What does “normalize” mean to you? It’s not uncommon. I know several people who have done this at different ages, for different reasons. Are you saying people should talk about it more? Like “Hey, I’m Dave but my name used to be Jim”?
Usually people just send it the paperwork and then use their new name. It’s a normal thing that normal people do and it doesn’t really raise any eyebrows for normal people.
What does “normalize” mean to you? It’s not uncommon. I know several people who have done this at different ages, for different reasons. Are you saying people should talk about it more? Like “Hey, I’m Dave but my name used to be Jim”?
Usually people just send it the paperwork and then use their new name. It’s a normal thing that normal people do and it doesn’t really raise any eyebrows for normal people.
Anytime someone has found out I changed my name I’m barraged by questions about it.
It’s not unheard of to change names but most people won’t accept “because I wanted to choose my name” as a valid reason.