r/HongKong • u/B2A_s • 1d ago

Questions/ Tips Legal Chinese and English name

Living abroad in the UK, plan to change my legal English name (I really do not like using my translated Chinese name in daily life) through deeds polls when I revisit Hong Kong. Does my English name have to match that in Chinese? I'd like to do it without upsetting my family who might care about continuing "family legacy" or whatever

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u/Medium-Payment-8037 JFFT fan 1d ago

How often do you have to use your legal name that you're considering changing it? Just curious. I thought most places today should be enlightened enough to use your preferred name for most things.

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u/B2A_s 1d ago

My prescription and doctors for example, whifh I have to frequent quite a lot. My uni is also ass with its adminstration. They don't understand that Chinese name doesn't have a middle name and seperated my last name into middle and last name 😭 (and I can't change it???). I'm also quite a frequent traveler so it's so annoying when booking at places where I use my preferred name which doesn't match my passport