31 Changing Your Name
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2. When may I want to change my name?
3. When am I allowed to change my name?
4. What if I am widowed?
A widowed woman can revert to her maiden name upon her husband's death without any formality. The husband's death certificate and her marriage certificate are the only documentary evidence of her change of circumstances that she will need to produce.
5. What if I enter into a civil partnership?
6. What if I want to change my child´s name?
7. What sort of name can I choose?
8. How do I prove I have a new name?
9. Who should I tell about my name change?
This leaflet is published by the Legal Services Commission (LSC). It was written in association with Citizens Advice.
The leaflets are regularly updated but the law may have changed since they were printed so the information in them may be incorrect or out of date.
Leaflet version: February 2007