Am I too old to change my name?

chelseablue

Thank you all, I was born in England

chelseablue

It sounds totally ridiculous writing it down but the only thing that puts me off is having people ask "Why are you doing that then? Have you got married?"

LEJC

call me old fashioned but if you were contemplating changing your name why not consider the family unit you are now in so that yourself partner and child share a surname....

I appreciate you feel drawn towards the name of your family but isnt it a family unit you are creating going forward....especially if in the future you do consider marriage and taking your partners name.

however I fully understand that you want a surname you can relate to and as such if you feel strongly about changing it then why not,theres no point being someone you dont feel a connection with.

mum2one

It sounds like u have done a lot of soul searching and decided it is best for u, go for it xx

Mojisola

devils_vixen wrote: »

If you were born in Scotland you can

http://nationalrecordsofscotland.gov.uk/registration/recording-change-of-forename-and-surname-in-scotland

You can add the new name to the birth certificate but the original name isn't taken off it.

chelseablue

Very good point LEJC


Probably wouldn't get married for years as want to move house first.


If I do change my surname now, when I got married I think I would have a double barrelled name so I can keep my family name and have my son and husbands name


Also wouldn't want to go though the hassle of changing my surname then get married and have to discard it

chelseablue

If I do get married and have a double barrelled name, does my husband also have to be double barrelled or can him and our son stay as they are with just their single surname??

Mojisola

chelseablue wrote: »

If I do get married and have a double barrelled name, does my husband also have to be double barrelled or can him and our son stay as they are with just their single surname??

They can stay as they are.

GlasweJen

Mojisola wrote: »

You can add the new name to the birth certificate but the original name isn't taken off it.

I changed my name to match my step dads as I didn't want my sperm donors name on my degree.

The birth certificate is identical to my old one except my new name is in the surname box, the date registered is the date that the registrar general approved the name change and in the notes section it says "Born as GlasweJen Oldsurname". The RG office made it clear that if anyone ever needs my birth certificate it's the new one they will get.

chelseablue

GlasweJen wrote: »

I changed my name to match my step dads as I didn't want my sperm donors name on my degree.

The birth certificate is identical to my old one except my new name is in the surname box, the date registered is the date that the registrar general approved the name change and in the notes section it says "Born as GlasweJen Oldsurname". The RG office made it clear that if anyone ever needs my birth certificate it's the new one they will get.

Was that in England?