Changing Name By Deed Poll questions (merged)

MissMoneypenny

MissMoneypenny wrote:

(signature of witness) FORMERLY KNOWN AS
(witness name in capitals) (full new name typed in capitals)
(full address of witness) (sign your old signature)
(profession of witness)

This bit didn't come out very well on the forum. The :-
FORMALLY KNOWN AS
(full OLD name typed in capitals)
(sign your old signature)

should be on the right of the document, opposite the witness to your signatures name and address.

Hope this helps.

abijanzo

hello,
I changed My Christian name 12 years ago. I informed the bank and the National Insurance people and then later the passport office. All I had to do was tell them in writing - didnt need to provide any official documents at all. The only time I thought I may get into a sticky situation was when I planned to get married in the Bahamas...so I contacted a solicitor over the net and got an official name change document signed which cost me £15. The reason I did this was although my passport stated my new name, my birth certificate had my old name and I needed both docs to marry abroard. Hence the need for another document stating the link between the two.
The fact that my surname then changed as I was married means I have a completely different name to that which I was born with.

sheryldoc

Did most of u change name cos u jst didnt like the one you were given?

i love my first name

mutley74

sheryldoc wrote:

Did most of u change name cos u jst didnt like the one you were given?

i love my first name

i want to change my first name as its one that really only people at work use. most people incl. family use my easy nickname for years. makes sense. also my life has totally changed this year so i feel kinda reborn. so to me makes it like a re-branding excercise.

mutley74

MissMoneypenny wrote:

This bit didn't come out very well on the forum. The :-
FORMALLY KNOWN AS
(full OLD name typed in capitals)
(sign your old signature)

should be on the right of the document, opposite the witness to your signatures name and address.

Hope this helps.

can one keep my old signature even when i change my first name? My current signature is really good scribble and i hate to change it, very unique and one can hardly make out my name from it in anycase.

mutley74

will the change of first name (only) affect my divorce certificate?

And can i keep my old signature?

cheers

Slinky

Wouldn't have thought a change of first name will have any 'affect' on your divorce certificate as that is a record of what you were called at the time. Providing you have a paper trail which shows what your name was and what it is now you should be OK.

I know it's not possible to get things like exam certificates changed as they are a record of your name at the time you took the exam.

astonsmummy

Hi
I have a 2 and a half year old son and he has his fathers surname, so we have different names, i want us to have the same surname but dont want him to have mine, so i'll have to take on his, how do i go about doing this, whats the best option?
TIA x

Loui1979

getting married

lottee

I take it your not with the father anymore? To get my sons surname, I just married his father in the end!