I need serious help on YouTube.

[Milo Thatch]

How can I change my username to something besides my first and last name on YouTube? Whenever I try to change it, it links me to my Google name settings.

 

[Hobbes]

As far as I know (and I've tried), there's no way to change your username in YouTube (username being youtube.com/user/USERNAME). Your display name, which is your first and last name, comes from your Google settings and you have to change it there for it to be changed on YouTube.

 

[DragonFreak]

Oh it's possible because I did it, but I can't exactly remember off-hand.....

I think you have to change it through Google+. You know that Facebook-wannabe that Google made. I think name there changes your Youtube name.

 

[Stargazing]

How can I change my username to something besides my first and last name on YouTube? Whenever I try to change it, it links me to my Google name settings.

you can create a new youtube username (that links to your google plus as well) and then merge the two accounts together, that's what i did.

unless you still want a first/last type setting, in which case you change it via google plus