The only issue with sharing a name with a famous criminal is on a job application. And if HR can't tell the difference between someone serving a very long sentence in prison and me, I wouldn't want to work for them anyway.
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There are tv plot points about employers doing a background check, finding the wrong details, so not hiring someone. In real life I hope they would take a few steps to confirm
SIN are used for background checks in my country. As for looking up social media history, I haven't had a social in my name for many years.
Im less worried about jobs, more worried about some random dumbass punching me upon hearing my name.
Nah, Ford is straight up overly common.
It's nicely inconspicuous.
last name? no because the last name is soo damn common that it would be impossibly to find someone solely by last name alone.
I will rejoice in being a famous Floopenhoffer!
No. Because I donβt care.
that dude is going to see a huge increase of traffic and have absolutely no idea why π€£
My surname in my area is already associated with really bad things. So yes i am thinking on changing it. It is just hard in my country
Except for the exact spelling I already share a last name with a war criminal president. But since I'm in a different country and the name has a positive association with an author here, it hasn't really seemed like an issue.
Hell, there's a famous singer with my whole name, and I won't even give up music. Why the hell would I change my name over something someone else did?
I would try like getting royalty checks just by name alone. Try to pretend I'm related to them, forge some documents and stuff. That is if the person is interviewed or having books or stuff made of them.
I have an ancestor who invented a famous sport and a second cousin who set someone on fire and buried them alive.
One of my last names was severely misspelled a long time ago so I doubt anyone else not from my family has it, and I wouldn't change it. As for the other last name, it's kinda common so no I wouldn't change it either.
I share an almost identical name with some right winged POS. But I think the people I run into aren't going to confuse us.
Is your name Karlie Chirk?
Much less known thankfully.
Sure. I have no attachment to my last name.
Probably not. I'm too lazy.
I already share a name with a fairly famous (although now deceased) comedian so I doubt it.
If my name was uncommon and had become infamous? Yeah, I think I might change it in that caseβ itβd be a hard call and Iβd have to think it through carefully, but I might come to the conclusion that Iβd have to do it. But a common name? While it might get smudged a bit by the villain, thereβd be too much dilution for anyone to care.
I feel for you, OP. That sucks.