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What is a Deed Poll?
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Who can apply for a Deed
Poll?
Can I
change my children's names?
Are
there any restrictions on names?
Is a
Deed Poll registered anywhere?
Can a
birth certificate be changed?
Why do people change their name?
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About Deed Polls
Why
do people change their name?
Here are
the most popular reasons for people changing their name by Deed Poll in the
UK:
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Upon
separation, a woman wishes to be known by her maiden name before her
divorce is finalised
(see
note 1 below). |
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An
unmarried mother whose child was registered with the father's surname
wishes her child to have her surname. |
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People
who simply don't like their name. |
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Upon
marriage or a civil partnership, the couple choose to have a double-barrelled or
hyphenated surname
(see
note 2 below). |
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Upon
marriage, a bride who adopts her husband's surname chooses to have her
maiden name as a middle name. |
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Upon
marriage, a bride who already has children from a former relationship
chooses to have the surname of her children changed to her new married
surname
(see
note 3 below). |
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People
who have been using a different name to their birth name who want to
formalise their change of name so that all their official documents
and records show their new name. |
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One or
both partners in a gay or lesbian relationship wish to share the same
surname. |
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Transsexuals who wish to change their name after a gender change
operation. |
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Entertainers who want to formally use their stage name. |
So long
as you are not changing your name for fraudulent purposes, it doesn't matter
what the reason is - it's your right to be known by whatever name you wish
(subject to certain restrictions that are explained on our page
Are there
any restrictions on names?).
Note 1
Upon receipt of a decree absolute certificate, a woman can usually revert to
her maiden name. A Deed Poll is usually not required as the decree absolute
certificate and her marriage certificate (which shows her maiden name)
provides the documentary evidence that she has changed her name.
Note 2
Upon
marriage, the bride has the option of keeping or maiden name or taking her
husband's surname. If she only wishes to take her husband's surname, a Deed
Poll is not required. The marriage certificate provides the documentary
evidence that she has changed her surname.
Note 3
If the
mother was married when her children were born, written permission of the
father is required. If the father's permission is not given, a court order
must be obtained.
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