In Switzerland the general principle of immutability of the name applies. This means that a person’s first name and surname, once acquired, cannot be changed in principle. However, a procedure for changing the name can be initiated in exceptional cases and at the request of the person concerned.<\/p>\n
The change of name is governed by art. 30 Swiss Civil Code and serves to eliminate the inconvenience associated with the name. If one’s own name is a cause for ridicule or if there are family-related reasons, it is worth considering a procedure for a change of name. Moreover, since the revision of the law in 2013, only good cause (achtenswerte Gr\u00fcnde<\/em>) and not important cause (wichtige Gr\u00fcnde<\/em>) is required, which simplifies the procedure. However, this is to be distinguished from the change of name of children or in the context of marriage and divorce as well as transgender people.<\/p>\n In the following essay by attorney Karin Hochl, you will find information on the different constellations of a name change, as well as on its procedure and effect.<\/p>\n Change of name<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Switzerland the general principle of immutability of the name applies. This means that a person’s first name and surname, once acquired, cannot be changed in principle. However, a procedure for changing the name can be initiated in exceptional cases and at the request of the person concerned. The change of name is governed by … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","publications_category":[134],"class_list":["post-2962","publications","type-publications","status-publish","hentry","publications_category-name-change","p841"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications\/2962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publications"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications\/2962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications\/2962\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publications_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schaubhochl.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications_category?post=2962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}