I asked a similar question and many people helped me, for which I'm grateful!.
I have a last name that I have been very unhappy with for most of my life, and I want to change it legally!.
Here's my question:
I found out the procedure for legally changing your last name, but it involves a judge's approval!.
If you want to legally change your last name out of DESIRE (in other words, NOT for divorce, marriage or a similar reason) what are the chances that they will approve your request!?
If the judge won't approve your request, what recourse do you have!?
Will I be stuck with this last name for the rest of my life!?
I know that if I were to marry, I could take my husband's last name, but that won't help me! First of all, it doesn't look like I'll ever get married, and second, if I were marry, I want to keep my identity, not be an extension of my husband!. If I had a surname I liked, and I got married!.!.!. I would keep my own name!.
Nobody understands why it bothers me so much, but I really hate it!. It is Jones (for practical purposes)!. No offense if that's your name, but I have always hated it, and I've never been able to identify with it!.
I hate having a generic name!. My first name is also and EXTREMELY common name!. In every school I have ever attended in my life, there have been three or four other girls with that same full name!
I don't want a name that sounds weird in left field, but I got so SICK of being just one of many Sarah Joneses!. I want a name of my own and not some communal name that I have to share with a disproportionate number of people!.
I feel like a nobody, and I feel like I don't have any sense of identity!. I have no sense of individuality!. I would like to have a unique name, a special name just for me!. I would like to be an individual, not a nobody who blends into the woodwork!. I don't want to change my first name, even though I don't like it, because it was picked out for me and if I were to pick out a first name for myself, it wouldn't have any sentimental value!.
I have Spanish ancestry (not completely, but some)!. I am VERY proud of it (nothing wrong with other nationalities, its just that I identify with the Spanish culture, or latin culture in general)!.
My great-grandfather was from Spain and had a really beautiful last name!. I would like to legally change my last name to my great-grandfather's!.
Spain is part of my heritage and part of who I am, and my love for latin culture sets me apart!. It's "me!." Jones isn't "me!."
Other people don't understand why I hate it, but I hear "Sara Jones" and I just cringe!. It doesn't sound like music to my ears!. My grandfather's last name is so beautiful, that it sounds like music!.
I am very passionate about the latin culture!. I speak fluent Spanish and have always loved latin stuff, the language, the culture, etc!. I have lived in latin America and I identify with the culture!. It would mean a lot to me to have a Spanish sounding last name, not only becuase it ismy heritage but because I identify with the culture!.
I'm really proud of being of Spanish descent but with a name like Jones, people don't know!. When hyou're proud of something you want people to know about it, and people always assume that I'm an anglo-saxon!. Nothing wrong with being an anglo-saxon, but!.!.!.!. I'm NOT!. I get tired of people making assumptions about me!.
I hate the name, and don't identify with it, and it's generic and I've never had a sense of identity!.
I have decided that I want to go to court and officially take my great-grandfather's last name!.
Je repete (I repeat)!.!.!.
If you change your name out of DESIRE will that be a detriment in court!?
If the judge won't approve my request, what recourse do I have!?
I don't want to be stuck with a name I hate forever!
Maybe no one else understands how I feel, but it makes sense to me!
I'm sorry I've written so much but I had to get this off my chest!. It really bothers me a lot!.
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