1. Change of name of minors under 18 years of age

1. Both parents or guardians of minors and themselves (citizens over 16 years old and under 18 years old) shall use their own labor (whose income is the main source of living) submit a written application;

2. Current students must provide proof that the school agrees to change their name;

3. The original and copy of the resident household registration book.

Important reminder:

(1) Minors under the age of 18 are allowed to apply for name change twice without any reason. The third application will not be accepted by the police station;

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(2) If you are under 18 years old or over 14 years old and apply for a name change, the community police must issue a certificate of no criminal record, sign it and stamp it with the administrative seal of the police station.

2. Name changes for adults over 18 years old (in principle, no change is allowed)

1. I submit a written application;

2. Cadres and employees , provide the certificate of approval of the change issued by the personnel and labor department of the unit and a copy of the original personnel file with the official seal; for current students, provide proof that the school agrees to the name change; if you are unemployed, you need to provide relevant certification materials;

3. The original and copy of my resident household registration book;

4. A certificate of no criminal record must be issued by the community police, signed and stamped with the official seal of the police station.

3. Changing the name of the minor child after the couple divorces

1. Both biological parents of the minor child submit a written application together (sign and confirm on the spot at the police station);

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2. Current students must provide proof that the school agrees to change their name;

3. The original and copy of the divorce certificate of the biological parents of the minor child;

4. Not yet The original and copy of the adult child’s resident household registration book;

5. If the whereabouts of the biological parent of the minor child are unknown (according to the judgment of the people’s court declaring missing or dead), the police station can accept the case and collect a copy. If one party appears and requests to restore the original name of his or her child, and the two parties fail to reach an agreement through negotiation, the public security organ shall restore it;

6. If a person is under 18 years old or over 14 years old and applies for a name change, a certificate of no criminal violations must be issued by the community police Record the certificate, sign it and stamp it with the official seal of the police station.

4. After one parent dies and the other parent remarries, the name of the minor child is changed

1. Written application from the guardian or legal representative;

2. School students need to provide proof that the school agrees to change their name;

3. Original and copy of the household registration book of the minor child;

4. Death certificate of one of the parents of the minor child;

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5. The original and copy of the marriage certificate of the underage child’s father and stepmother or mother and stepfather;

6. If a minor child over 14 years old changes his or her name, the certificate must be issued by me, his father and stepmother or mother. An agreement to change the name through negotiation with the stepfather; for minors under the age of 14 to change their name, an agreement must be issued between their father and stepmother or mother and stepfather to agree on the name change;

7. Under 18 years old, 14 If you are over 10 years old and apply for a name change, the community police must issue a certificate of no criminal record, sign it, and stamp it with the administrative seal of the police station.

5. Adding previous names

1. The person or guardian submits a written application;

2. The original and copy of the person’s household registration book;

3. Proof of the previous name registered by the public security organ;

4. If you are over 14 years old and apply to add a previous name, you must have a certificate of no criminal record and a signature from the community police And stamped with the official administrative seal of the police station.

Circumstances in which names are not allowed to be changed:

1. In principle, citizens over 18 years of age are not allowed to change their names.

There are indeed special reasons and can be changed after strict review:

1. The name contains uncommon characters, variant characters, and traditional Chinese characters that are difficult to identify;

2. The homophony or meaning of the name It is easy to cause misunderstanding, discrimination or hurt one's feelings;

3. Citizens become monks or monks and nuns return to secular life;

4. Names are vulgar and inelegant, contrary to social morality, etc.

2. If a person who has received criminal punishment applies for a name change, the police station will not accept it; If you apply for a name change for the first time, the police station will not accept it;

4. Persons whose name change may affect the normal exercise of rights by other citizens and organizations in accordance with the law will not be allowed to change their name.

Legal basis:

Article 18 of the "Regulations on Household Registration of the People's Republic of China"

Citizens who change their names must follow the following regulations:

(1) When a person under the age of 18 needs to change his or her name, he or his parents or adopters must apply to the household registration authority for change registration;

(2) When he is 18 years old When the above persons need to change their names, they must apply for change registration to the household registration authority.