Harvey Epstein is crazy bad luck for a name.
For me, it depends on the crime and how common or uncommon the name is but still probably not.
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.
Changing your name is an insane amount of work and it is not worth it
No, this has happened and I did not feel the need to change my name. Nobody even associates my name with his because his heinous crime happens so often in my country.
Guess it would depend, but I’m leaning toward no, because it’s one thing my father gave me that I will always have, and he passed away over 20 years ago. I’m a Stephen King Constant Reader like my father before me, and Sai King says “do not forget the face of your father.”
I live in an area where I’m the only one related to me for hundreds of miles, with the exception of my wife, who took my name when I married her. But there are other people using my last name. No relation. Way I see it, if the wrong people come looking for me, they’ll find them first, and they don’t know me. Maybe one of them has my first name as well. Maybe that person will be my designated decoy. I’m not on social media, so my face isn’t widely known. Some bad dudes come looking for me, these other people will probably catch their attention before I will. I say let 'em have it.
No, because my name is already very common and there are several prominent murderers, war criminals and even traitors who share my name, and I barely rate among them.
Nah, too common.
Same. I’m not a John Smith* but my name is generic enough that it, or something sufficiently like it, has turned up in a number of places, sometimes to my detriment.
Back when I had Facebook (and more people had accounts that would turn up on search), I’d occasionally search my name and find quite a few people with the same across the world… and then freak out a bit because my name’s mine, what are all these people doing with my name?
Regular web searches have similar results.
On the bright side(?), if someone comes looking for me, they’re way more likely to find the others first, so it might well be in my interests to never change my name, even if I got the urge to do it.
* or am I?
Honestly, pretty good litmus test for filtering out people obsessed with true crime. I’d keep it
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.
Im less worried about jobs, more worried about some random dumbass punching me upon hearing my name.
I was named after a family member before everyone discovered what a criminal he was. To be clear, my family will not use my birthname. I thought that was a winning story until I met a guy named Chuck. Chuck Manson.
Neither of us have changed our names.
No true Hossenfeffer would ever commit a crime!
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
One of the worst US congress members shares a last name with me, but it’s also so common that it’s pretty diluted. It needs to be both infamous and uncommon, sharing a last name with millions of people ain’t that.
Then again, Epstein is kinda common and I can’t help giggle when I bring up a certain researcher with that last name and call her model the Epstein model.
Rewatching the Expanse is funny when they mention the Epstein Drive, and its even funnier when
spoiler
they literally have a plot point about them trafficking kids into a
islandmoon and do disgusting things… using them to create bioweaponsYeah, millions of Johnsons survive sharing a name with a guy who must have been a real prick.
that dude is going to see a huge increase of traffic and have absolutely no idea why 🤣
Wow, you must really love his music!
Came here for this, not disappointed. o7
