Re: OT: Anthroponymics

In the US you can change your entire name on basically any grounds, although
the specific laws vary from locale to locale. You just have to jump through
the appropriate legal hoops and pony up the fee, which also varies from
locale to locale but is generally on the order of $100. Of course, if you
get a lawyer's assistance on the legal hoop-jumping you have to pay them,
too.


On 10/25/05, veritosproject@gmail.com <veritosproject@...> wrote:
>
> Gmail alert--check reply-to.
>
> I know you can change your last name on basically any grounds in the
> US, but given names I'm not sure about.
>
> On 10/25/05, João Ricardo de Mendonça <somnicorvus@...> wrote:
> > This dscussion of given names prompts me to ask a question. What are
> > the rules for oficially changing one's name in your country? In
> > Brazil, you must prove to a judge that your name is embarassing or
> > that it harms your reputation in some way. I remember reading in the
> > newspapers about a man named Adolf Hitler who succesfully changed his
> > name on these grounds. Do other countries have similar laws?
> >
> > João Ricardo de Mendonça
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/16/05, John Vertical <johnvertical@...> wrote:
> > > >How many first names can people have in different nooks of the world?
> > > >Nowadays Swedes can have any number from one upwards, but most have
> > > >only two. (I and my son have three each, but I never use Jung 'coz
> > > >most people -- even Swedes -- think it's a surname.)
> > >
> > > In Finland, the standard is two first names, but one and three are
> also
> > > allowed by law. I think joint names such as Jean-François count as
> two, but
> > > don't hold me on that.
> > >
> > >
> > > >BTW there is on record a Swede having 29 names -- one for each letter
> > > >of the Swedish alphabet [A-ZÅÄÖ]!
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >
> > > >/BP 8^)>
> > >
> > > That reminds me - I read from an old (70s I think) copy of Guiness
> World
> > > Records that a Pennsylvanian man born in 1904 had the longest known
> personal
> > > name, and he also had first names for every letter of the alphabet.
> But it
> > > was his family name that was the totally insane one. I think I wrote
> it down
> > > somewhere ...
> > >
> > > OK, here goes:
> > > Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John
> Kenneth
> > > Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas
> Victor
> > > William Xerxes Yancy Zeus
> > >
> Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenschaftschaferswessenschafe-
> > >
> warenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangreifeudurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevor-
> > >
> alternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenerscheinenvanderersteerdemenschderraumschiff-
> > >
> gebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternaitigraumaufdersuche-
> > >
> nachdiesternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevonverstandig-
> > >
> menschlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfeuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitnicheinfurchtvor-
> > > angreifenvonandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischenternartigraum
> Senior.
> > >
> > > My German is a little rusty (OK, a lot rusty) - can anyone provide a
> > > translation of the family name?
> > >
> > > John Vertical
> > >
> >
>


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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>