Facebook's real name isn't facebook

Boner

The only options that don't involve a deed poll are:

Women keeping their own name after marriage
Women taking their husband's name after marriage

My mother got married when I was 2, changed her surname, and changed my surname. There was no deed poll involved for me, it was done through common usage. This was 30 years ago, but I've never had an issue getting a mortgage/marrying even though my name doesn't match that on my birth certificate.

The linked document states:

If the mother was unmarried when the child was born, and the child's father has not obtained Parental Responsibility, then she is technically able to simply change the child's name to match hers on remarriage.

Jaloopa

@PJH said:

The only options that don't involve a deed poll are:

Women keeping their own name after marriage
Women taking their husband's name after marriage

You don't need a deed poll, you can do it cheaper using a statutory declaration, which, in the UK, counts as a full legal name change. Basically, you get a lawyer to sign something along the lines of

I, Elvis Smash, of Gracelands, Memphis Road, London, E12 2PC, formerly known as John Smith, do solemnly and sincerely declare that:-

I absolutely and entirely renounce, relinquish and abandon the use of my former name of John Smith and assume, adopt and determine to take and use from the date hereof the new name of Elvis Smash in substitution for my former name of John Smith.

I shall at all times hereafter, in all records, deeds, documents and other writings and in all actions and proceedings, as well as in all dealings and transactions and on all occasions whatsoever, use and subscribe my new name of Elvis Smash in substitution for my former name of John Smith so relinquished to the intent that I may hereafter be called, known and identified by the new name of Elvis Smash and not by my former name of John Smith.

I authorise and require all persons, at all times, to identify, describe and address me by my new name of Elvis Smash. I make this solemn declaration conscientiously, believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835.

and that's perfectly good enough for things like getting a passport.

I had an issue with my legal name being different to my commonly used name, causing problems getting a passport and stuff. Getting married solved it because on the marriage certificate the wording is something like

Jaloopa Imaginitivesirname, otherwise Dickbrain Imaginitivesirname

And that counts as a change of name, tying the two identities together

Buddy

Facebook already has fairly bulletproof systems for preventing spam and ensuring that Facebook friends really do know each other in real life.

Considering how much they know about their users, it seems pretty crazy that some anonymous coward could even temporarily prevent someone from logging in, if they've already got strong connections with a group of probable humans.

I get that requiring real names was the thing that originally set Facebook apart from its competitors, but I feel like it's reached the point where having something as your Facebook name already is proof that people know you by that name.

CreatedToDislikeThis

@Buddy said:

Considering how much they know about their users, it seems pretty crazy that some anonymous coward could even temporarily prevent someone from logging in, if they've already got strong connections with a group of ~~probable~~alleged humans.

FTFY