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 === United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) ===
-In the United Kingdom, you do not have to follow a legal process to start using a new name, but you may need to in order for official documents to reflect your new name.<ref name="UK-change-name">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll|title=Change your name by deed poll|last=UK Government|access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref> In England and Wales, the General Registry Office provides a template form that allows a person to legally change their name for free by creating an [https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll/make-an-adult-deed-poll unenrolled deed poll] or using a Gender Recognition Certificate. It is not necessary to have an enrolled deed poll, which would involve publishing the new name with the [[deadname]] in the ''Gazette''.
+In the United Kingdom, you do not have to follow a legal process to start using a new name, but you may need to in order for official documents to reflect your new name.<ref name="UK-change-name">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll|title=Change your name by deed poll|last=UK Government|access-date=1 February 2025}}</ref> In England and Wales, the General Registry Office provides a template form that allows a person aged 16 or older (or a child's parents) to legally change their name for free by creating an [https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll/make-an-adult-deed-poll unenrolled deed poll] or using a Gender Recognition Certificate, although there is a charge if people wish to have their birth certificate re-issued in their new name. It is not necessary to have an enrolled deed poll, and this involves publicly publishing the new name with the [[deadname]] in [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice?text=&categorycode=G406000002&noticetypes=&location-postcode-1=&location-distance-1=1&location-local-authority-1=&numberOfLocationSearches=1&start-publish-date=&end-publish-date=&edition=&london-issue=&edinburgh-issue=&belfast-issue=&sort-by=&results-page-size=10 The ''Gazette''].
 The UK has several ways to change a legally change a forename, middle name or surname:
-*creating a [https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll Deed Poll], which is the most common way to legally change your forename(s)
+*creating a [https://www.gov.uk/change-name-deed-poll Deed Poll] which is the most common way to legally change your forename(s)
 *[https://www.gov.uk/apply-gender-recognition-certificate Gender Recognition Certificates], although the UK does not legally accept a non-binary gender on official documents
-*Statutory Declaration
+*[https://www.gov.uk/change-name-driving-licence Statutory Declaration] signed by a magistrate, solicitor or commissioner of oaths (LOC021).
 *Affidavits
-*Marriage Certificates can't be used to change forenames
+*Marriage Certificates or divorce documentation can't be used to change forenames
-Passport changes involving only a [https://www.gov.uk/changing-passport-information/name-divorce-deed-poll-forenames-title minor change of forename] (e.g. spelling) without a gender marker change have a separate option via the Passport Office. In Scotland, the [https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/changing-your-name/ National Registry] handles change of names and in Northern Ireland, [https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/recording-change-name NI Direct] provides this service.
+Passport changes involving only a [https://www.gov.uk/changing-passport-information/name-divorce-deed-poll-forenames-title minor change of forename] (e.g. spelling) without a gender marker change have a separate option via the Passport Office. In Scotland, [https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/registration/changing-your-name/ National Records of Scotland] handles change of names and in Northern Ireland, [https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/recording-change-name GGeneral Register Office for Northern Ireland (GRONI)] provides this service.
 ===Canada===