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Do you personally know anyone who has legally changed their name?

Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:19 am
Posted by Kingpenm3
Xanadu
Member since Aug 2011
8958 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:19 am
Not due to marriage/divorce.

Seems like it would take a pretty interesting person, or someone with an interesting story to do this.

Posted by Na Mean
This is me yo.
Member since Mar 2013
2954 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:19 am to
Chad Ochocinco
Posted by BallCoachinFool
Member since Dec 2012
2133 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:20 am to
Changed my name

No joke

First and last
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 10:24 am
Posted by boddagetta
Moulton
Member since Mar 2011
9999 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:21 am to
quote:

Do you personally know anyone



quote:

Chad Ochocinco



Dayum, you know Chad Johnson personally?
Posted by jknoles12
New Orleans
Member since Mar 2014
177 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:21 am to
My mom did from Mary Anne to Marianne Alisabeth. Think she hated being called Mary
Posted by Bmath
LA
Member since Aug 2010
18664 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:22 am to
Patrick Peterson. Duh.

Personally, I know who he is, but I do not personally know him.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 10:23 am
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
42557 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:22 am to
The gov of AL changed his name to Dr. Robert Bentley, right before elections.
Posted by Grit-Eating Shin
You're an Idiot
Member since May 2013
8432 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:23 am to
I took my mom's maiden name when I turned 18.

I also dated a girl in college whose parents made the mistake of telling her that they almost named her "Skye". She hit her Ms. Save the World phase in college and insisted on being called that name, to which I, of course, refused. But then she ran off to California and had it legally changed to that. One of the most toolbaggish things I've ever heard of anyone doing.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38727 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:23 am to
Yeah, a buddy of mine's mom remarried and he was adopted by the new husband. Kind of strange for a 17 year old, but hey. Whatever floats your boat. I think it was more about disassociating with his biological father, than it was love for the new guy.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 10:25 am
Posted by SouthOfSouth
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2008
43456 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:24 am to
Yes. He didn't like his given name.

I thought about doing it myself. My parents forgot to put Jr on my birth certificate so I have the exact same name as my father. I just want to add Jr.
Posted by Sophandros
Victoria Concordia Crescit
Member since Feb 2005
45218 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:24 am to
Yes. I know two people who did that. One said it was because of an abusive relationship with his father, so he didn't want his father's name. The other was because his twin brother was fricking up his life (so this guy said).

Both people are...interesting. I'm convinced that one of them is a sociopath, while the other is just a passive aggressive little bitch.
Posted by Sophandros
Victoria Concordia Crescit
Member since Feb 2005
45218 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:27 am to
Oh, and I have a friend who is transgender who obviously changed her name.
Posted by MillerMan
West U, Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2010
6512 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:29 am to
Steve Williams -> Steve Austin
Posted by FalseProphet
Mecca
Member since Dec 2011
11706 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:33 am to
I had a friend that went from Stephanie to Stella. I knew her as Stella for about 10 years and had no idea her name was Stephanie until she had it officially changed.
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76184 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:34 am to
I know a guy
Posted by LasVegasTiger
Idaho
Member since Apr 2008
8048 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:34 am to
Changed mine to Nighthawk and my brother changed his to Dragon.
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
22890 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:34 am to
A guy I know changed his because it was his fathers last name and his father was an alcoholic and embarrassment to the family
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32391 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:38 am to
quote:

Do you personally know anyone who has legally changed their name?


These two kids I went to school with. They were adopted and their parents let them change their names when they were around 10-13. It was really weird and the family is super trashy. The kids changed their last name to the same thing, "Nation".

Also know this person who was born a hermaphrodite and showed up at school (7th grade) with a male (ish) variant of the female name he had gone by for the first 12-13 years of his life. I'm guessing it was legally changed.
Posted by laangler21
On the lake.
Member since May 2012
3034 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:38 am to
Know a couple that got married and legally changed their (yes his and her) last names to something completely different. Both of their last names were fairly common, cant remember now what they changed it to, but wasnt uncommon either. Made no sense to me, interesting wasnt the word that came to mind when I heard about it.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
102979 posts
Posted on 5/20/14 at 10:39 am to
Friend from church when I was a teenager named Bill changed his. He was a good kid from a broken home, sang in teh choir every sunday. kind of went off the rails when he was out of HS moved to LA and got into rock music. changed his name to Axl.
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