Changing your (real) name?

Has anyone ever had their real name, either first and/or last, legally changed? I had mine changed by UK deed pole and it was finalized today. The main reason I did it was because my non-existent father chose my Christian name and I've always resented that (never liked the name much either), and because my last name was reall unusual and I just got sick of the looks, the comments, and "how do you spell that again?".

I'm so happy with my new name, I feel it fits me better and I like that I got to choose.

Has anyone else eer done this or if you were to change your first name what would you change it to?