Under what circumstances can I change my name?

Legal analysis: relevant provisions on renaming;

Citizens under 18 need to change their names, and their parents or dependents may submit a written application, which will be changed after verification by the public security organ where their household registration is located; /kloc-citizens over the age of 0/8 will not be changed in principle. If there are justified reasons to change their names, I will submit a written application. Organs, organizations, schools, enterprises and institutions must have the certificate of approval of the change by the personnel department of my work unit. You also need a certificate issued by the neighborhood (village) Committee where the household registration is located.

Justifiable reasons usually refer to: 1, a woman whose husband's surname has been removed or whose surname has been changed; 2. Monks, Taoists and nuns. Being secularized, its legal name is changed to a common name; 3. The name contains obscure words and indecent words. It is difficult for the public to identify; 4. Parents need to change their surnames when they divorce; 5. Change the adoption relationship; 6. Other circumstances that need to change the name.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 102 A natural person enjoys the right to his name, and has the right to decide, use, change or allow others to use his name according to law, provided that it does not violate public order and good customs.

Article 1015th A natural person shall take his father's surname or his mother's surname, but in any of the following circumstances, he may choose a surname other than his father's surname and his mother's surname:

(a) Choose the surnames of other immediate elders;

(2) Choosing the surname of the supporter because of the support of a person other than the legal supporter;

(three) there are other legitimate reasons that do not violate public order and good customs.

The surnames of natural persons of ethnic minorities can follow their own cultural traditions and customs.