Yes, you can change your name.
The question is how. In most places, you can change your name one time with your marriage license. After that, you must go through the legal name change procedure if you want to make additional changes. Check with your county clerk to find out which procedure you will need to follow.
apparently her maiden name was godwin
No
Since Henry Hudson was a man he did not change his name when he married and therefore has no "maiden name." Only married women could have maiden names.
Her maiden name was Hunt. Her first married name was Langton. Her second and fourth married names is Barlow. Her third married name was Rachid.
it is Jacqueline. Her middle name was from her mum Marge's full name is .... Marjorie Jacqueline Simpson but, if she never got married it would be Marjorie Jacqueline Bouvier.
when she was born her name was Cheryl Ann but then she married the footballer Ashley Cole and then her name became Cheryl Cole because that's what happens when you get married the woman's second name turns into the same second name as the mans.
Traditionally middle names tend to be lineage-related. For instance: The name of an honored relative or someone else held in high esteem. The grandmother's or mother's maiden name. Or The first or middle name of one of his or her parents. Middle names can also be derived from the parents religion, such as Patron Saint.
No . Many professionals, such as doctors , or established business women retain their maiden names after marriage .
Her maiden name was Gardner.
It is a well established custom in England, more especially in the 1800's , to have the mother's maiden name as their middle name. This is also the origin of the hypenated, or "double-barrelled", names. Two of my own grandchildren have their mother's or grandmother's maiden name as their second name.
In the US, you have options for what you would like for your name to be after marriage. You may keep your name as given, you may drop you current last name and take your spouse's, you may drop your middle name, move your maiden to middle and take your spouse's last, you may tack the new last name to the end and have 4 names, you may hyphenate, you may merge your current and your spouse's name to form a new last, etc.
They don't, but is a common tradition to take their husband's name. They can choose to keep their maiden name.