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.
The spelling of my last name is rare enough where I live that I sincerely doubt anybody here, who isn’t already part of my family, would be heinous enough to do that.
So, probably not. I already don’t really associate much with extended family to begin with, so I’d probably be out of the loop for a long time anyways.
Probably, because my last name is pretty rare. I actually have my mother’s surname so I think I’d just change it to my father’s.
Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks.
My whole name - first, middle, and last - is one of those that’s so generic I’m damn near impossible to Google without already knowing other key identifying details. Details that, if you already knew, you probably wouldn’t need to Google me anyway.
Welcome to Port Royal, Mr. Smith.
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.
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.
So, just change it if and when I get married?
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.
It’s a lot of work even if you’re changing it due to marriage.
Jokes on me there are close to a hundred million people with the same last name as me, I’m not changing
I would try like getting royalty checks just by name alone. Try to pretend I’m related to them, forge some documents and stuff. That is if the person is interviewed or having books or stuff made of them.
My last name is limited to my 5 closest relatives. This is due to a bizarre misspelling 3 generations back followed by mostly female descendants.
Whoa super cool! I would ask you to say what it is but do not expect you to answer :)
Yeah. I’d like to be able to, but this isn’t the kind of society where my opinions should be matched to my body.
I can tell you that the original was Sicilian.
Hell, there’s a famous singer with my whole name, and I won’t even give up music. Why the hell would I change my name over something someone else did?
No, this has happened and I did not feel the need to change my name. Nobody even associates my name with his because his heinous crime happens so often in my country.
In ex Spanish or Portuguese colonies, where having 2-4 family names is common, that happening would mean someone in your (extended) family did it
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.
Except for the exact spelling I already share a last name with a war criminal president. But since I’m in a different country and the name has a positive association with an author here, it hasn’t really seemed like an issue.
