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Originally Posted by mick
anyone can change there name by depole  |
You don't actually need to change it by deedpoll. You can simply ask everyone to start calling you that, then go along to the banks etc and ask them to use it - once its been established then that can be used as your legal name. Changing it by deedpoll only establishes it immediately whereas the other route can take a few years whilst people get used to it. Most people use deedpoll when they are divorcing and want to go back to their maiden name or things like that.
But what I'm suggesting is that at the age of 18 (or some other age around then) you have an 'official' notification saying 'what would you like to be called from now on' and then a naming ceremony or the such like.