There's a professor at the college I went to who could more or less attest to this. Apparently (at least in the state he lives in), all you have to to is just introduce yourself as the name you want to change it to for 30 consecutive days, then go to the DMV and Social Security office, tell them your "name", fill our some paperwork, and boom, you're done.
He asked the DMV "So you mean to tell me that if I want to legally change my name to 'Gondor, Slayer of Thousands', all I have to do is, for a month, tell people that's what my name is, then come back here and sign a piece of paper, and it is so?"
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..."Yeah, basically."
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My family is of Italian decent. My family name as a beautiful Italian name, the kind with lots of vowels. My father shortened it and it just sounds generic which I guess was the idea. When I was going to get married I thought about changiong it back. I did not but now I wish I did.
I would love to change my name because I hate it! In fact, I would change my full name if I could, not just my first name. However, I'm not going to do that because it would be too complicated.
My name has been changed…at the end of the day…all official documents has to aligned otherwise there will be headaches dealing with travel, work, government, tax…etc.
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I did after I got married. It was pretty easy, and I would assume the process for changing a first name wouldn't be much different.
No. My name is pretty common and generic. Makes it next to impossible to find me on Facebook.
I work with someone that changed his name
he was always called by his middle name and not his first name
so he swapped them around
no but that shit doesn't fit me at all
like ik you wouldn't be able to guess to itI’m not planning on it however who knows what the future may bring.
Nope. I like mine because I can do the “Crabby Abby” thing XD
No I’ve looked into it and it costs to do it
Not sure I would.
Nah it is a part of my identity.
Who are you? Who do you work for?
Nope I like my name.
No... i have a nice name
Yes, when I get some more money.
I changed it. It was BOBBY earlier
no that’d be to much work
Nope i like my name
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