My dad changed his name when he was 14 to escape his family and my mom changed her name to his when they married so my last name has pretty much no connection to any of my family or history.

That said, I've changed my first name and am planning on changing it again. I may change my last name to my dad's original while I'm at it. I find the process excruciating but it would probably be simpler if I weren't doing it for a "weird" reason and had a marriage to explain it.

It's a pain in the ass having paperwork, accounts and things in different names. My bank has frozen my CC before because my name didn't match even though they were just reading the records incorrectly.

I doubt that Holden Caulfield ever inspired more than sullen cigarette smoking.