NOTE: The middle name and suffix, even if they are not part of the official name as defined by SSA, should be used to resolve situations where the identity of the applicant or number holder is questioned. Typically, a person receives a full legal name at birth and is listed on their birth certificate, although in many cases a person does not have a legally recognized first name until months or years after birth. While legal names are important for establishing a formal and permanent identity, they are easily changed for reasons of false identity or professional opportunity. For women in Western countries, it is customary to change the surname at the time of marriage. For over 15 years, I have been working with people to forward their resumes to the hiring manager. For more than a decade of these years, I have been involved in talent acquisition and advocacy for professionals from abroad. Remember that every part of your job search should be strategic. Think about how you present yourself. What should people call you? How can you make it easy for people to understand your name? How do you clearly identify all the documents you send to people? 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.) You were anointed with a name when you were born. But have you thought about your “naming strategy” for your job search? How to deal with a nickname? When do you attach your name to a graduate degree? Do you know if you should use a suffix? Or how to make a long or hard-to-pronounce name more accessible? The concept of a legal name dates back centuries, but it was not until the Middle Ages in England that the idea was established as part of the common law. In the English legal system, these names were formal but malleable, as it was common for people of all classes to adopt legal “first names” of their choice. 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] A name that identifies an individual for legal, administrative and 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, 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 18 years or older). There needs to be a strategy behind everything you do when you`re looking for a job, including how you expect others to relate to you. This affects how you send an email, leave a voicemail, and even what you call your resume file. Just like your email address, it is very important to clearly name your resume file. Over the past 10 years, while working with Ladder`s resume writing department and other senior executives, I have seen hundreds of resumes named “My Resume.doc.” This is not helpful for someone who maintains a large database of candidate resumes. Here are some better examples: When clients come to my office, I ask them to fill out an intake form. The first question on this form is about its legal name. Although this may seem like a simple question, many customers don`t know how to answer this question. Many clients provide their first name, middle name and last name as it appears on their driver`s license and/or marriage certificate; others use a given name, middle initial, and last name; Some women give their maiden name and still others fill out the form with a nickname. What is your official name? Is it the name you were born with or the name you use every day? This article attempts to highlight the legal, moral, and philosophical falsity of the idea that humans have a uniquely identifying legal name.
To do this, we look at the status of names in different areas of law and point out that the legal consensus tends to be that there is no “correct legal name” for individuals (on the contrary, people often have many “legal” names). We argue that this common notion that each person has a unique and well-defined “legal” name is a kind of collective illusion that we all seem to share (which appears somewhere in the late twentieth century) but is not based on legal or social reality. To counter this harmful deception, we present a series of citable conclusions on the current state of the law and introduce a normative framework on how institutions and individuals should choose between the different legal names of individuals. In studying legal theory, feminist philosophy, and philosophy of language, we discuss the social function of names, arguing that names allow people to communicate important social information about themselves—which can include their gender, religion, and family relationships. Thus, we conclude with the argument that individuals and legal institutions have a normative responsibility to respect people`s preferred legal names, thereby enabling them to authentically represent these facets of their social identity. Only one change of name is allowed in the register if a person has not yet reached the age of 16, and thereafter only one change of first name and three changes of surname may be granted during his lifetime, provided that at least five years have elapsed between the change of name. [14] Name changes can also be registered if: 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 sole proprietorships later in 2007). This is the history of names and name changes in modern times. I remember once calling someone who had a 12-letter name on their resume and voicemail; He said, “You reached David,” which made me wonder if I had the right number. These days, you can tell your employer that you want to use your preferred name on your voicemail, email, and business card.
