Change name of apps

If I try to change the name of an application in my Applications or other folders, the system prevents this but does NOT allow me to authorize the change.
Even if I do a Get Info on the app, I still cannot change the name, even though I am willing to type an admin name & password.
Is there a way Other Than logging out, then logging in as the admin and changing it, then logging out and loggin back in as myself?

"Thanks, but no. It's my OWN application, and I WANT to change it's name in place. Your answers (thanks) completely miss the point."
While you may own the application in question, you do not own the folder that contains it. Changing the name of an item does not modify the item itself; rather, it modifies the parent folder (the folder that contains the item).
Adding files to a folder or removing them also modifies the folder. For that, Apple has hooked in to Authentication Services to allow you to authenticate to accomplish it.
There are many other instances as a non admin user where you can't do things to a folder that you could if you were logged in as an admin directly. For example, you can't use the New Folder command to create a new folder in the /Applications/ folder. I'm not sure if the Create Archive command would work either. When you set yourself up with a limited account, expect to run into limitations. That's what it's there for.
What specific reasons/concerns do you have for not logging in as an administrator directly?
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