ''Fanfic/MischiefInMusutafuAndOtherSuchTales'': Inko's surname is "Midoriya" as a result if after her marriage, but she goes under her maiden "Sasaki Inko" for her job as a therapist.



* Another male example: when Yale Law School classmates James "J.D." Hamel and Usha Chilukuri married in 2014, both took the surname of J.D.'s maternal grandmother, who had played a major part in raising him. As J.D. Vance, he first entered culture as the author of ''Literature/HillbillyElegy'' and later became a U.S. Senator from his home state of Ohio.
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* The star of ''Series/DrPimplePopper'', dermatologist Sandra Lee, uses her maiden name for professional purposes. Her Southern California practice, Skin Physicians & Surgeons, is owned and operated by Lee and her dermatologist husband Jeffrey Rebish.
* 1984 Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton uses her husband's surname of Kelley in her private life, but continues to use her maiden name as a sports commentator.
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* ''Fanfic/MischiefInMusutafuAndOtherSuchTales'': Inko's surname is "Midoriya" as a result if her marriage, but she goes under her maiden "Sasaki Inko" for her job as a therapist.

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