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From: jeff@utastro.UUCP (Jeff Brown the Scumbag)
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Subject: Re: Repost Name Changing
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 03:07:02 EST
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> I want to change my name to 572-58-0598.  No first name, no
> middle name, no last name, just the name 572580598.  No middle
> initial, ...

I believe that most places *won't* let you do that.  A lot
depends on the stuffiness of the local authorities.  I remember
reading about a court case involving something like this a few
years ago; some individual (in Arizona, I think) wanted to change
his legal name to a number (and I think it was his SSN).  The
request was bounced by the powers-that-were and the individual
took it to court, and lost (at the state level, and no higher
court deigned to overturn it, if I remember right).  He had a
terrible time convincing the court it wasn't a "frivolous"
thing.

I'm surprised that more people don't get their name changed.
It is not that difficult a process, and if you're willing to
take on the burden of demonstrating that the name you now bear
is connected to the one on your credit record/birth certificate/
school transcript/etc. then I can't see what difference it should
make.  An ex-roommate of mine advocated (though I think he stole
the idea from somewhere) that upon reaching adulthood, everyone
should be FORCED to assume a new legal name which could not be
the same as their birth-name; his opinion was that a lot of
nonsense of "oddball" names inflicted on offspring by parents,
and the absurd egotism of things like Earnest Blublood Bigott VII
would fall by the wayside quickly.  (Then again, he had a lot
of other weird ideas too ... :-)

Jeff Brown the Scumbag
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