council dweller Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I use one name only for the TV licence people. Another name for facebook. And for pubs etc I use the name Ratsannus. Works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I use one name only for the TV licence people. Another name for facebook. And for pubs etc I use the name Ratsannus. Works well. I prefer to use the alias Ray Pissed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Yes Its like in the seventies when the police were looking for the `the cambride rapist` He had the words `the rapist` written on his mask! The police wasted several months questioning people at the local hospital..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 As long as you don't intend to commit fraud you can call yourself anything you want within reason. Women do it all the time. There used to be a big department store in Swansea - a bit like Grace Brothers from the BBC comedy - and all the female staff had to use a different name in work. Bizarre, but this was very common in the retail industry for a century or so. Perhaps the best way to go about it is to go halfway... so if your name is Bob Thomas keep the Thomas bit and call yourself Buzz or Bizz or Biff or whatever Thomas. If you think about it, if you did that and then had an online profile, such as on linked in, the people who know you, and whom you like, would realise it was you but the people you are trying to stop stalking you might actually think it is not you... especially if you stick up an old or not too clear photo... If the stalkers get in touch with you you could say you are a distant cousin and always being mistaken for Bob... and that you have not seen him in years because of a family feud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Yes Its like in the seventies when the police were looking for the `the cambride rapist` He had the words `the rapist` written on this mask! The police wasted several months questioning people at the local hospital..... I think I went to that party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingpoor Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 You should keep your first name and just change middle & surnames if you must. The reason you should keep your first name is you will bump into people and you may be with company and they will call you by your first name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Some people decide to use one of their middle names as their first name and when queried just say "I am known as". I knew a girl who used Tiger which was one of her middle names. If your surname is hugely distinctive then this wouldn't have the required effect. My surname is reasonably distinctive and I also go by my middle name. Both my parent's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 My surname is reasonably distinctive and I also go by my middle name. Both my parent's fault. Bl00dy parents! Can't they get it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 My surname is reasonably distinctive and I also go by my middle name. Both my parent's fault. Uh-oh, that sounds like my uncle. He's been called by his middle name ever since he was born - I've never worked that one out, and as for the surname I've not met anyone else with it who I'm not related to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 There used to be a bit on the bottom of the driving licence paper bit about other names you are known by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Can't be that illegal: Gideon Oliver Osborne. (In fact, for some strange reason the site doesn't even want us to mention his legal name) Maurice Joseph Micklewhite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Obviously I am not MrPin in real life. You call yourself what you like. I'm not sure how difficult the paperwork is. I used to work with a woman that used to be a bloke. She would know. I'm disappointed. I always imagined your first name to be New. I did change my surname by deed poll when I got divorced -back to my maiden name. I resented that I had to resort to deed poll to revert to my 'real' name. That's the only way to have your new surname accepted by banks, building societies, Inland Revenue, etc., etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I'm disappointed. I always imagined your first name to be New. I did change my surname by deed poll when I got divorced -back to my maiden name. I resented that I had to resort to deed poll to revert to my 'real' name. That's the only way to have your new surname accepted by banks, building societies, Inland Revenue, etc., etc. either that or get the birth certificate of a dead baby from Somerset House Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Or you could use your porn star name. Combine the name of your pet and the name of the place you come from. I for example am the well known porn stud Tiddles Penge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Gordon Pugh Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 There are some clever people on this forum and I wonder if any of you have any knowledge or experience or useful opinions on or of, using an alias in real life? Messing about on Linkedin the other day I discovered an old friend haven't seen for 20+ years was now going by a completely different first and second name. And its not as if he was calling himself Ziggy Stardust or something, but something really nondescript like John Smith or Will Jones. Apparently this is completely legal as long as you are not using it to commit fraud. It occurred to me this is a brilliant and simple solution to a problem I have - as in the age of Linkedin and such like, it seems to be impossible rip your life up and start again, or to just get away from looney stalkers. But at some point my old friend would have had to have asked one of his employers if they minded calling him John Smith from now on? Or maybe it would be after he was offered the job, is it possible or likely you could say to an employer "I have a problem and it would be really helpful if from now on, I was called John Smith?" What do you think? How would you do this? You are Phil Mycock and I claim my £5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Obviously I am not MrPin in real life. No, in real life you are called Miss Turpin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Probably tricky because, frankly, no-one these days hasn't done a bit of online stalking of exes and people they fancied so most will imagine it's a similar level of thing and you are overreacting. Since a V5 came back with a misread surname I've been experimenting with using variations of names and seeing what turns up where. One of the fastest ways to create a fake identity seems to be just ordering stuff online, in that name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Or you could use your porn star name. Combine the name of your pet and the name of the place you come from. I for example am the well known porn stud Tiddles Penge. Strange - I'm the well-known dominatrix Tiddles Kilnside. (Tiddles was a goldfish. My father buried him at sea when he died - by flushing him down the toilet. My four-year-old self was horrified. I've never recovered.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I'm disappointed. I always imagined your first name to be New. I did change my surname by deed poll when I got divorced -back to my maiden name. I resented that I had to resort to deed poll to revert to my 'real' name. That's the only way to have your new surname accepted by banks, building societies, Inland Revenue, etc., etc. I didn't need to do the deed poll bit. I waltzed in to the Nationwide first who were very accommodating. Everyone was happy to do the change of name without any fuss. I don't think I even needed a birth certificate. My passport had never been changed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossybabe Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I didn't need to do the deed poll bit. I waltzed in to the Nationwide first who were very accommodating. Everyone was happy to do the change of name without any fuss. I don't think I even needed a birth certificate. My passport had never been changed though. It was the Abbey that insisted I couldn't take over the mortgage in my maiden name without doing the change of name deed. My solicitor didn't charge for it, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I didn't need to do the deed poll bit. I waltzed in to the Nationwide first who were very accommodating. Everyone was happy to do the change of name without any fuss. I don't think I even needed a birth certificate. My passport had never been changed though. There is an alias section in the passport, so you could probably just add it and use either name as convenient. I accidentally gave my kids too long/many names on their birth certificates, and so on their passport they have to have truncated names but with the full names added in the aliases. It seems a bit crazy there is a different character length restriction on the UK passport and on the UK birth certificate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 There is an alias section in the passport, so you could probably just add it and use either name as convenient. I accidentally gave my kids too long/many names on their birth certificates, and so on their passport they have to have truncated names but with the full names added in the aliases. It seems a bit crazy there is a different character length restriction on the UK passport and on the UK birth certificate. I didn't think there was any length restriction on the birth certificate, you hear of the odd nut who has given their child the surnames of their football team players as middle names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I didn't think there was any length restriction on the birth certificate, you hear of the odd nut who has given their child the surnames of their football team players as middle names. Technically, legally there is no limit, but the registration form has a specific number of characters, which is still more than the allowable number of characters for a name in your passport. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/restrictions_on_childrens_names Our advice to registrars is that a name should consist of a sequence ofletters and that it should not be offensive.The reason for limiting the registration of names to a sequence of letters is that a name which includes a string of numbers or symbols etc. has no intrinsic sense of being a name, however the suffix 'II' or 'III' would be allowed. The only restriction on the length of a name is that it must be able to fit in the space provided on the registration page. There are no leaflets or booklets available giving guidance on this matter. Where the registrar has any concerns over a name they will discuss this with the parents and point out the problems the child may face as they grow up and try to get them to reconsider their choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Technically, legally there is no limit, but the registration form has a specific number of characters, which is still more than the allowable number of characters for a name in your passport. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/restrictions_on_childrens_names I like the "no intrinsic sense of being a name". Somebody ought to tell Gwyneth Paltrow. So Tarquin Fintim-Limbim-Whimbim-Lim Bus Stop-F’Tang-F’Tang-Olé-Biscuit-Barrel(who I met once) has to have a special fold out section in his passport then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I don`t mine being called `council dweller` as my real names are just so much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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