Couples Are Creating New Last Names Instead Of Adopting One

Newsy's Casey Mendoza explains how and why she and others are creating new last names after getting married.

Hi! My name is Casey Mendoza, and in basically all my stories I say my name at the end.

But we're doing something a little different today because my last name is changing.

I got married last year, and like many other newly married people, I decided on changing my last name. Both my husband and I are changing our last names to one we completely made up: "Coda."