"I am not giving up and will go all the way to the European Court of Human Rights," the 22-year-old student from the state of Lower Austria told the Kronen Zeitung daily. "Since 2007 I have become a new person. I want to mark this by changing my name ... I chose it out of respect for Native Americans. They care about nature. For them a tomahawk is an all-purpose tool that can also be a peace pipe," he said. The man, who says he was able to change his first name — unconfirmed press reports suggested it was Tiger — applied to become Herr (Mr.) Tomahawk but local authorities told him that strict rules on such matters didn't allow it.