No, changing one’s name is a pain in the ass.
Came here for this, not disappointed. o7
Wow, you must really love his music!
I have an extraordinarily rare last name combined with an extraordinarily rare first name, I’m literally the only person who has ever had my full name in the entire history of humanity, I’m keeping it.
Until you meet someone with that exact name
Unless someone in my family with my last name named their kid after me, that’s not going to happen.
Why should I change? They’re the one who sucks!
Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks.
I guess it depends how common your last name is where you live. If you’re a Smith/Johnson/Brown/Williams in the USA, those are pretty common. If you’ve got one of those names in China, maybe a name change is in order.
If your last name is Summerbell, that’s a bit rare, and maybe you need to distance yourself.
It depends on one’s name, because said name happened to make people infer one’s ethnicity. It’s more of an ethnicity thing if you think about it. For Khazars (I’m a crypto Khazar, so I’m convinced), we change our name to hide the fact we’re Khazars, because we’re wannabe Caucus Eurpoeans, but we come from Turkey originally (and eastern Europe as the Khazars).
Hell no, people can finally spell it.
An ex of mine had the same name as the wife of a killer. I find it hilarious that when you Google her name, that person comes up. I hope it forever is an impediment to her finding employment. What? No, I’m not bitter.
Changing your name is an insane amount of work and it is not worth it
I would argue about insane amount, but would agree that it is not worth it.
If you’re just changing your name without getting married there’s a lot of paperwork, you have to stand in front of a judge, then you have to change all your banking information and everything else that had your previous name on it. And so help you god if you lose that paperwork that says you changed your name if you happen to need it years later it’s a huge issue. It’s a lot of work to change your name.
I did change my surname late in high school. Maybe it is cause of my country, bur yhat was not so easy. I just wrote a letter to the birth certificate register with a good reason to do so. Once they replied with “you’re good to go” I just wen to the passport issuer with that mail and changed my name. What happens next is the problem - change name in all instances - school, work, license, bank and so on.
When I was younger and less involved in this world, it was quick. Today, with all the subscriptions, payments and registrations - screw that. Too much effort.
So, just change it if and when I get married?
Apparently when getting married it isn’t quite as easy as I was thinking. But depending on your country it might be slightly easier
It’s a lot of work even if you’re changing it due to marriage.
Harvey Epstein is crazy bad luck for a name.
For me, it depends on the crime and how common or uncommon the name is but still probably not.
No, I hope I’d have the self-confidence to own it.
- I went to school with a kid named “dick”. Not Richard or rich, but he insisted on “dick”. He was the first to joke about his name and he laughed about it. I don’t know how he truly felt but everyone loves the comedian, and even bullies couldn’t make fun of him
- I just got a new coworker with the same name as a famous comedian, and same deal. His intro speech started with “not that one”, and he can quote movie lines with the best of us. Actually I haven’t worked with him so know nothing else about him. I remember his name and that he has a good sense of humor
- my name Isn’t at all common but there’s a professor in Chicago with the same name, who has authored a bunch of text books. Does it count that I sometimes joke about my “alternate life”?
my name Isn’t at all common but there’s a professor in Chicago with the same name, who has authored a bunch of text books. Does it count that I sometimes joke about my “alternate life”?
I googled my name and found some old dude with a PhD lmao.
No, because my name is already very common and there are several prominent murderers, war criminals and even traitors who share my name, and I barely rate among them.
Weinstein might be a fairly common jewish name? Definitely not changing mine, it’s very common.
I’d definitely consider it if my family name was Hitler, or something that’s a common swear word nowadays to the point that few people even know the original meaning anymore. “Ficker” is a relatively common name in my country, but to contemporary people it’s basically “fucker”. Many change the name into “Fischer” or use their spouse’s name instead.
Well that’s an interesting Google to find out that Hitler had a nephew who fought with the US navy against the axis.
A co-worker’s last name was Goebbels. I offered him to correspond on first-name basis but he politely declined. I never worked closely enough to find out why he would not only keep that name but also prefer it to his first name.
I am from the Netherlands. The media etc. do not reveal surnames when court cases are being mentioned. I could be wrong but I believe that is set in law.
Greets from the south neighbors.
Here names are redacted as long as court cases run, as the presumption of innocence means they could sue the media if they get threats ztc.
One of the worst US congress members shares a last name with me, but it’s also so common that it’s pretty diluted. It needs to be both infamous and uncommon, sharing a last name with millions of people ain’t that.
Then again, Epstein is kinda common and I can’t help giggle when I bring up a certain researcher with that last name and call her model the Epstein model.
Rewatching the Expanse is funny when they mention the Epstein Drive, and its even funnier when
spoiler
they literally have a plot point about them trafficking kids into a
islandmoon and do disgusting things… using them to create bioweaponsYeah, millions of Johnsons survive sharing a name with a guy who must have been a real prick.
