Why do so many women still change their name after marriage?

Why do (typically) women still change their names? Of course it is not limited to just women, many choose to change their names in marriage and civil ceremonies.

Once upon a time there were financial and patriarchal reasons behind a woman changing their name through marriage, those reasons have long since gone so why do people still change their name?

Sources:

⁠Mrs Man: Why do women take their husbands’ surnames?⁠

⁠Why do women still change their names?⁠

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