I want to change my birth name, can I change my name to any name I want?
In a word, yes but as you may well know there are always some restrictions put in place by statute and case law. The general restrictions that are put in place are as follows:
You cannot have a name that infringes anyone else’s civil rights for personal gain or with the intention of misleading for example you want to legally change your name to Brad Pitt. Unless you have a very good reason for changing …