I just found this thread. But I've no idea WHY you would even want to change your name to Mudcat. Mudcat is already the name of a very strange place on the internet that puts itself out to be a musical site of some kind but it's really a "SIGHT". What kind of a sight is anybody's guess. I just went to a skin doctor; it was a sight for psoriasis--0if ya know what I mean. Anyhow, I guess you could go through the proper authorities of your state. Then, when you get to that area, you could request the proper form and, after that, it'd probably take a little while and your actual name would be switched to Mudcat instead of the original nomenclature that your parents gave you. They'll probably be offended as hell, so best get readey for the other shoe to drop. (I wouldn't want to be in your shoes when that happens.)

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