My wife is a very popular and well-known in the national educational community. She kept her maiden name for that reason. People in the educational community are always calling me, “Mr. ( Her last name ). I just laugh inside.
I tried to convince a colleague that she should keep her maiden name as her professional name... kind of a nom de plume, but she didn’t. For her the name change was a symbol of commitment to her husband.
It worked out for her, but she has left the field entirely to become a full-time mother and wife.