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If my name was uncommon and had become infamous? Yeah, I think I might change it in that caseβ itβd be a hard call and Iβd have to think it through carefully, but I might come to the conclusion that Iβd have to do it. But a common name? While it might get smudged a bit by the villain, thereβd be too much dilution for anyone to care.
I feel for you, OP. That sucks.
Came here for this, not disappointed. o7
Wow, you must really love his music!
Why should I change? They're the one who sucks!
I guess it depends how common your last name is where you live. If you're a Smith/Johnson/Brown/Williams in the USA, those are pretty common. If you've got one of those names in China, maybe a name change is in order.
If your last name is Summerbell, that's a bit rare, and maybe you need to distance yourself.
It depends on one's name, because said name happened to make people infer one's ethnicity. It's more of an ethnicity thing if you think about it. For Khazars (I'm a crypto Khazar, so I'm convinced), we change our name to hide the fact we're Khazars, because we're wannabe Caucus Eurpoeans, but we come from Turkey originally (and eastern Europe as the Khazars).
Weinstein might be a fairly common jewish name? Definitely not changing mine, it's very common.
I'd definitely consider it if my family name was Hitler, or something that's a common swear word nowadays to the point that few people even know the original meaning anymore. "Ficker" is a relatively common name in my country, but to contemporary people it's basically "fucker". Many change the name into "Fischer" or use their spouse's name instead.
Well that's an interesting Google to find out that Hitler had a nephew who fought with the US navy against the axis.
I am from the Netherlands. The media etc. do not reveal surnames when court cases are being mentioned. I could be wrong but I believe that is set in law.
Don't take this out of context but.... I see nothing wrong with Dahmer.
Or Dohmer, with an O
One of the worst US congress members shares a last name with me, but it's also so common that it's pretty diluted. It needs to be both infamous and uncommon, sharing a last name with millions of people ain't that.
Then again, Epstein is kinda common and I can't help giggle when I bring up a certain researcher with that last name and call her model the Epstein model.
Yeah, millions of Johnsons survive sharing a name with a guy who must have been a real prick.
If you Google my first and last name, all the results are about a serial killer who is not me. I include my middle name as often as possible, partially because of that.
Did they rise to prominance after you were born? If not...
Thereβs a documentary about this called, βMeet the Hitlersβ. Worth a watch
Hell no, I'm waiting for the day one of these psychos makes us famous.
If they did it in my county then they would be fairly closely related, like 2nd cousins and their kids or closer.
This would make it harder to change my name
Same. In that case, I'm taking my wife's name.
In this age? Change your name anyways. Humans are stupid. Just having a name that is novel is exceptionally valuable, like William Beaver, Maximus Watts, or Richard Rockefeller.
Or Sandeep Dikshit
I used to have a customer named Jeffrey Epstein... I understand not changing it, but oof...
I'd just change my first name to Dick or Karen instead
No true Hossenfeffer would ever commit a crime!
No. Because I donβt care.
last name? no because the last name is soo damn common that it would be impossibly to find someone solely by last name alone.
My surname in my area is already associated with really bad things. So yes i am thinking on changing it. It is just hard in my country
Nah, Ford is straight up overly common.
It's nicely inconspicuous.
I will rejoice in being a famous Floopenhoffer!
that dude is going to see a huge increase of traffic and have absolutely no idea why π€£