What is it called when you only have one name?

A mononymous person is an individual who is known and addressed by a single name, or mononym.

Is it legal to have one name?

In the United States, going without a name is not inherently illegal. Police won’t arrest you for not having a name. For instance, you need a legal name on a birth certificate or social security card to obtain a driver’s license or passport, open a bank account and get a job.

What is it called when you have the same first and last name?

Same personal name and family name Among families with patronymic surnames, partial reduplication often occurs with people (usually males) who have the same forename from which the surname or last name derives. Examples include Sven Svensson, Ioannis Ioannou and Isahak Isahakyan.

What to do if there is no surname?

Do not use initials. If you don’t have a family name on your passport, travel or identity document, enter all your given name(s) in the surname field and leave the given name field blank. Do not enter “Not applicable,” “*” or “NA.”

What happens if you don’t name a baby?

Parents can be forgiven for not knowing that they can leave the hospital with a nameless baby. Bureaucracy is a bully. But it’s completely legal in most U.S. states to leave the baby portion of the birth-certificate blank. You can walk out of any hospital with a nameless child (as long as it’s your own).

What is your birth name?

A birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births register or birth certificate may by that fact alone become the person’s legal name.

Can I change my name in India?

Visit your nearest Notary and make an affidavit regarding the change of your name. And mention therein your specific reason for changing your name. Once the affidavit is printed on a plain stamp paper, it needs to be signed by two witnesses. It is to be signed by two persons of gazetted officer rank.

Can I change my name?

Typically, you may legally change your name to whatever name you’d like, although state marriage laws may also provide some additional legal guidance. There are some exceptions though. For example, you can’t: Change your name in order to commit a crime.