Answer

The person who needs to change his or her name must submit an application to the police station where the household registration is located, write down the reasons for the name change, and go to the household registration office of the local police station to apply. If the household registration authority deems it necessary When , you can ask the applicant for proof of relevant changes or corrections. When a person under the age of 18 needs to change his or her name, the person or his/her parents or adopter shall apply to the household registration authority for change registration; if the person is over 18 years old, the person shall apply to the household registration authority for change registration. Citizens enjoy the right to name and have the right to decide, use and change their names in accordance with regulations, and others are prohibited from interfering, misappropriating or counterfeiting. There should be no conditions attached to a citizen's application for a name change. When the public security organs formulate administrative regulations, they should not only consider the administrative power of the police, but also consider the consistency of the entire legal system. After a citizen's name is changed, the public security agency can truthfully record the citizen's former name in various file information. The citizen can deposit, trade stocks, pay and receive various insurance premiums under his original name. After concluding a contract, he needs to use the new name. To continue to exercise rights and fulfill obligations under your name, you only need to go to the public security organ to issue a certificate of change of name. The public security organs have solved the "wrong, duplicate, and fake" issues in household registration management, and the goals of accuracy, uniqueness, and authoritativeness of national household registration and citizen ID numbers have been basically achieved. [1] Names are no longer the basis for judging a person.

1. Conditions for name change

1. I must express my wish to change my name

2. The reasons must be sufficient, and the legitimate reasons recognized by the public security organs:

(1) The guardian of a minor under the age of 16 applies to change his or her name;

(2) The name contains uncommon or ambiguous words, causing various inconveniences;

(3) Requesting to change the name due to parents’ divorce;

(4) Requesting to change the name due to adoption;

(5) Requesting to change the name due to becoming a monk after reaching the age of 16

(6) Wrong name filling or computer entry due to mistakes by public security agency staff. Applications for name changes for other reasons will not be accepted by the public security organs.

3. I promise that all civil and legal liabilities arising from the name change will be borne by myself

2. Special reminder

(1) Citizens under the age of 16 If you request to change your current name, your parents or guardians must hold your resident ID card and household registration book, fill out an application report, and apply to the public security police station where your household registration is located. After review and approval by the police station, the change will be processed;

(2) Already If a citizen who is 16 years old or above requests to change his or her current name, he or she must fill in the application report and present the resident ID card, household register, original certificate and relevant certificates (if you have an employer, you must have a cadre resume or job recruitment form, and have the employer verify and sign the opinion and seal ), apply to the public security police station where the household registration is located, and submit the change to the county-level public security agency for approval.

(3) If one party requests to change the name of a minor child after the parents divorce, the change can only be applied for after both parties reach consensus and sign an agreement.

(4) If a citizen requests to add a "former name", the "former name" to be added must be the name that the citizen has declared and registered with the household registration authority in the past and officially used it.

Legal basis:

Article 99 of the General Principles of Civil Law

Citizens enjoy the right of name and have the right to decide, use and change their names in accordance with regulations. Interference, misappropriation, and counterfeiting by others are prohibited. Article 18 of the "Household Registration Regulations" stipulates that when a citizen changes his or her name, the following provisions apply: When a citizen over 18 years of age needs to change his or her name, he or she must apply to the household registration authority for change registration. Citizens whose right to name has been infringed has the right to demand an end to the infringement, restore their reputation, eliminate the impact, and apologize.