Would you change your name?

Hyphenated name are "In", in this area, a lot of
people are adding the Bride's name to the Grooms,
instead outright using his name.

One woman that I know who is a councillor, has a
hyphenated name, I asked her if she did it to boost
her political ambitions and she said yes, she also said
that her husband didn't have a hyphenated name!

She was the Mayor for a year, after I had asked her.

Mike.
 

Don M. said:
Before making ANY changes to your name, consider any Legal ramifications that might occur....for example Social Security. I just checked my card and it has my full name....including my Middle Name. Bank accounts, credit cards, drivers license, etc., might all have to be changed to avoid future troubles.
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Here it was legal to change your name anytime that
you wanted to, there was no hassle, all you have to
do is tell everybody that this is what you want to be
called.

I don't know if it still applies, or if you need to go back
to having a "Deed Poll", (I think that is the name), done
to make it really official.

Mike.
 
Pepper said:
That happened at my son's High School graduation class, and Howard Stern mentioned it on his show!
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A local radio station picked up Howard Stern for a short while a number of years ago, but it flopped here and they dropped it. There was another guy who called himself "Imus in the morning" or something like that. He was a fool who spent much of his air time calling Howard Stern a "pant load". He didn't last either.

So, unfortunately, I have very little exposure to Howard Stern. I have seen a couple of things on youtube that I thought were funny in an "eighth grade humor" (locker room humor) sort of way. Guys never grow out of that stuff, fart jokes, sex jokes, scatalogical humor, and the like. :ROFLMAO:

Tony
 
There was one poor guy in my platoon in Army Basic Training whose last name was Tuschband (pronounced tooshband). The drill sergeant got hold of that and never let up, calling him "douchebag".

The guy was the cliché new recruit, being from Lake Charles Louisiana and having a girlfriend named Babs who was always on the verge of leaving him.

Tony
 
My granddaughters have gone by the name of their mother’s second husband. I said I’d pay for the change, if they wanted. Best to do it now.
 
Jules said:
@tbeltrans I believe you have to join Spotify to listen to Stern. Just looked it up. It’s Sirius.
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I don't have subscriptions to either of those and don't plan to get one or the other, but thanks for the info. We have Amazon Prime because my wife buys stuff and apparently that saves her money somehow. I like the streaming programming that goes with it. We also have Netflix that just came with our T-Mobile Senior account, so we don't pay for that. It is a perk that allows us $8.99 per month toward Netflix. Since we only have one TV, we don't need multiple platform coverage, so $8.99 is all it is, so we are covered.

Tony
 
Name changes are becoming much more common. No one, unless it’s bossy Aunt *%^#, really seem to care.

Many are happening because of gender fluidity.
 
I don't mind my name at all. My Mom lost my twin in her 2nd month and never thought she would carry me to full term. So she never decided on what to name me. Right after I was born my Dad asked the nurse what her name was. She said her name was Barbara Jane. My Mom liked the name Barbara but she changed Jane to Ann because she prayed to Saint Ann during her pregnancy. So I am Barbara Ann.
 
From my World Almanac.

Original names of selected entertainers:

Alan Alda: Alphonso D'Abruzzo
Woody Allen: Allen Konigsberg
Julie Andrews: Julia Wells.
Tony Bennet: Anthony Benedetto
Jack Benny: Benjamin Kubelsky
Milton Berle: Mendel Berlinger
David Bowie: David Robert Jones
Richard Burton: Richard Jenkins
Cher: Cherilyn Sarkisian
Doris Day: Doris von Kappelhoff
John Wayne: Marion Morrison
Elton John : Reginald Dwight.
Harry Houdini: Ehrich Weiss
Barry Manlilow: Barry Alan Pincus
Stevie Wonder: Steveland Morris

Many more too.
 
I have changed my name. Most people knew me by my nickname. Even my colleagues at work knew to call me by that name. People in HR did too even though my checks had my real first name on the. After I accepted Islam, I legally changed my name to an Islamic name but kept my middle name to honor my birthmother and as a way to distinguish myself from others who might share my new name. I found a few who do via Google. One is an actress, one a doctor.
 
If I changed my name to "Hey You", I would be the most called out person in the world. That is some sort of fame isn't it? :ROFLMAO:

Tony
 
Wonder if Frank Zappa's daughter ever changed her name. She was named Moon Unit (Unit being here middle name). Of course one of his sons was named Dweezil so he may be in line for a change as well?

Personally, I would never change my name. I feel that would be a slap in the face to my parents who named me for some reason that mattered to them at the time. Besides, a different name doesn't change who I am as a person.
 
I wouldn't change my name - "Tony." I don't really care for my birth certificate name - "Anthony."
I liked it in elementary school when kids would say, "Tony Balony Macaroni Ministroni."
Later, girls called me "Tony Tiger" (even ones I wasn't dating). They thought I was Grrrrrrreat, like Sugar Frosted Flakes. 😁
Sometimes people would ask me if I'm Italian. I'm not. If I wanted to mess with them, I'd say, "Yes. I own Tony's Pizza."
 
Mike said:
Hyphenated name are "In", in this area, a lot of
people are adding the Bride's name to the Grooms,
instead outright using his name.

One woman that I know who is a councillor, has a
hyphenated name, I asked her if she did it to boost
her political ambitions and she said yes, she also said
that her husband didn't have a hyphenated name!

She was the Mayor for a year, after I had asked her.

Mike.
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I've always wondered what happens when Mary Smith-Williams marries John Wilson-Thompson and they want to hyphenate their names. Would they be Mary and John Wilson-Thompson-Smith-Williams?

Oh, the things I think about at 3 a.m...…..
 

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