When a person changes their name for personal reasons, such as disliking it or for numerology/astrology, they must publish the new name in a Gazette notification. The Gazette, a legal document, serves as the legal certificate for their new name.

For individuals under 18, the name change process is handled by their parents as the applicants. This includes the publication of the minor's name change in the Gazette notification, which is based on the parents' application.

To legally establish a new identity after a physical gender transition, individuals must go through a two-part process: a gender change and the publication of a name change in the Gazette.

Following marriage, many women choose to change their name by adding their husband's surname. To make this change legally valid, they submit a name change application to be published in the Gazette notification.