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> Also in Germany, if you change your name voluntarily […], this is considered to be a strong sign that you deeply hate your parents Huh? I’m German and I have

• aleph_minus_one 3y ago
  > Huh? I’m German and I have never heard of this. I am also German. The only people (in Germany) who I know and did a (forename) name change did this because they hated their parents, since changing the name is an open signal that you deeply hate what the parents did to you your whole life (including giving you your old name).