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I've meet a brazilian guy once whose name is Valtdisnei (i don't remember his surname), he told me that his mom came up with that name because she liked to watch Walt Disney's cartoons as a child...
Macdeas Not really. If you look at the meanings of popular names like John, James, Mary, Peter, and many others, you'll get phrases like "gift of God," and others. Sara means "Princess." Regina is the Latin word for "Queen." consider the American names like Hunter and others. Naming a girl Bonny or Bella is the same as naming her "beautiful." And then there are the names Faith, Hope, Charity, and even Chastity (Sonny and Cher were a little weird to me in that case). Consider a language that doesn't have a direct word meaning "Faith." when conveying the meaning of the word itself, it might be translated as "one who sees inner truth." That is why name translations seem cumbersome sometimes.
Am Indonesian. Can confirm. After trying multiple methods, we found out that the easiest way to express this when filling up a form is by repeating our first name in the last name column. Hence "Jane Jane" for example. Great video!
If someone has a silent letter as her name, would that mean that whenever you use the name you skip over it? For example “her name is,” “my name is and I'm 20 years old,” or “I'm going out with tonight.”
that is not true. the vast majority do have middle names; some people are not told till they are a teenager or they just were not told ever; some actually have a Firs,t Last, and 2 Middle names
I believe about 85% of the population of the U.S. has a middle name. Such factors as culture and region will affect the likelihood of a middle name. Roman Catholic tradition includes choosing a middle name on confirmation. People of English ethnicity usually have a middle name and many of Hispanic background have more than one middle name. I have some Spanish ancestors who had 4-5 middle names and several surnames. Spanish naming traditions are often quite complicated. I don't know of anyone in my family that has fewer than one middle name and only one great grandparent didn't have a middle name.
I went to school with a Burmese dude named Sein who only had one name. When his family moved to the US, they took the name of their city (Shwebo) as a last name for their legal documents.
You can change your name in the US without a court order if you get married. I was married in Massachusetts and on the marriage license it asked me if I wanted to change both my first and last name. I opted for just changing my last name. However it is popular to have the woman add her maiden name to her middle name (or just replace it) and add her husband's last name. In any case, no court order or justification needed.
"firstname: Sukarno. last name: Sukarno." "so your name is Sukarno Sukarno? "no, my name is Sukarno. I'm only have Sukarno. so I think my first and last name is Sukarno."
Ahmad Febri Ramadiyana When I was younger and learning Indonesian at school it took me a while to get the idea of simply having one name but as time went on I got used to it and in fact had to be someone trained out of that thinking when I started dating my partner who is Indonesian but is ethnically Teochew and Christian hence she has a given name and a family name as was forced on her family as they were not permitted to keep their Chinese names as their legal names until recently.
Yeh ! Call it Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, nobody would be able to call it or tell it off or anything cos none of the teachers would be able to say it......well not unless you live in north Wales 😆
My ex-girlfriend's aunt had her name changed like 4 times. She was originally named for her aunt Carol, who was an adulterer, so she had it changed to Ashley because she didn't want to be named after the cheating aunt. She later became an Evangelical Christian and had it changed again to Hannah, which comes from the Hebrew word for "grace." Then she moved to the UAE and converted to Sunni Islam, and adopted an Arabic name Fozia, then after moving to Pakistan, she had the name Irum added lol almost her whole family still calls her Carol
Amy Soderstrom nym rather than nim - because it's from Greek - so duonymous. It should be in the dictionary, I agree. I'm married to a mononymous person.
Several years ago I had a co-worker who, as an American and a resident of Texas, was mononymous. His particular workaround was to use his name as a last name, and "Mr" as a pronym for applications such as email that just COULD NOT cope with the notion of a mononym.
I met a guy named "Skye" who had checks printed with just "Skye." This was in the USA, so I'm not sure his reasons or anything, but I just thought after watching this video that it's interesting to have met someone with a mononym, which is my first new word of 2017! :) Happy New Year TIFO!
I would love it if you talked about another awkward thing when it comes to filling out forms in the U.S.: They often ask for city, state, and county of birth. But there are cities that are not within counties, called *independent cities*, such as Richmond, VA (where my daughter was born). People outside of the few states where this happens don't seem to understand this when my daughter and I attempt to explain it. Virginia has a total of 38 independent cities. Other cities without counties include Baltimore, Maryland; St. Louis, Missouri; and Carson City, Nevada.
Jaimes I did not know that. But most documents do not ask for the county. If you skip it on the ones that do it's usually okay. I would think businesses like insurance which will require it should already be aware and have a solution.
It's generally asked for whenever you deal with local government agencies, banks, or any other institution that would, for example, ask for your social security number or require identity verification. And no, they don't usually have solutions in place because they don't run into it very often in states where there are no independent cities. The number of times we've run into this is astounding, and we've had to go to great lengths in some cases to get special clearance from local officials, which is why I suggested it as a topic.
I didn't know about the independent cities thing and after looking it up it turns out I was born in one and have lived in one over half of my life. It's never been an issue for me when living in other places.
Working for an American call center, a co-worker spoke to a woman who changed her name to a mononym. She acted like she couldn't believe how difficult it was to apply for things or complete forms with just 1 name. Also, in West Virginia, if you change your last name anytime other than when getting married or divorced, you have to pay about $300 & pay for a notice in the local newspaper that you're going to change your name in case someone wants to contest it. Of course, that makes no sense because who cares if my neighbor doesn't want me to change my name?
It's mostly to stop people from naming themselves something that sounds like a troll username on youtube or changing their names more than once. As long as you're changing your first name to something that sounds normal it shouldn't be an issue. Changing your last name probably only has one reason anyway. You either don't have family or you want to cut ties with them.
My husband and I legally changed our last name one year after we were married. We did it as our “paper” anniversary present. The judge asked me why I wanted to change my last name, I said so it would match my business name. He then asked my husband why he wanted to change his, my husband said”I want to match my wife”. The judge banged his gavel and we have been the Skulls for 10 years this Halloween 💙☠️💙
Some times there are ways around the difficulties of the US system. My wife and I recently got a marriage license in California. She was allowed to write down anything she wanted on the application, in each blank. She actually came up with an unexpected combination. For that matter, so did my sister. I want to say at this time that I have worked in the mortuary industry, where we must deal with names, legal names, and official identity. It is for certificates and reporting purposes. It has become a difficulty that some people have gone by nicknames for years. At long last the death certificate has been ammended to accommodate this. Another difficulty is the hyphenated name. It is a recent trend in California to take on a hyphenated name, be it legal or not. This is trendy and faddish. Not well considered, and does not honor hyphenated name styles originating in Europe. It is a thoughtless action. And inconvenient to the system. Another thing that makes things more difficult is bad spelling, cutsie spellings or creative spelling. If your mother or you can't spell, how can you hope for the system to keep it straight? The last example may be helpful to some people. In California, a LEGAL ALIAS is recognized. The State government won't give you a hard time, as long as the alias is not for illegal or spurious purposes. And all you have to do is to claim that name. No courts, etc. I had a friend who did this. Apparently he had a rough background. When he decided to come to California and start over, he took a name from a headstone in a cemetery. He led an honorable life till he died, and the name change helped. This is a good example of keeping it simple, having a good reason, and consistency, once the change was effected.
fun fact about italy: there's a town near Venice named Chioggia, since it has been for a long time pretty much isolated (it's in the middle of the venetian lagoon), most of the population has the same 5-6 last names, causing there to be a lot of people with the same name. To facilitate identification, their ID lists the nickname aswell
It used to be that you could legally change your name when joining the US military. Many years ago I served in the Navy with a man named "BOB." He had a really difficult and long name given at birth. When he joined the Navy he changed his surname to Bob and did not provide a first or middle name. His military ID listed his name as Bob NFN, NMN. His name tape on his uniforms said BOB. On board he was known as GMG1 Bob or "Gunner Bob."
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I work for the German immigration authority and have mononymous clients quite often. In our computer programs the nonexistent name is marked with "+", in passports or ID cards it's "---". That rule is applicable for mononymous people who acquired German citizenship later in life too, if they choose not to change their name during the naturalization process. Generally, it's not easy to change your name here, so you can't just get rid of one of your names without having a good, plausible reason. If your last name is considered offensive (like Hitler or Fucker) you may change it to your mother's maiden name for example.
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I work in the credit assesment department for a major telecommunications company. It is nearly impossible to get service for your home or cell without at least 2 names. Even with all legal documents proving this to be your name you will be accused of fraud.
3:30 "You can add or remove names." Fuck yeah, I'm moving to the UK and removing all of my names. I'll then be known as "XXX", at least until I move back to the United States.
The concept of name changes has always interested me. I like screen names and nicknames because I consider it creating your own identity. Your parents don't know how well/poorly your name will suit you when they give it to you at birth, so it can sometimes be a clean slate for you. I seriously doubt I'd ever go through with legally changing my name to Gil, but I still find it interesting to think about.
And here I thought people of the US had all this freedom, but when you dig beneath the surface the rules and regulations are up there with some of the strictest in the world.
Awesome video though worth noting, in the U.K. You can change your name for free simply by creating a deed poll (some good websites will show you how to do this as it's super easy). The companies you described that charge a small fee do so without any formal authority (think ppi solicitors) so though they may get the job done, many prefer to simply draw one up themselves using a template for free.
I used to have only a first name in India. But when I wanted to enroll at US universities to study here, some would not accept my application without a last name. Had to legally change my name to include a last name :s
There is NO UK deed poll office/department: official or not. Those deed polls are actually commercial companies offering a "service". In the UK you can just use your new name - although having signed paper work (just saying you now go by the new name) makes new passports etc easier. Source: me, as my wife and I both changed our names 4 years ago.
Adding to the spam discussion, it was the repetitiveness of the skit that inspired its usage. When spam first became an internet term, it refered not to junk mail, but repetitive or too frequent postings in various online discussion mediums, such as MUDs, chatrooms, and newsgroups. It later expanded to encompass any useless electronic communication, regardless of its frequency.
In the case of Prince, that was actually his first name (his full name was Prince Rogers Nelson). Teller and Cher are unusual cases. Teller was born Raymond Joseph Teller but legally changed his name to the mononym Teller. Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) uses a shortened form of her first name.
The same reason they used a picture of the rule cards from the monopoly card game when talking about the rules of the board game in the monopoly video.
I know this video only focused on the UK and US, but in Europe (especially Portugal and Spain) having fewer than three names is practically unheard of. You usually have one or two first names, and two to four last names (usually two of each).
nanianmichaels I think most people have 3 names in US. Some have more, but I think very few have only 2 names. I've heard of it, but I don't think I ever met anyone like that.
Question! So does the same thing for Teller and Cher apply to those that could be considered of internet fame? For instance in the eSports community, could a famous player for something like a few years change their legal name to their pro-name? Or is it too grey at the moment since the idea of internet fame is still a relatively new thing?
I guess it depends less on the internet but on the eSports community - I think that is still to small to be considered well known to the general population
It depends entirely on the judge's discretion and the state. A lenient judge could absolutely grant it, but they could just as easily decline the request if they find it frivolous.
You probably can in certain countries unless that configuration of numbers is specifically banned. There's a video on here called "top 10 banned baby names" or something and it covers the topic. So maybe you can be given a numbered name but you can't change your name to something with numbers.
In México you have first name, first surname (first surname of the father), second surname (first surname of the mother), and as many middle names as you want, so most people end up with at least for names and is a pain in the ass to write them in every place you need them, and the names sometimes can be pretty long themselves so... (there is also a few people that so they can pass their surnames combine them, and you get surnames that are in reality two surnames writen as one, as example Cruzcruz, de la GarzaLaguna, etc. If you look for them you find that even if it's not the norm it isn't that rare. Also, depending on where you live, married woman change their surnames to the husband one, keeps theirs, of add the husband one, so you can end with things like (obviously this is an extreme example, most people won't do this, I hope), María Marcela Alejandra (First names) Garza-Laguna (first surname) LópezPeña-de-León (second surname) de Rangel García (husband surnames), you might not believe me but it really is the name of a friend.
Flexible Games Yes he did, but it was not by choice. when he left the record label he was recording for, he did not realize they had pulled a fast one and actually held a copyright on his name. Yes, his real first name is Prince. Prince Rogers Nelson. so basically he was told he was not allowed to use his own name until the contract with his former record label had expired. It took about 10 years for that to happen. Can you imagine being told your name was not your own and you couldn't even use it?
MyBrainEatsEverything Yeah, they were really screwing with him, and not in the fun way. I'm guessing that's why he was able to get away with the O) +> name change.
Flexible Games No, just his professional/group "name", as his first record company owned "Prince" as a trademark. He could not register to vote as "Prince" as that was only part of his personal name (his first name, IIRC).
My daughter actually ended up with 4 names lol.She was born overseas and they take the fathers first name from the birth certificate and that is her middle name but we didnt know this and had chosen a middle name for her.Needless to say we were a little surprised when the official documents came and it's been good for a few laughs ;) She's still quite young (4) but later on if she wants to try and change it we'll do it although since she is also a dual citizen it's not going to be all that easy to do.
I don't get that rule about changing your name to a famous person's name. Do celebrities just have dibbs on the names that their parents randomly gave them? Will every name eventually be taken up by famous people, and everybody will just have to get names with no vowels or something?
So I guess Princes Consuela Banana Hammock and Crap Bag (formerly Phoebe Buffay and Mike Hannigan respectively) would not have been approved in the US ^^'
I live in the US and work with a guy who legally changed his name to a single first name back in the 60's/70's. He now has no last name. Per his story, he did it because he did not want to be listed in the phone book by his last name. I am not positive if the phone book is accurate or not, but I do know he does legally only have a first name.
I'm from the USA and just legally changed my full name. Didn't have to publish in the newspaper due to parental domestic violence, but BOY WAS IT EXPENSIVE!
It cost me about $70 to change my name in Missouri when I did it last year between the filing fees and the publication. That said, it took forever and four trips to the courthouse. Then there's all the time updating your banking and government records... Not much of a money investment for me, but it was a hell of a time one.
Ikr?! I did it in Colorado but was paranoid about the FBI cards being rejected, so paid $80 for the digital prints. Was like $100 to file with the courthouse. I just sent off for the new SS card last week tho. If prices are still the same it'll be $12 for the new license. Still need to send for a certified fixed birth certificate from Washington state. This whole thing is so time consuming.
Growing up, my parents used to call me, "Boys Cut It Out!" I'm glad that nickname didn't stick, but I don't usually recognize my own name when it is said. Funny how certain things get ingrained.
I completely changed my first, middle, and last name. I'm in Virginia. The only requirements were I wasn't a felon, incarcerated, or on probation. I paid 40 bucks and received the official paperwork of my name change approval stamped and signed but the judge. The court process here is much easier than the process of contacting every place of business and doctor you deal with to change it... it's been 5 years now so all of that has been sorted out for a while now. Anytime I have to show my birth certificate though, I have to present that name change form.
your right about the UK. I have changed my name to a first name and two middle names but no surname. although my second middle name will show in the surname slot but is still considered as not a surname. this has caused several issues with NHS and other local government who I have to call to confirm.
Last year I changed my name from my adopted name to my actual birth name here in California. First I had to wait in line hours to see my county clerk to file the paperwork and pay a fee (if wasn't cheap... several hundred dollars). Then I had to wait as the county ran a background check on me. After they called to notify me that I was apparently on the up and up... I had to go to the clerk's office and retrieve the OK'd paperwork necessary to proceed. Then I had to put a "Notice of Legal Name Change" in my local printed newspaper to run for four consecutive weeks and obtain proof of that (another 125 bucks that they required I pay in cash). After I obtained publishing proof, I had to go back and wait in line for hours again at the county clerk's office to file the proof and make an appointment with the court to stand before a judge. Weeks later, I appeared before a judge, argued my case, he banged his gavel and granted my application. THEN I had to go back and wait in line to see the clerk and file the judge's ruling and obtain extra copies of the decree. The entire process took about three months. ---- And that was just the start of it. Don't even get me going about subsequently changing my name with credit card companies, insurance, mortgage, utilities, birth certificate, marriage license, driver's license, Social Security, TSA, US passport and on and on and on... this has NOT been a joyful adventure nor is it one for the faint of heart.
"for instance, in the UK." bring up picture of ONLY England. so is it only England? or is it in the whole UK? because your graphic doesn't even include Wales, or Scotland, let alone Northern Ireland.
Strangely Morrissey (full name Stephen Patrick Morrissey) who was born & lived in England until 1998 didn't get his driver's licence changed to just Morrissey until some time after moving to California.
You're the first show I've seen accurately report on the "spam" slang, although computer gamers still use the idea correctly when they talk about "spamming a button" during a game fight. It's about repetition. I just checked wikipedia, and it seems they also have the origin correct now as well. "Spam (Monty Python)" I was a mainframe operator in the pre-WWW days of arpanet and direct dialups and so on, and the field was full of Monty Python fans. When repetitious messages or emails got sent out (which could repeat a thousand times a minute by mistake and overload all the buffers/memory) people would actually sing the spam song as it was discovered or dealt with; and a blank program loop that got sent to a high-speed line-at-a-time printer could make such a mess of paper flying out that it was like an absurd comedy scene. A few people even had an actual spam can on their desk or terminal as a reminder that endless tasks and repeated minutia are all part of life. One group of computer engineers I knew had a giant cardboard mockup of a spam can in their home, calling their place "the House of Spam" as a mascot. In a way, it's a compliment to Spam... it's always there, it's always the same, and you can count on it to at least keep you working. Now that WWW encourages people to make electronic spam on purpose, I just sigh and harken back to my own viking roots... and I sing a little bit of the song each time I select "delete all" in the checkbox :)
Hey guys, I really really love your content, but I just wanted to say, you keep using "as such" wrong. It is not a simple synonym for "therefore" - you're only supposed to use it if you can replace the "such" with a noun from the previous sentence ("the sun is a star - as such, it emits light": there, you can change "such" to "a star" and it still makes sense). By contrast, "mononymous people are rare [...] particularly in the west - as such, most of our infrastructure is built to [...]" is most certainly *wrong*.
Not trying to tell anyone how to anything :) just thought it was a pity that they were using it this way, considering how well-constructed their videos are and how well-spoken their hosts are. I am of the firm belief that study of language should follow usage, not dictate it, however, this does not mean one should not keep an eye out for possible unclear phrasings. Their usage of "as such" was just slightly distracting to me (my brain kept asking "as what? As what?", when the idiom did not follow any noun), so I decided to comment on it in order to point out something they might have missed. :) Regardless, make sure you keep up the great work, guys! I really like your channel a lot.
I went by one name for nearly a decade in the US. It was legal. I did this this in the mid-90's. My California driver's license just said "Noah". I registered to vote as "Noah". I paid my state and federal taxes as just "Noah". It was totally legal, but turned out to be a pain in the ass. Actually, what you said about changing your name in the US is wrong. It is not that hard because there is a giant loophole. You even mentioned this loophole in your video. It's true that you may go in front of a judge if you want to change your name instantly for some reason, but the loophole is that if you want to gradually slip into going by a new name then that's totally legal. Just start using your new name. You do not have to justify your name change in front of a judge if you use your new name for a lengthy period of time. I forget how long, but it was something like a year or two years. Once the preponderance of the world knows you by your new name then that's legally your name. Nobody has to approve anything. You don't need to fill out any forms. Once you have changed your name with the IRS; get the DMV to issue you a driver's license; and use the new name on the deed to your house, your mortgage loan, primary banking account, voter registration card then you don't need to do anything else. Going in front of a judge is superfluous. They can't force you to change all those things back to your original name.
I'm now in the movie business. But when I was an "MP" (military police) in the Marine Corps, we jokingly called ourselves SPAM. "Some Police, All Marine". Or alternatively, "Some Police, All Military". Also, when I got out of the Marine Corps I briefly did promotional events as a model for SPAM where we gave out "Spamples".
I changed my whole name back in 2009. The Deed Poll process is extremely easy, and while I opted to pay a company to provide my document, if I were to ever have to do it again (cannot imagine I will, unless I decide at some point to revert to the original) Id do it myself instead. Even once it came and had been signed and witnessed, I waited a few days before changing details with HMRC, bank etc as that is the point it becomes legal rather than on signing the form. It then took about a year for me to automatically refer to myself and think as Faith.
I immigrated to Taiwan (from USA) and was required to choose a "proper" surname and "First" name, which I did. My RUclips name doesn't show my "middle" name, if that makes sense. SPAM was on iffy grounds a few decades ago and the Monty Python sketch didn't help--showing it as a barbarian food. I like SPAM today and eat it with certain preparations, but it's not generally a highly respectable food item. (This gives me an idea to make some SPAM videos.) Great content, thank you guys so much!
Spanglish Photo if the entire video was "Can you legally vhange you name to only your first or last name? yes" would you watch that? why would that be in any way entertaining? you can google that, people watch this channel (i do atleast) to get the backstory on seemingly mundane things that exponetially expand as you venture into history. Something youve never even thought of are turned into incredibly diverse and interesting subjects... if you think it can be summed up in one word, you obviously dont understand the spirit of this channel...
It isn't a yes or no question. The answer is "it depends". That might seem like a yes, but for a lot of people, the majority perhaps, the answer is actually "no".
in the UK, you can change your name for free, by writing your own deed poll. the people who charge for the service dont like to mention it, but you DO NOT have to pay!
So the other day I was reading some family history and found that often a couple would have 2 children with the same name-the first one being deceased. I also noted that the second child would then have their mothers last name instead of their fathers. Any idea if this was common practice? This was in the 1800’s.
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Actually as someone hailing from Hispanic America I have four names: a first name, a middle name, and two surnames. But, living in the U.S., I only mostly use my first name and 1st surname. Over here is still rare to see more than one so-called last name and instead would be treated as a singular surname with a hyphen between the surnames most of the time.
My grandmother registered me at school. She BOTH misspelled my last name, and put in my younger sister's birth month and day. It took years to get this fixed in the school system's computers. The system also truncated the last letter of my last name which further added to the confusion. Finally, when teachers called roll, I could always know it was me because there was generally a long pause while they tried to figure out how to pronounce it. Finally, in college, I just signed my name "Q", and it all went smoothly from there. Later, shared with several well known actors, as in James Bond, Star Trek, ... Some college fraternity brothers never knew my name, some 40+ years later.
Joe B I never claimed to know everything about it; all I know is someone said that it was as it is because Scotland has different laws than those described in the video. I'm an american, and don't know too much about UK laws and such.
King of Midgard It's a bit like how the different states in the US have a degree of self rule, and their own state court system in addition to federal courts. The UK isn't as decentralized as the US, but Scotland has a degree of self rule and independent court system.
You don't need to change your name legally to use another name for most purposes, though it can cause confusion. Actors often use stage names, and monastics often take a "name in religion." But it can be hard to persuade friends and family to go along. I go by my middle name, mostly. but my family still calls me by my first name. Then, for a while, when I was under a monastic vow, I also had a name in religion. But it was hard for those who knew me before to get used to the new, religious name, and for those who only knew me as a monk to get used to my old, secular name when I went back to it after leaving the monastery. I did consider a legal name change, but in the State of New York, the fee is not cheap.
Considering all of the issues, I think maybe one universal method/convention should be taken, which is one box for a name. The name can consist of only letters and spaces. The first letter of each individual space separated name will be capitalized. The rest lower case. So, as many names as you like, but one unit for name. But, then by convention, the last name is your family name. Whatever it is, it's assumed that each family member's name will end with that name as a matter of convenience and family unity, though it doesn't have to. It will just be an assumption if one does not know otherwise. So, if someone wants a family name for some reason, they can just take the last of the names in the name box. And then people will probably call you by your first name. In that case, people will probably want to avoid having middle names because they'd always have to write all of them in the name box.
I remember the guy who used only his initials and went by RB Jones. He was registered by the US Army as R (only) B (only) Jones and was issued dog tags for "Ronly Bonly Jones."
I have been mononymous for the past 20 years. I changed my name in a Nashville court, the judge was fine with it, and the lawyer's fee was around $150. When medical insurers or credit card organizations have problems with the one name, my cards are issued with my name appearing twice - once for the first name and once for the last name. Although I haven't updated my passport, the last one I had used "XXX" in the Surname box. Each state's driver's licenses are different. Nashville: XXX. New York: NLN (which some people mistook as "Nin"). California: a blank space in the First Name field. It's interesting and funny to see how people react when I tell them I only have one name. They usually don't believe me until I pull out my driver's license to prove it.
I changed my name in the U.S. and never had to appear before a judge, though a judge did have to approve it. Incidentally, I axed my middle name (as well as changing my first name), so I guess I at least went from trinymous to duonymous, even if those aren't actual words.
I knew a man who migrated to the US from Afghanistan. He arrived with one name which was traditional in the part of Afghanistan he came from. He quickly figured out how much a hassle this was going to be, so he soon added his Afghani nickname as his last name. So he wound up being called the Afghani equivalent of "Dr. Reverend Doctor" as a distinguished academic.
My mom wasn't given a middle (second) name at birth so she made one up in high school. She's been using it on everything (except on her US passport) for the last 60 years. It's on her license, bank and credit cards and everything else. She's said its never been an issue.
My mom worked with some Indonesians who had one name and immigrated to the US. From what I recall, they just chose a last name randomly. Or they repeated their name, something like "Thomas Thomas" for example.
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How did this work with Prince when he changed his name to a symbol?
Penn & Teller have full names. Penn Jillette and Raymond Joseph Teller.
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As a librarian, I decree your words are proper and shall be recognized henceforth. Wield this power carefully, Simon.
I've meet a brazilian guy once whose name is Valtdisnei (i don't remember his surname), he told me that his mom came up with that name because she liked to watch Walt Disney's cartoons as a child...
Ruben Fernandes There's quite a few people in Colombia called Usnavy, because they saw all the US Navy ships and liked the name.
The Brazilians like weird made-up names.
Lukaaz, they were named after their fathers.
Macdeas
Not really. If you look at the meanings of popular names like John, James, Mary, Peter, and many others, you'll get phrases like "gift of God," and others. Sara means "Princess." Regina is the Latin word for "Queen." consider the American names like Hunter and others. Naming a girl Bonny or Bella is the same as naming her "beautiful." And then there are the names Faith, Hope, Charity, and even Chastity (Sonny and Cher were a little weird to me in that case).
Consider a language that doesn't have a direct word meaning "Faith." when conveying the meaning of the word itself, it might be translated as "one who sees inner truth." That is why name translations seem cumbersome sometimes.
Macdeas
I prefer Fido Dog lover or Felicia licksalot.
Ill change my name to just McLovin
I had the same thought.
That's super bad
that's a tradmark phrase
damn, looking through the comments to make sure no one did that joke yet :(
Just hope your friend doesn't kill there PC with a wrong PSU cable.
my name is Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramírez
Green is your color.
GoatSuit Gaming Princess Bride?
Yan Toha Zach and Cody
Pink Ramirez?? "Well, it's more of a lightish Red"
GoatSuit Gaming or just Esteban Ramirez...
Am Indonesian. Can confirm. After trying multiple methods, we found out that the easiest way to express this when filling up a form is by repeating our first name in the last name column. Hence "Jane Jane" for example. Great video!
Can I remove all my names and be nameless?
You can change your name to a silent letter (I think)
Nice.
The most outlandish name I know was just a consonant as the given name, but the kid had a last last name, and maybe other name.s
If someone has a silent letter as her name, would that mean that whenever you use the name you skip over it? For example “her name is,” “my name is and I'm 20 years old,” or “I'm going out with tonight.”
Future Dystopia stop hurting my brain
Future Dystopia I think you would pause for a moment like for a , or you would just get a nick name because have no name would be really inconvenient.
Actually quite a few people have middle names. Although perhaps the most popular middle name in the US Military is "None"
+Provocateur holihovx b real doe lol
that is not true. the vast majority do have middle names; some people are not told till they are a teenager or they just were not told ever; some actually have a Firs,t Last, and 2 Middle names
pws3rd 1 Nah. Some only have single letters!
Two middle names usually comes about from confirmation
I believe about 85% of the population of the U.S. has a middle name. Such factors as culture and region will affect the likelihood of a middle name. Roman Catholic tradition includes choosing a middle name on confirmation. People of English ethnicity usually have a middle name and many of Hispanic background have more than one middle name. I have some Spanish ancestors who had 4-5 middle names and several surnames. Spanish naming traditions are often quite complicated. I don't know of anyone in my family that has fewer than one middle name and only one great grandparent didn't have a middle name.
I went to school with a Burmese dude named Sein who only had one name. When his family moved to the US, they took the name of their city (Shwebo) as a last name for their legal documents.
You can change your name in the US without a court order if you get married. I was married in Massachusetts and on the marriage license it asked me if I wanted to change both my first and last name. I opted for just changing my last name. However it is popular to have the woman add her maiden name to her middle name (or just replace it) and add her husband's last name. In any case, no court order or justification needed.
"firstname: Sukarno. last name: Sukarno."
"so your name is Sukarno Sukarno?
"no, my name is Sukarno. I'm only have Sukarno. so I think my first and last name is Sukarno."
Ahmad Febri Ramadiyana When I was younger and learning Indonesian at school it took me a while to get the idea of simply having one name but as time went on I got used to it and in fact had to be someone trained out of that thinking when I started dating my partner who is Indonesian but is ethnically Teochew and Christian hence she has a given name and a family name as was forced on her family as they were not permitted to keep their Chinese names as their legal names until recently.
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I'm going to give my child a 40 letter first name. have fun in school kid!
Better yet, 299 letters
Why not.
Stephen Smith He said "no more than 300 characters".
your welcome. ;)
Yeh ! Call it Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, nobody would be able to call it or tell it off or anything cos none of the teachers would be able to say it......well not unless you live in north Wales 😆
The deed poll might accommodate that, but I bet most other databases won't.
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My ex-girlfriend's aunt had her name changed like 4 times. She was originally named for her aunt Carol, who was an adulterer, so she had it changed to Ashley because she didn't want to be named after the cheating aunt. She later became an Evangelical Christian and had it changed again to Hannah, which comes from the Hebrew word for "grace." Then she moved to the UAE and converted to Sunni Islam, and adopted an Arabic name Fozia, then after moving to Pakistan, she had the name Irum added lol almost her whole family still calls her Carol
'duonimous and trionimous', add them to urban dictionary now, because Simon decreed them as such.
Amy Soderstrom nym rather than nim - because it's from Greek - so duonymous. It should be in the dictionary, I agree. I'm married to a mononymous person.
Several years ago I had a co-worker who, as an American and a resident of Texas, was mononymous. His particular workaround was to use his name as a last name, and "Mr" as a pronym for applications such as email that just COULD NOT cope with the notion of a mononym.
I met a guy named "Skye" who had checks printed with just "Skye." This was in the USA, so I'm not sure his reasons or anything, but I just thought after watching this video that it's interesting to have met someone with a mononym, which is my first new word of 2017! :) Happy New Year TIFO!
I would love it if you talked about another awkward thing when it comes to filling out forms in the U.S.: They often ask for city, state, and county of birth. But there are cities that are not within counties, called *independent cities*, such as Richmond, VA (where my daughter was born). People outside of the few states where this happens don't seem to understand this when my daughter and I attempt to explain it.
Virginia has a total of 38 independent cities. Other cities without counties include Baltimore, Maryland; St. Louis, Missouri; and Carson City, Nevada.
Jaimes I did not know that. But most documents do not ask for the county. If you skip it on the ones that do it's usually okay. I would think businesses like insurance which will require it should already be aware and have a solution.
It's generally asked for whenever you deal with local government agencies, banks, or any other institution that would, for example, ask for your social security number or require identity verification. And no, they don't usually have solutions in place because they don't run into it very often in states where there are no independent cities. The number of times we've run into this is astounding, and we've had to go to great lengths in some cases to get special clearance from local officials, which is why I suggested it as a topic.
I didn't know about the independent cities thing and after looking it up it turns out I was born in one and have lived in one over half of my life. It's never been an issue for me when living in other places.
"In the UK" *shows England only*
Theodoroball yh kind of what I'd expect from him tbh 😑
Theodoroball yea pretty ignorant ain't it? 🙃
England Is all that Matters
Shadow yh you keep telling yourself that 😂
CrimsonCutlass Well no England is your Country not your City for starters 😂
Working for an American call center, a co-worker spoke to a woman who changed her name to a mononym. She acted like she couldn't believe how difficult it was to apply for things or complete forms with just 1 name. Also, in West Virginia, if you change your last name anytime other than when getting married or divorced, you have to pay about $300 & pay for a notice in the local newspaper that you're going to change your name in case someone wants to contest it. Of course, that makes no sense because who cares if my neighbor doesn't want me to change my name?
So they don't want you to do it for frivilous reasons, but how is that determined? Seems subjective.
It's mostly to stop people from naming themselves something that sounds like a troll username on youtube or changing their names more than once. As long as you're changing your first name to something that sounds normal it shouldn't be an issue. Changing your last name probably only has one reason anyway. You either don't have family or you want to cut ties with them.
+cmck Lots of people change their last name when they get married, so that's another common reason.
Welcome to the legal system. Everything that happens within a court room is subjective.
My husband and I legally changed our last name one year after we were married. We did it as our “paper” anniversary present. The judge asked me why I wanted to change my last name, I said so it would match my business name. He then asked my husband why he wanted to change his, my husband said”I want to match my wife”. The judge banged his gavel and we have been the Skulls for 10 years this Halloween 💙☠️💙
"Creating your own words shows creativity and vision" - Barney Stinson
Some times there are ways around the difficulties of the US system. My wife and I recently got a marriage license in California. She was allowed to write down anything she wanted on the application, in each blank. She actually came up with an unexpected combination. For that matter, so did my sister.
I want to say at this time that I have worked in the mortuary industry, where we must deal with names, legal names, and official identity. It is for certificates and reporting purposes. It has become a difficulty that some people have gone by nicknames for years. At long last the death certificate has been ammended to accommodate this. Another difficulty is the hyphenated name. It is a recent trend in California to take on a hyphenated name, be it legal or not. This is trendy and faddish. Not well considered, and does not honor hyphenated name styles originating in Europe. It is a thoughtless action. And inconvenient to the system.
Another thing that makes things more difficult is bad spelling, cutsie spellings or creative spelling. If your mother or you can't spell, how can you hope for the system to keep it straight?
The last example may be helpful to some people. In California, a LEGAL ALIAS is recognized. The State government won't give you a hard time, as long as the alias is not for illegal or spurious purposes. And all you have to do is to claim that name. No courts, etc. I had a friend who did this. Apparently he had a rough background. When he decided to come to California and start over, he took a name from a headstone in a cemetery. He led an honorable life till he died, and the name change helped. This is a good example of keeping it simple, having a good reason, and consistency, once the change was effected.
fun fact about italy: there's a town near Venice named Chioggia, since it has been for a long time pretty much isolated (it's in the middle of the venetian lagoon), most of the population has the same 5-6 last names, causing there to be a lot of people with the same name. To facilitate identification, their ID lists the nickname aswell
Yes but wasn't the meat product what they were talking about in Monty Python?
And thankfully now we have a spam filter :D
Spam spam spam
Rented mule. But the Vikings were singing about the meat called Spam, just because Simon says :)
I wonder too did Prince have a lot of trouble legally getting that name.
I thought SPAM just stood for Stupid Pointless Annoying Message.
It used to be that you could legally change your name when joining the US military. Many years ago I served in the Navy with a man named "BOB." He had a really difficult and long name given at birth. When he joined the Navy he changed his surname to Bob and did not provide a first or middle name. His military ID listed his name as Bob NFN, NMN. His name tape on his uniforms said BOB. On board he was known as GMG1 Bob or "Gunner Bob."
3:21 Scotland is now independent? or was that just a mistake
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breaking news, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have disappeared! They are believed to be aloping with Denmark. More on this story in an hour.
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ok xD
no but really, ive been literally sleeping since New Year so i dont have a damn clue
I noticed it too lol
No, twas likely negligence.
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I work for the German immigration authority and have mononymous clients quite often. In our computer programs the nonexistent name is marked with "+", in passports or ID cards it's "---". That rule is applicable for mononymous people who acquired German citizenship later in life too, if they choose not to change their name during the naturalization process. Generally, it's not easy to change your name here, so you can't just get rid of one of your names without having a good, plausible reason. If your last name is considered offensive (like Hitler or Fucker) you may change it to your mother's maiden name for example.
Wait, I live in the UK, so can I call myself Bobby'; DROP TABLE "Users";--?
That would fall under an illegal name change. As you would be intentionally be attempting to cause damage to another's computer.
yes you can call your self "Vsauceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" too if you wish to
ComputersAreRealCool bobby'; SELECT * FROM porn;
website: Please write your full legal name here
you: "Vsauceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Michaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
Punctuation marks are not permitted in names so it would be rejected.
I work in the credit assesment department for a major telecommunications company. It is nearly impossible to get service for your home or cell without at least 2 names. Even with all legal documents proving this to be your name you will be accused of fraud.
3:30 "You can add or remove names."
Fuck yeah, I'm moving to the UK and removing all of my names.
I'll then be known as "XXX", at least until I move back to the United States.
tohopes make your name NFN to cause confusion
The concept of name changes has always interested me. I like screen names and nicknames because I consider it creating your own identity. Your parents don't know how well/poorly your name will suit you when they give it to you at birth, so it can sometimes be a clean slate for you. I seriously doubt I'd ever go through with legally changing my name to Gil, but I still find it interesting to think about.
And here I thought people of the US had all this freedom, but when you dig beneath the surface the rules and regulations are up there with some of the strictest in the world.
And the 50 different name change processes are suuuuch a good example 🙄
You can change your name, but then you have to provide legal proof of that name change, and your former legal name, for the rest of your life.
I agree. Sometimes with name changes to legal documents or bank accounts, they do ask for that, so be prepared.
3:17 "For instance, in the UK..." while showing a map of only England.
Awesome video though worth noting, in the U.K. You can change your name for free simply by creating a deed poll (some good websites will show you how to do this as it's super easy). The companies you described that charge a small fee do so without any formal authority (think ppi solicitors) so though they may get the job done, many prefer to simply draw one up themselves using a template for free.
The blue screen video stuff is making his head pointy.
I used to have only a first name in India. But when I wanted to enroll at US universities to study here, some would not accept my application without a last name. Had to legally change my name to include a last name :s
Changing my name to, Philip Oliver Holes
Why not Buster Hymen? Or Ben Dover? Hugh Jorgen?
Because mine sounds classier.
NamelessHere Forevermore It does
Ill be Mike Oxlong
Just got my new SS card and waiting on the drivers license in the mail.
There is NO UK deed poll office/department: official or not. Those deed polls are actually commercial companies offering a "service". In the UK you can just use your new name - although having signed paper work (just saying you now go by the new name) makes new passports etc easier. Source: me, as my wife and I both changed our names 4 years ago.
Adding to the spam discussion, it was the repetitiveness of the skit that inspired its usage. When spam first became an internet term, it refered not to junk mail, but repetitive or too frequent postings in various online discussion mediums, such as MUDs, chatrooms, and newsgroups. It later expanded to encompass any useless electronic communication, regardless of its frequency.
Why does the image of the UK not include Scotland or Wales? If you only wanted England, why does it not use the English flag?
In the case of Prince, that was actually his first name (his full name was Prince Rogers Nelson). Teller and Cher are unusual cases. Teller was born Raymond Joseph Teller but legally changed his name to the mononym Teller. Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) uses a shortened form of her first name.
Why did you mention the UK however include a picture of just England? 3:28.
Pseudo Logic why don't you stfu
mad, kid?
Who?
The guy doing the video
The same reason they used a picture of the rule cards from the monopoly card game when talking about the rules of the board game in the monopoly video.
I know this video only focused on the UK and US, but in Europe (especially Portugal and Spain) having fewer than three names is practically unheard of. You usually have one or two first names, and two to four last names (usually two of each).
nanianmichaels I think most people have 3 names in US. Some have more, but I think very few have only 2 names. I've heard of it, but I don't think I ever met anyone like that.
Question! So does the same thing for Teller and Cher apply to those that could be considered of internet fame? For instance in the eSports community, could a famous player for something like a few years change their legal name to their pro-name? Or is it too grey at the moment since the idea of internet fame is still a relatively new thing?
Furthermore, if this name included numbers would it still be valid?
I guess it depends less on the internet but on the eSports community - I think that is still to small to be considered well known to the general population
It depends entirely on the judge's discretion and the state. A lenient judge could absolutely grant it, but they could just as easily decline the request if they find it frivolous.
*"Furthermore, if this name included numbers would it still be valid?"*
"Chad Ochocinco" (formerly) WR for the Cincinnati Bengals...
I changed my name to All Judges Eat Shit. Then I shit on the judges bench. I am a fucking GOD bitchez
You can also go by a shortened version of your name for long enough and start to use it on official documents and it still works.
Can I change my name to TheLegend27?
I guess you really could to "TheLegend TwentySeven" or something like that
Carlos Rios I did
Carlos Rios no, that contains a number.
Carlos Rios No. But you can do TheLegendTwentySeven ;)
You probably can in certain countries unless that configuration of numbers is specifically banned. There's a video on here called "top 10 banned baby names" or something and it covers the topic. So maybe you can be given a numbered name but you can't change your name to something with numbers.
In México you have first name, first surname (first surname of the father), second surname (first surname of the mother), and as many middle names as you want, so most people end up with at least for names and is a pain in the ass to write them in every place you need them, and the names sometimes can be pretty long themselves so... (there is also a few people that so they can pass their surnames combine them, and you get surnames that are in reality two surnames writen as one, as example Cruzcruz, de la GarzaLaguna, etc. If you look for them you find that even if it's not the norm it isn't that rare.
Also, depending on where you live, married woman change their surnames to the husband one, keeps theirs, of add the husband one, so you can end with things like (obviously this is an extreme example, most people won't do this, I hope), María Marcela Alejandra (First names) Garza-Laguna (first surname) LópezPeña-de-León (second surname) de Rangel García (husband surnames), you might not believe me but it really is the name of a friend.
Didn't Prince once change his name to just a symbol?
This was his stage name, not his legal name. :o)
Couldn't be satisfied with just being mononymous, he had 2 go 4 symbolnymous.
Flexible Games Yes he did, but it was not by choice. when he left the record label he was recording for, he did not realize they had pulled a fast one and actually held a copyright on his name. Yes, his real first name is Prince. Prince Rogers Nelson. so basically he was told he was not allowed to use his own name until the contract with his former record label had expired. It took about 10 years for that to happen. Can you imagine being told your name was not your own and you couldn't even use it?
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Yeah, they were really screwing with him, and not in the fun way. I'm guessing that's why he was able to get away with the O) +> name change.
Flexible Games No, just his professional/group "name", as his first record company owned "Prince" as a trademark. He could not register to vote as "Prince" as that was only part of his personal name (his first name, IIRC).
My daughter actually ended up with 4 names lol.She was born overseas and they take the fathers first name from the birth certificate and that is her middle name but we didnt know this and had chosen a middle name for her.Needless to say we were a little surprised when the official documents came and it's been good for a few laughs ;) She's still quite young (4) but later on if she wants to try and change it we'll do it although since she is also a dual citizen it's not going to be all that easy to do.
If I was to have one first name alone it would be SEXY
Awesome Guy We all would be *sexy* ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
last name "Llama"...
"We're all Sexy now..."
I don't get that rule about changing your name to a famous person's name. Do celebrities just have dibbs on the names that their parents randomly gave them? Will every name eventually be taken up by famous people, and everybody will just have to get names with no vowels or something?
So I guess Princes Consuela Banana Hammock and Crap Bag (formerly Phoebe Buffay and Mike Hannigan respectively) would not have been approved in the US ^^'
The first one maybe. The second one, not so much.
I live in the US and work with a guy who legally changed his name to a single first name back in the 60's/70's. He now has no last name. Per his story, he did it because he did not want to be listed in the phone book by his last name. I am not positive if the phone book is accurate or not, but I do know he does legally only have a first name.
I'm mononomous.
Who Else But Zane ? I'm monogamous.
Kitty sounds monotonous
I'm eponymous.
I'm from the USA and just legally changed my full name. Didn't have to publish in the newspaper due to parental domestic violence, but BOY WAS IT EXPENSIVE!
It cost me about $70 to change my name in Missouri when I did it last year between the filing fees and the publication. That said, it took forever and four trips to the courthouse. Then there's all the time updating your banking and government records... Not much of a money investment for me, but it was a hell of a time one.
Ikr?! I did it in Colorado but was paranoid about the FBI cards being rejected, so paid $80 for the digital prints. Was like $100 to file with the courthouse. I just sent off for the new SS card last week tho. If prices are still the same it'll be $12 for the new license. Still need to send for a certified fixed birth certificate from Washington state. This whole thing is so time consuming.
I have spent hundreds of dollars changing my name. Some of that is for things like changing the deed on my home.
why does it only show England For "The United Kingdom"?
#NiCk because this video is per compliant ready for brexit
+*qazwsx edcrfv*
England isn't leaving the UK. The UK (which England is a part of) is leaving the European Union.
Because the other bits aren't important
Growing up, my parents used to call me, "Boys Cut It Out!"
I'm glad that nickname didn't stick, but I don't usually recognize my own name when it is said. Funny how certain things get ingrained.
And I thought it was weird that my grandmother had no middle name.
Livid Imp you don't have to have one at all. I have a friend with no middle name, her siblings don't have any either.
Me neither. I'm surprised that middle names are so popular in the US.
They are virtually universal in the US. Any one that doesn't have one sticks out.
Most people where I live have 2, I only have one myself though.
+Livid Imp That's not true. There's just an option for a Middle Initial in many places you have to fill our name out...
I completely changed my first, middle, and last name. I'm in Virginia. The only requirements were I wasn't a felon, incarcerated, or on probation. I paid 40 bucks and received the official paperwork of my name change approval stamped and signed but the judge. The court process here is much easier than the process of contacting every place of business and doctor you deal with to change it... it's been 5 years now so all of that has been sorted out for a while now. Anytime I have to show my birth certificate though, I have to present that name change form.
Yes, but the "spam" of the Python skit came from the meat-like substance, so...
your right about the UK. I have changed my name to a first name and two middle names but no surname. although my second middle name will show in the surname slot but is still considered as not a surname. this has caused several issues with NHS and other local government who I have to call to confirm.
"in the UK"... by a Briton... showing a map of England alone...
Last year I changed my name from my adopted name to my actual birth name here in California. First I had to wait in line hours to see my county clerk to file the paperwork and pay a fee (if wasn't cheap... several hundred dollars). Then I had to wait as the county ran a background check on me. After they called to notify me that I was apparently on the up and up... I had to go to the clerk's office and retrieve the OK'd paperwork necessary to proceed. Then I had to put a "Notice of Legal Name Change" in my local printed newspaper to run for four consecutive weeks and obtain proof of that (another 125 bucks that they required I pay in cash). After I obtained publishing proof, I had to go back and wait in line for hours again at the county clerk's office to file the proof and make an appointment with the court to stand before a judge. Weeks later, I appeared before a judge, argued my case, he banged his gavel and granted my application. THEN I had to go back and wait in line to see the clerk and file the judge's ruling and obtain extra copies of the decree. The entire process took about three months.
----
And that was just the start of it. Don't even get me going about subsequently changing my name with credit card companies, insurance, mortgage, utilities, birth certificate, marriage license, driver's license, Social Security, TSA, US passport and on and on and on... this has NOT been a joyful adventure nor is it one for the faint of heart.
"for instance, in the UK."
bring up picture of ONLY England.
so is it only England? or is it in the whole UK? because your graphic doesn't even include Wales, or Scotland, let alone Northern Ireland.
They voted 52 % to make Britain England again.
Strangely Morrissey (full name Stephen Patrick Morrissey) who was born & lived in England until 1998 didn't get his driver's licence changed to just Morrissey until some time after moving to California.
05:07
> European Union
> United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
You're the first show I've seen accurately report on the "spam" slang, although computer gamers still use the idea correctly when they talk about "spamming a button" during a game fight. It's about repetition. I just checked wikipedia, and it seems they also have the origin correct now as well. "Spam (Monty Python)"
I was a mainframe operator in the pre-WWW days of arpanet and direct dialups and so on, and the field was full of Monty Python fans. When repetitious messages or emails got sent out (which could repeat a thousand times a minute by mistake and overload all the buffers/memory) people would actually sing the spam song as it was discovered or dealt with; and a blank program loop that got sent to a high-speed line-at-a-time printer could make such a mess of paper flying out that it was like an absurd comedy scene.
A few people even had an actual spam can on their desk or terminal as a reminder that endless tasks and repeated minutia are all part of life. One group of computer engineers I knew had a giant cardboard mockup of a spam can in their home, calling their place "the House of Spam" as a mascot. In a way, it's a compliment to Spam... it's always there, it's always the same, and you can count on it to at least keep you working.
Now that WWW encourages people to make electronic spam on purpose, I just sigh and harken back to my own viking roots... and I sing a little bit of the song each time I select "delete all" in the checkbox :)
You say "In the UK,...", but show a figure that is ONLY England!
Marque Lethenstrom that was because he spoke about places in England people go to study.
For sites that just use frontend validation just right click on the input, click in sped element, and remove the required parameter.
Hey guys, I really really love your content, but I just wanted to say, you keep using "as such" wrong. It is not a simple synonym for "therefore" - you're only supposed to use it if you can replace the "such" with a noun from the previous sentence ("the sun is a star - as such, it emits light": there, you can change "such" to "a star" and it still makes sense). By contrast, "mononymous people are rare [...] particularly in the west - as such, most of our infrastructure is built to [...]" is most certainly *wrong*.
Good luck telling the english langauge how to behave.
Not trying to tell anyone how to anything :) just thought it was a pity that they were using it this way, considering how well-constructed their videos are and how well-spoken their hosts are. I am of the firm belief that study of language should follow usage, not dictate it, however, this does not mean one should not keep an eye out for possible unclear phrasings. Their usage of "as such" was just slightly distracting to me (my brain kept asking "as what? As what?", when the idiom did not follow any noun), so I decided to comment on it in order to point out something they might have missed. :) Regardless, make sure you keep up the great work, guys! I really like your channel a lot.
I went by one name for nearly a decade in the US. It was legal. I did this this in the mid-90's. My California driver's license just said "Noah". I registered to vote as "Noah". I paid my state and federal taxes as just "Noah". It was totally legal, but turned out to be a pain in the ass. Actually, what you said about changing your name in the US is wrong. It is not that hard because there is a giant loophole. You even mentioned this loophole in your video. It's true that you may go in front of a judge if you want to change your name instantly for some reason, but the loophole is that if you want to gradually slip into going by a new name then that's totally legal. Just start using your new name. You do not have to justify your name change in front of a judge if you use your new name for a lengthy period of time. I forget how long, but it was something like a year or two years. Once the preponderance of the world knows you by your new name then that's legally your name. Nobody has to approve anything. You don't need to fill out any forms. Once you have changed your name with the IRS; get the DMV to issue you a driver's license; and use the new name on the deed to your house, your mortgage loan, primary banking account, voter registration card then you don't need to do anything else. Going in front of a judge is superfluous. They can't force you to change all those things back to your original name.
The Uk involves 4 countries and you only show England.
Wales isn't a different country
Aren't you guys still part of the country of Europe now?
The EU isn't a country. Go watch Wendover. :D
varana312
How do you figure the EU isn't a country?
ArchNME I mean it just isn't a country, it's a agreement or union that many countries have joined
I'm now in the movie business. But when I was an "MP" (military police) in the Marine Corps, we jokingly called ourselves SPAM. "Some Police, All Marine". Or alternatively, "Some Police, All Military". Also, when I got out of the Marine Corps I briefly did promotional events as a model for SPAM where we gave out "Spamples".
thats England 3:24
Don't get so butthurt. Geez.
I changed my whole name back in 2009. The Deed Poll process is extremely easy, and while I opted to pay a company to provide my document, if I were to ever have to do it again (cannot imagine I will, unless I decide at some point to revert to the original) Id do it myself instead. Even once it came and had been signed and witnessed, I waited a few days before changing details with HMRC, bank etc as that is the point it becomes legal rather than on signing the form. It then took about a year for me to automatically refer to myself and think as Faith.
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Very witty reply. ;-) Keep up the good work! LOL
Bazahaza keep clicking on them and they'll remain
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It would be cool if you did one about Spanish naming customs and having two surnames.
What if you remove your first name, your middle names & your last name. Is not having a name legal.
I believe there was somebody to go by a symbolic representation that he wrote on passports and the like.
Yeah, I was wondering why Prince wasn't mentioned.
The symbol was a pseudonym, Prince never actually changed his legal name.
I immigrated to Taiwan (from USA) and was required to choose a "proper" surname and "First" name, which I did. My RUclips name doesn't show my "middle" name, if that makes sense.
SPAM was on iffy grounds a few decades ago and the Monty Python sketch didn't help--showing it as a barbarian food. I like SPAM today and eat it with certain preparations, but it's not generally a highly respectable food item. (This gives me an idea to make some SPAM videos.)
Great content, thank you guys so much!
9:08 minutes to answer a yes or no question?
This is most definitely not a question that can be answered with yes or no.
Today I Found Out I disagree. You beat around the bush an awful lot.
Spanglish Photo if the entire video was "Can you legally vhange you name to only your first or last name? yes" would you watch that? why would that be in any way entertaining? you can google that, people watch this channel (i do atleast) to get the backstory on seemingly mundane things that exponetially expand as you venture into history. Something youve never even thought of are turned into incredibly diverse and interesting subjects... if you think it can be summed up in one word, you obviously dont understand the spirit of this channel...
Spanglish Photo these videos are entertainment not encyclopedia entries.
It isn't a yes or no question. The answer is "it depends". That might seem like a yes, but for a lot of people, the majority perhaps, the answer is actually "no".
in the UK, you can change your name for free, by writing your own deed poll. the people who charge for the service dont like to mention it, but you DO NOT have to pay!
Why the fuck did you just use England to illustrate the UK?
Toron why do you think
Toron he's English
so just because he is English doesn't mean northern Ireland Scotland and Wales aren't part of the UK
Probably bc England is like 90% of the UK population or something
ChloeWade Without Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland there is no United Kingdom. There's just England.
So the other day I was reading some family history and found that often a couple would have 2 children with the same name-the first one being deceased. I also noted that the second child would then have their mothers last name instead of their fathers. Any idea if this was common practice? This was in the 1800’s.
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Actually as someone hailing from Hispanic America I have four names: a first name, a middle name, and two surnames. But, living in the U.S., I only mostly use my first name and 1st surname. Over here is still rare to see more than one so-called last name and instead would be treated as a singular surname with a hyphen between the surnames most of the time.
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If I could, I'd change my legal name to my true name.
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My grandmother registered me at school. She BOTH misspelled my last name, and put in my younger sister's birth month and day. It took years to get this fixed in the school system's computers. The system also truncated the last letter of my last name which further added to the confusion. Finally, when teachers called roll, I could always know it was me because there was generally a long pause while they tried to figure out how to pronounce it. Finally, in college, I just signed my name "Q", and it all went smoothly from there. Later, shared with several well known actors, as in James Bond, Star Trek, ... Some college fraternity brothers never knew my name, some 40+ years later.
the UK is not only England. unsubbed
He was specifically talking about english law, not uk general law.
+King of Midgard English law includes Wales.
Joe B
I never claimed to know everything about it; all I know is someone said that it was as it is because Scotland has different laws than those described in the video. I'm an american, and don't know too much about UK laws and such.
He specifically mentions "UK Law". The UK is composed of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
King of Midgard
It's a bit like how the different states in the US have a degree of self rule, and their own state court system in addition to federal courts. The UK isn't as decentralized as the US, but Scotland has a degree of self rule and independent court system.
You don't need to change your name legally to use another name for most purposes, though it can cause confusion. Actors often use stage names, and monastics often take a "name in religion." But it can be hard to persuade friends and family to go along. I go by my middle name, mostly. but my family still calls me by my first name. Then, for a while, when I was under a monastic vow, I also had a name in religion. But it was hard for those who knew me before to get used to the new, religious name, and for those who only knew me as a monk to get used to my old, secular name when I went back to it after leaving the monastery. I did consider a legal name change, but in the State of New York, the fee is not cheap.
Dood, get to the point
Considering all of the issues, I think maybe one universal method/convention should be taken, which is one box for a name. The name can consist of only letters and spaces. The first letter of each individual space separated name will be capitalized. The rest lower case. So, as many names as you like, but one unit for name. But, then by convention, the last name is your family name. Whatever it is, it's assumed that each family member's name will end with that name as a matter of convenience and family unity, though it doesn't have to. It will just be an assumption if one does not know otherwise. So, if someone wants a family name for some reason, they can just take the last of the names in the name box. And then people will probably call you by your first name. In that case, people will probably want to avoid having middle names because they'd always have to write all of them in the name box.
I remember the guy who used only his initials and went by RB Jones. He was registered by the US Army as R (only) B (only) Jones and was issued dog tags for "Ronly Bonly Jones."
I have been mononymous for the past 20 years. I changed my name in a Nashville court, the judge was fine with it, and the lawyer's fee was around $150. When medical insurers or credit card organizations have problems with the one name, my cards are issued with my name appearing twice - once for the first name and once for the last name. Although I haven't updated my passport, the last one I had used "XXX" in the Surname box. Each state's driver's licenses are different. Nashville: XXX. New York: NLN (which some people mistook as "Nin"). California: a blank space in the First Name field. It's interesting and funny to see how people react when I tell them I only have one name. They usually don't believe me until I pull out my driver's license to prove it.
I changed my name in the U.S. and never had to appear before a judge, though a judge did have to approve it. Incidentally, I axed my middle name (as well as changing my first name), so I guess I at least went from trinymous to duonymous, even if those aren't actual words.
I knew a man who migrated to the US from Afghanistan. He arrived with one name which was traditional in the part of Afghanistan he came from. He quickly figured out how much a hassle this was going to be, so he soon added his Afghani nickname as his last name. So he wound up being called the Afghani equivalent of "Dr. Reverend Doctor" as a distinguished academic.
My mom wasn't given a middle (second) name at birth so she made one up in high school. She's been using it on everything (except on her US passport) for the last 60 years. It's on her license, bank and credit cards and everything else. She's said its never been an issue.
My mom worked with some Indonesians who had one name and immigrated to the US. From what I recall, they just chose a last name randomly. Or they repeated their name, something like "Thomas Thomas" for example.