but a stupid ancestor changed it for quiroz!! why does people change the last name?
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1) So people around them could spell it.\n\n2) A county clerk did it for them so HE could spell it.\n\n3) They didn't want people to find out they had three wives and families in 3 states and were wanted for bank robbery in another 5.
219796
My husband is a II instead of a Jr.  His parents hated the junior thing, but liked his dad's name.  It's not that common in the states though, on his driver's license it's typoed as 2nd.
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i think it would be beyond weird to change it.  that tradition is way outdated.  it is so wrong.  even if today, a woman doesn't feel that she is losing her dignity to change her name for a man, it is still representational of that.  your name is who you are.  why would you change your name?  it is so obviously an issue of men needing to own a woman's entire identity.  men would never be willing to change theirs. if both men and women changed names, it would be easy to say it is just a way to show how much we love each other and plan to make a new life together.  when people question you, you can just say that you are planning to be the same person you have always been (in name and in personality), just happier and more devoted to your husband.  does your husband support this decision?  surely if he wouldn't be willing to change his name he can understand why you wouldn't want to.  the world is so full of people who just do things because that is how it has always been done.  they don't even question it.  this is how history repeats itself and ignorance, fear, and hatred never die.  you are doing the right thing by staying true to who you are.  don't worry about them!
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We have been working on our "Roots" for years.  My great grandfather came from Alabama and his sisters and brothers scattered throughout the US.  We found out the slavemaster's name for our ancestor's but haven't been successful in tracking his ancester's yet.  We were told that The Mormon's kept records from slavery days so now we're concentrating on finding records at The Mormon's Church.  \n\nKeep in mind, that hte slaves were not educated and they did not spell last names the same.  They would spell and write the way it sound.  That only means that some of the ancester's surnames may have had an "A" when others may have had an "O".  Could all be sisters and brothers.\n\nSometimes the slavemasters chose to change the last names of some and some may have had the slavemaster's last name.  It's all so complicated.  \n\nI will continue searching. Maybe we can help each other.  gl
971834
By starting to correct the spelling of your name. do you think replacing c with k is cool? go back to ancient times boy.
1056418
no its unique.... u can't change ur last name till u get married plus i like it.. who cares if u get made fun of in school..... if ur friends r then there not ur real friends and u can't change something thats gonna b wich u forever
480474
Confusion happens! You could both make up a new last name - like Joadasco, or Ascojoad - using the first 2 letters of each last name. or, you could choose to take his last name, or he could take yours, or you could make up a new one all together. Or, you could just keep your own.\nBut to keep with your original question - I don't know what's up with the double barreled names. I have a weird one anyway - Vencil.
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That name is not altogether ugly......but that's the name of a worm from the Peruvian rain forest! \nAnd "Suri Cruise"???Come on, it sounds awful! There's no rhythm in that name/last name combination! It sounds more like an exotic dish!!!!!!
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How about Cockburn? Seriously! (pronounced ' Coburn') LOL\nFuchs. Ok, so they are were surnames. But WTF?\nI would change it instead of passing down the name!
226412
as you said in your question, you would just change it from one to the other, legally of course at the courthouse, \n\nhowever if your looking for a literal translation there is none for english names, those words did not exist in our history.
221807
i like my name, I'm named after my dad and i like that. my mom and my dad named me that name so why would i change it
376413
Your all wrong her real first name is ester since she had it legally changed!
1148021
Because blacks requested it at one time .. that was after they requested that they be called black, people of color, negroes, colored people etc ... at 43 I have seen the "politically correct" requested term change many times .. it is all VERY silly.
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You answered your own question..It's because a lot of people have confused His title with His name.
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yes one can change the name whenever want to...just have to file papers and pay a fee..along with changing all your other documents...social security card...drivers licsense and such... but in all honesty...when you love someone and get married ...that is supposed to be the grandest show of love there is...by taking your husbands name.  so dont be too upset if he disagrees with you on this... \n\nhell alot of us dont like our given names... but they were given to us for a reason...generation names...era names whatever....think of the poor souls that walk around like Dick Peters...or Buford or other odd names...but these people carry them ..why ...cuz they were chosen out of love.\n\nhope you make the right choice for you ...good luck
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surnames, actually stem from the a person's title for royalty, and for other people it would come form their occupations, ex. Bob the Smith, of John the Taylor, and their family would be associated by the father.  over time it just caught on and surnames would evolve and transformed into what they are today
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you cant!!!! only your firnds can change their onw name