If it is your own name just create a new account and redirect from the old name and talk pages. (You do lose your old watchlist unless you log in to the old name to check it).
Fred
Fellow Wikipedians,
What are the mechanics of changing somebody's username? Is that something administrators can do, or is developer access required?
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