Legal act by a person of adopting a different name
For name changes of places rather than persons, see Geographical renaming.
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Name change is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name.
The procedures and ease of a name change vary between jurisdictions. In general, common law jurisdictions have looser procedures for a name change while civil law jurisdictions are more restrictive. While some civil law jurisdictions have loosened procedures, a few remain complicated.
A pseudonym is a name used in addition to the original or true name. This does not require legal sanction. Pseudonyms are generally adopted to conceal a person's identity, but may also be used for personal, social or ideological reasons.
Namechange is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name. The procedures and ease of a namechange vary between...
A deed of change of name is a legal document used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some other countries with legal systems based on English common law...
of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place...
renaming is the changing of the name of a geographical feature or area, which ranges from the change of a street name to a change to the name of a country...
Place namechanges in Turkey have been undertaken, periodically, in bulk from 1913 to the present by successive Turkish governments. Thousands of names within...
of the namechanges was to cover the memory of the "dark past": meaning Roman, Frankish, Venetian, and especially Turkish rule. The namechanges followed...
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move rightward. The group registered as a political party under the nameChange UK – The Independent Group and appointed former Conservative MP Heidi...
men may change their last names upon marriage as well, including same-sex couples. In this article, birth name, family name, surname, married name and maiden...
Testament, the names of individuals are meaningful, and a change of name indicates a change of status. For example, the patriarch Abram and his wife Sarai...
fact a new name. In many countries, including common law countries, a namechange can be ratified by a court and become a person's new legal name. Pseudonymous...
The change of Xianbei family names to Han names was part of a larger sinicization campaign. It was at its peak intensity under Emperor Xiaowen of the...
throughout life or until marriage. Possible changes of a person's name include middle names, diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's...
animal namechanges in Turkey is the revision of taxonomic nomenclature of three subspecies by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Forestry. The name changes...
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Chang (October 10, 1950 – October 22, 1996), known by her performance name Kathy Change, was an American political activist, writer, and performance artist...
encouraging pressure on the Redskins to change their name. In addition to direct sponsors advocating change in 2020, retailers Amazon, Target and Walmart...
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a birth certificate (see birth name), but may change subsequently. Most jurisdictions require the use of a legal name for all legal and administrative...
banking app previously known as ISIS changed its name to Softcard in 2014, stating "We have no desire to share a name with the Islamic State of Iraq and...
types of names. There are only a few circumstances in which one is allowed to change one's name: On marriage: the couple can choose the name of either...
has a name identical to a name already familiar to the public (in any field of endeavor) may change their name in order to avoid having their name evoke...
(featuring Gucci Mane). In 2021, she was named as MTV's "Global Push Artist of the Month". Following a namechange to Latto, she reached wider mainstream...
requesting that they use Türkiye. The UN agreed and implemented the namechange. In concordance with Turkish orthography, the preferred all caps spelling...
Tang, which notes the change in 703 when Japanese envoys requested that its name be changed. It is believed that the namechange within Japan itself took...
has undergone changes in both its official and popular names worldwide. The choice of names stems from the existence of two different names for the country...