{"id":377267,"date":"2017-03-22T11:14:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/state\/wisconsin-law\/how-to-change-your-name-in-wisconsin.html"},"modified":"2023-02-07T12:57:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T17:57:03","slug":"how-to-change-your-name-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/state\/wisconsin-law\/how-to-change-your-name-in-wisconsin.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Your Name in Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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How to Change Your Name in Wisconsin<\/h1>\n
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You’ve decided it is time to change your name – be it for personal reasons like a gender transition, marriage, divorce, or just because you don’t like the name given to you at birth.<\/p>\r\n

Wisconsin recognizes name changes done through the proper channels, and each county follows a different process.<\/p>\r\n

This article goes over the basic steps to changing your name in Wisconsin and covers how to:<\/p>\r\n