The University of Mississippi recognizes that some employees may want another name (nickname) by which they are addressed. This name may be slightly different from your legal name or a name you are most often referred to. For this reason, the university allows the use of «Preferred Names» Employees can submit the preferred name through myOleMiss` Employee Self-Service Portal (ESS). A person`s official name is usually the same as their personal name, consisting of a first and last name. The order varies depending on the culture and country. There are also country-specific differences regarding legal name changes by marriage. (See married name.) Most countries require the registration of a name for newborns by law, and some may refuse to register «undesirable» names. In 1991, a Swedish couple refused to give their newborn baby a legal name in protest against existing naming laws. In 1996, they were fined for failing to register their child`s name for five years after unsuccessfully attempting to register the child`s name as Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116,[1] and then as «A». Of course, some names would be illegal as an indirect consequence of more general laws.

For example, any name containing racist language would be illegal under section 18 of the Public Order Act 1986. Typically, the name on your official documents and records (e.g., work/school records, medical records, social security and tax records, bank account, driver`s license) is your legal name. What is important is the name by which you are called and known. An official name is the name that identifies a person for legal, administrative and other official purposes. A person`s first legal name is usually the person`s name given for birth registration purposes, which then appears on a birth certificate (see birth name), but may change later. Most jurisdictions require the use of a legal name for all legal and administrative purposes, and some jurisdictions allow or require a name change to be registered upon marriage. The legal name may need to be used on various government-issued documents (such as a court order). The term is also used when a person changes their first or full name, usually after reaching a certain legal age (usually eighteen or older, although in several European countries it can be as low as fourteen). If there is a «legal» surname in strict English law, it can easily be changed. In the words of an American and English law dictionary: «Anyone can take any surname or as many surnames as he wants, without a legal license.» [7] This does not always seem to have been true for the names given at baptism. As Sir Edward Coke noted in the Institutes of the Lawes of England, «a man may have different names at different times, but not different Christian names.» [8] But in modern practice, all names are freely changeable.

[9] «Legal Name». Merriam-Webster.com Legal Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/legal/legal%20name. Retrieved 14 January 2022. There is also no law that requires a person to have a first name. Although all births must be registered, the law does not require a first name. But in practice, a person will always have a name, due to the fact that with our language and culture, everyone is «called» some name. Therefore, even if the person has adopted it as «legitimate», this name will meet the definition of its «legal name». Preferred names can be used as long as it is not a misrepresentation or fraud. In addition, the University reserves the right to withdraw the preferred name if it contains inappropriate or offensive language. Any removal of inappropriate preferred names will default to the employee`s legal name.

Post-nominal titles such as «VC» or «OBE» are not part of your official name. (See «Other titles» below.) They can also only be used informally or socially, in which case they are not part of your legal name. The Civil Code of Québec stipulates that «every person exercises his civil rights under the name assigned to him and indicated on his act of birth»[2] and that the spouses retain their legal name at the time of marriage. [3] They can only be modified at the time of registration under the prescribed conditions and only if the person is a Canadian citizen and has resided in Quebec for at least one year. [4] [5] Official name: The name as it appears on a legal document such as a social security card or other document that records a legal name change (e.g., court order). Nevertheless, the courts have (repeatedly) affirmed a person`s right to take any name of their choice at will, without the need for permission from an authority and without following any legal procedure – except that they must generally use that name and make themselves known. If you change your name, it doesn`t matter what type of document (e.g. certificate of receipt, marriage certificate) you use as proof of the name change – and in fact, it`s possible (and perfectly legal) to change your name by «using» without any documents.

Sometimes it is not clear what a person`s official name is because they are known by more than one name on different documents. Note: If a person attempts to change a name through legal proceedings, the court cannot reject the change without evidence of fraudulent purpose. In some states, a woman`s legal name is supposed to include her husband`s surname. Preferred names are not used for official university business or on official human resources documents due to legal requirements. However, whenever reasonably possible, a preferred name is used. Most state courts have ruled that a legally adopted name (i.e. for non-fraudulent purposes) is a legal name and can be used as their real name, although aliases are often not considered the person`s true technical name. [18] «Officially recognised» British titles are considered part of a legal name in the UK. The legal name of a company is the name under which the company operates. — are also not a separate part of your name. If they are part of your official name, they should usually be part of your last name (at the end).

The information must be provided in all business premises where the public has access to trading, as well as in documents such as purchase orders, receipts and, from January 2007, on company websites (which will be extended to the websites of individual traders later in 2007). When in doubt, or when many names are (or have been) used, names that have been used for formal, solemn and official purposes – over a longer period of time – carry more weight than names used for temporary, social or everyday purposes. In the United Kingdom, companies operating under names other than those of the owner or a legal person must provide the name of the owner and an address on which documents can be served, or the name and registration number of the legal person and its registered address.