Name change by Deed Poll - good idea?

Is he allowed to have 'Captain' as a christian name then? What about 'Lord', 'Sir' or 'His Royal Highness' I guess such titles are protected in some way, was just wondering how far they go with it.
 
kaiowas said:
Is he allowed to have 'Captain' as a christian name then? What about 'Lord', 'Sir' or 'His Royal Highness' I guess such titles are protected in some way, was just wondering how far they go with it.
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I'm pretty sure you can't use anything like "public static void main"...
 
The family guy episode its taken fromm is the one where Peter takes up fishing and names his boat “S.S. More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and the Incredible Hulk Put Together”.

so i guess its not a complete rip-off, but the guy who changed his name is still a fool.
 
This can't be true...

Taken from http://www.ukdps.co.uk/AreThereAnyRestrictionsOnNames.html

We will not accept an application for a name that:

* does not include at least one forename and one surname;
* is impossible to pronounce;
* includes numbers or symbols;
* includes punctuation marks - although you can have a hyphen to link forenames or surnames (for example, if you want a double-barrelled surname) and an apostrophe in the case of surnames like O'Brien;
* we consider vulgar, offensive, blasphemous or unsuitable;
* may result in others believing you have a conferred or inherited honour, title, rank or academic award, for example, a change of first name to Sir, Lord, Laird, Lady, Prince, Princess, Baron, Baroness, General, Captain, Professor or Dr etc.
 
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Rich_L said:
One of my housemates' friends changed his name from Tom Fraser to Tom De La Fraser for a £50 bet :p Think he never changed it back either :D
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A friend of mine applied to the Council to get his house name officially changed. The mid-terrace in a slightly dodgy bit of Swansea is now officially called "Chateaux Picton" :D I think it was something to do with having his address read out in court for amusement value.

My mother had a foster brother from Nigeria in the 60's who was called Olajidé Omatajo and then went on for several other names.

I changed my name by Statutory Declaration but that was clearing up loose ends from an old parental divorce.

If I was going to change my name to something strange I think I'd go for

Mohammed Ulysse LaCoste or Jebediah Franklin Kristoft.
 
LordSplodge said:
My real name (as in off the Internet) is Blade Steel.

Family Guy > All and for some idiot to rip it off so badly makes me mad.
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The bloke that reads the news on our local radio station is called "Max Steel" :D

Nothing wrong with changing your name imo, changed mine by marriage as I took my wife's surname rather than her taking mine :)
 
I'm fairly sure you don't change your name via deed poll anymore, you just have to act on the intention to use the new name, get everything changed to it then stop using the old one. It's certainly worked for me with my surname. Even my passport has the newer surname on it (Newer as I've used it since I was 3 It's just never been "officially" changed via Deed Poll or anything like that). The only thing that still shows the old name is my birth certificate.
 
Sonea Fifer said:
No particular reason other than to be different, many people aren't even aware this can legally be done.
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I've considered it. I've no great attachment to my family name and no great desire to see it continue. Main thing stopping me is that I'm not sure I could be bothered with the hassle of having to change it and having to get everyone I know to use the new name, explaining it to them etc.
 
Ascendancy said:
This can't be true...

Taken from http://www.ukdps.co.uk/AreThereAnyRestrictionsOnNames.html

We will not accept an application for a name that:

* does not include at least one forename and one surname;
* is impossible to pronounce;
* includes numbers or symbols;
* includes punctuation marks - although you can have a hyphen to link forenames or surnames (for example, if you want a double-barrelled surname) and an apostrophe in the case of surnames like O'Brien;
* we consider vulgar, offensive, blasphemous or unsuitable;
* may result in others believing you have a conferred or inherited honour, title, rank or academic award, for example, a change of first name to Sir, Lord, Laird, Lady, Prince, Princess, Baron, Baroness, General, Captain, Professor or Dr etc.
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Thats just a business and its rules, nothing "official" about that site. You can change your name to anything you want by deed poll.

The thing is, if you change your first name to lord, you will be Mr Lord xx and not Lord xx anyway.
 
kaiowas said:
I've considered it. I've no great attachment to my family name and no great desire to see it continue. Main thing stopping me is that I'm not sure I could be bothered with the hassle of having to change it and having to get everyone I know to use the new name, explaining it to them etc.
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Yeah it was a bit of a hassle getting everything changed over to my new name, everyone requires proof (wedding certificate) and no one accepts photocopies :(

On the lighter side I took great joy ignoring the tanoy's put out for me at work in my old name :p
 
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