Editing Name change (section)

=== Israel ===
Israeli law determine that every adult over the age of 18 that does not have a guardianship can submit a request for a name change. A person who changed their name cannot change it again until 7 years passed unless they have a special approval from [[Ministry of Interior (Israel)|Minister of Interior]]. In case of adoption, the adopting family cannot change the child's name unless the court ruled otherwise. In case of marriage, a person can change their last name, change back to the [[Maiden and married names|maiden name]] or add their spouse's last name to theirs at any time. A minor whom parents changed their last name gets the new last name of their parents, and a minor that one of their parents changed their last name to match the other parent get the mutual last name, the minister is allowed to disapprove the new name if they believe the name may be misleading or offensive. The minister is not allowed to disapprove a name change if the name was chosen to accommodate [[Common-law marriage]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Naor |first=Moshe |date=2016 |title=The Israeli Names Law: National Integration and Military Rule |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/israelstudies.21.2.06 |journal=Israel Studies |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=133–154 |doi=10.2979/israelstudies.21.2.06 |jstor=10.2979/israelstudies.21.2.06 |issn=1084-9513}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Levush |first=Ruth |date=2017-10-05 |title=What's in a[n Israeli] name? {{!}} In Custodia Legis |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/10/whats-in-an-israeli-name/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Library of Congress}}</ref>

In case of a minor who want to change their first name, may do this with a detailed reason for the change of name, and a consent from both their parents and a verbal and written consent of the child, if the minor is under 10 years old the child doesn't need to come with the parents to change their name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Change your first name |url=https://www.gov.il/en/service/name_change |website=Gov.il}}</ref>

An adult convicted of a sex offense isn't allowed to change their name as part of "the public protection law against committing sex offenses".<ref>{{Cite web |title=חוק הגנה על הציבור מפני ביצוע עבירות מין – ויקיטקסט |url=https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7_%D7%94%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A2%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A2_%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=he.wikisource.org |language=he}}</ref>