How to change a Gmail address by Yourself

Option 1:

1. Sign in to your Gmail account.

2. Go to Change your Gmail username.

3. In the top right, click Settings icon.

4. In the "Send mail as" section, click Edit Info.

5. Add the name you want to show when you send messages.

6. At the bottom click Save Changes.

Option 2:

1. Create a new Gmail account.

2. Sign into your first Gmail account.

3. Go to Change your Gmail username.

4. In the top right, click Settings icon

5. Click the Accounts and Import tab.

6. In the "Send mail as" section, click Add another email address.

7. Add the name you want to show and the new email address you’ve created.

8. Click send verification to the second account.

9. Sign into the second Gmail account.

10. Click the verification email link to verify your email or enter the confirmation code.

11. Once confirmed, go back to the Accounts and Import tab.

12. You can select if you’d like to "Reply from the same address the message was sent to" or make your second account the default.