Why Do People Change Their Names?

There are many reasons why people changes their names. As long as you are not doing it to defraud somebody, or to deceive a government agency, your reason will not be an obstacle.

Listed below are a few of the reasons why people change their names. 

1. •Unhappy with birth name-many people simply do not like the name that they were given as a child. They may decide to use an entirely new name or could just want to alter their forenames.
   

2. •Reverting to your maiden name-upon separation form their husbands many women choose to change their surname to what it was prior to their marriage.
   

3. •Taking your wife's surname-it is becoming increasingly more popular for men to adopt their partner's surname upon getting marred. This cannot be done using a marriage certificate in the same way a woman would take her husbands surname.
   

4. •Using your maiden name as a middle name-in order to maintain a link with their family, some women continue to use their maiden name as a middle name after they marry and adopt their husbands surname.
   

5. •Changing a child's surname from an absent father's-when a father is no longer involved in a child's life some mothers choose to alter their surname from that of the father.
   

6. •Double-barrelling surnames upon marriage-if couples wish to combine their surnames into one hyphenated one which they share, they can do so.
   

7. •Name change for fun-there doesn't need to be any particular reason to go about a change of name, one can do it simply for fun!
   

8. •Creating a new name following divorce-upon divorce a woman who wants to change her name may not want to revert to her maiden name. She could want to start using a new partner's surname, or choose a new name entirely.
   

9. •Excerpted from material found at http://www.ukdp.co.uk/why-change-your-name/