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I hate my given name

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I have always hated my given name, it sounds awful, I hate how it sounds and for me will always be tied to a lifetime of failure and giving up, and I cannot change it.  Deed polls and revising paperwork and records, informing people seem like more trouble than it's worth.  

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  • This isn’t legal advice as I haven’t reliable knowledge about these things. I suggest you get professional legal advice from a solicitor. 

    Years ago, a friend of mine (in the UK) changed her name without using a deed poll. She got two statements from witnesses confirming that she had changed her name from say Sarah Black to Anne Brown on 15th October 2005. She then sent her old passport to the passport office, along with the witness statements, and requested a new passport in her new name. She received the passport and used it as ID to change her bank account details and driving licence. Twenty years later she is still called by her new name. 

    Isn’t there something about calling yourself whatever you like, so long as you don’t intend to use the name change to defraud?

    I have noticed that actors and pop stars seem to change their names.

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  • This isn’t legal advice as I haven’t reliable knowledge about these things. I suggest you get professional legal advice from a solicitor. 

    Years ago, a friend of mine (in the UK) changed her name without using a deed poll. She got two statements from witnesses confirming that she had changed her name from say Sarah Black to Anne Brown on 15th October 2005. She then sent her old passport to the passport office, along with the witness statements, and requested a new passport in her new name. She received the passport and used it as ID to change her bank account details and driving licence. Twenty years later she is still called by her new name. 

    Isn’t there something about calling yourself whatever you like, so long as you don’t intend to use the name change to defraud?

    I have noticed that actors and pop stars seem to change their names.

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