My friend has changed his name to....

turboshed · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:16

104.9 (forename) Xfm Breakfast Show with (middle name) Alex Zane (surname). He's done it for a competition on the XFM breakfast show there running

It's not a name i would like to take!

"Anthony Millar, had an idea, he wanted to change his name to 'Xfm Breakfast Show'. He's a policeman so legally he couldn't. So he volunteered his friend to do it - he jumped at the chance . His name was Ryan Carol and is now officially '104.9 (forename) Xfm Breakfast Show with (middle name) Alex Zane (surname)'. His girlfriend isn't happy."

You can view the offical deeds and listen to the call to the radio station from ryan and anthony (http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=499543) - number 6

please could you post this about as i would like to see ryan win, his idea is much better than the other entries on there

paradigm · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:17

The guy sounds like an idiot :confused:

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:18

It's also not true. You can't have numbers in your name.

Just looking at the "deeds", it is just a website that makes official looking templates!

alexakasloth · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:18

lol, what a plonker!

gillywibble · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:18

Dave Gorman I can understand, but not that....

georges · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:20

Did he not win the money then? Says the woman who got it read out on the tube won a grand.

Christo · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:20

lol Quite a good one - i wonder if the facebook one will win though - I suspect it will.

Biohazard · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:50

There is a guy at work (don't know him, only saw it on the Global Address List) that changed his name to Bison Megatron...

meghatronic · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:04

You can't have numbers in your name, especially starting you name.

Also, if it is done through deed poll, they can reject the change. E.g. "Adolf Hitler" would get rejected.

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

Scythe · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:16

Classic!
'Did you tell your family about this?'

'No, I just did it and told them after' Imagine their faces when they found out!

FrostedNipple · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:26

jdickerson said:
http://www.ukdps.co.uk/AreThereAnyRestrictionsOnNames.html

your allowed funny names though

Fun names
Some people like the idea of having what we call a fun name. We have issued Deed Polls for fun names such as Jellyfish McSaveloy, Toasted T Cake, Nineteen Sixty-Eight, Hong Kong Phooey, Father Christmas, One-One-Eight Taxi, Ting A Ling, Huggy Bear, Donald Duck, Jojo Magicspacemonkey and James Bond.

Welshy · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:36

I'm 100% you're not allowed to have numbers in your name, let alone a full stop.

And sorry to be a grammar Nazi...

turboshed said:
104.9 (forename) Xfm Breakfast Show with (middle name) Alex Zane (surname). He's done it for a competition on the XFM breakfast show there running

"there" should be "they're"

FrostedNipple said:
your allowed funny names though

"your" should be "you're"

That is all

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:38

markyp23 said:
It's also not true. You can't have numbers in your name.

Just looking at the "deeds", it is just a website that makes official looking templates!

jdickerson said:
You can't have numbers in your name, especially starting you name.

Also, if it is done through deed poll, they can reject the change. E.g. "Adolf Hitler" would get rejected.

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

What else is left to be said other than the OP's friend is a liar?

El Gringo · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:39

FrostedNipple said:
Jojo Magicspacemonkey

Haaaha, nice, Really surprised those were allowed

RDM · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:49

jdickerson said:
You can't have numbers in your name, especially starting you name.

Also, if it is done through deed poll, they can reject the change. E.g. "Adolf Hitler" would get rejected.

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

Not entirely accurate.

You have to follow those rules ONLY if you change your name via deed poll. However you don't need to change your name via deed poll, you can just change it. It even says on that site "there are no laws in the United Kingdom relating to unsuitable names".

Of course if you don't change your name via deed poll you will have a bugger of a time getting it recognised by a bank etc. However you are legally allowed to change your name to whatever you like as long as it isn't for reasons to defraud.

HAz · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:19

what a nob lol

meghatronic · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:22

RDM said:
Not entirely accurate.

You have to follow those rules ONLY if you change your name via deed poll. However you don't need to change your name via deed poll, you can just change it. It even says on that site "there are no laws in the United Kingdom relating to unsuitable names".

Of course if you don't change your name via deed poll you will have a bugger of a time getting it recognised by a bank etc. However you are legally allowed to change your name to whatever you like as long as it isn't for reasons to defraud.

Yup. But you can't change your driver's license or pastport with a name unapproved by deed poll (you don't have to pay them, a sollictor can do it).

Trust me, a mate at uni tried changing his name to "R2D2 THE-SECOND".

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:36

RDM said:
Not entirely accurate.

You have to follow those rules ONLY if you change your name via deed poll. However you don't need to change your name via deed poll, you can just change it. It even says on that site "there are no laws in the United Kingdom relating to unsuitable names".

Of course if you don't change your name via deed poll you will have a bugger of a time getting it recognised by a bank etc. However you are legally allowed to change your name to whatever you like as long as it isn't for reasons to defraud.

Yeah but that counts for about as much as me saying "I officially declare my name to be William the Conqueror."

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:38

Nix · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:39

On behalf of XFM, that's actually very clever marketing

When are we going to see an OcUK version of this?