Combining names (typically with a hyphen, I think just using both names isn't even legal here in Germany) is a good practice but I feel it's a bit out of fashion. Many in my parents generation did that but few in my or the younger generation do.

Usually women don't need to get pressured, they give up their last names voluntarily, which makes me wonder if that's what they really done or if there is still subtle societal pressure that that's expected of them.