General

These are some of the common reasons that a person wishes to change his/her name:-

1. Adopted a New Name of your choice or preference
2. Correct a wrongly spelt First Name and/or Surname
3. Insertion of married name
4. Insertion of baptism name
5. Insertion of religious name
6. Change the order of the existing Name
7. Add, delete or change the Chinese Character(s) of your Name
8. Add, delete or change the Tamil Character(s) of your Name
9. Delete your Hanyu Pinyin name [eg. (Chen WeiLing)] in your Identity Card
10. For auspicious reasons
11. Add, delete or change surname of an adopted child (minor)
12. Change your mind on your child's name (minor) after registration of his or her name at the Registry of Birth