my real name is natalie which you can probably figure out by looking at my username. i don't have any nicknames irl but i go by nat on here bc i think it's weird to use my full name online. my name is ok but i wouldn't change it if i could.
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Do you like your real name?
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ILikeFroakies
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Yes I do like my name
tomatospooks666
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i chose it myself, so yeah. though i'm not as into it as i was when i picked it. it's mostly just the name i go by with my family and teachers, that's it.
dead names =/= real names, btw
dead names =/= real names, btw
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I'm not a big fan of it. Not because of the name in itself, but more like because of all the versions people can make out of it..
it was so easy to bully me for my name.
it was so easy to bully me for my name.
I like my real name and I go by it. However, to add to that, I did have my name legally changed (first, middle, and last) so you could say I did not like my birth name. It wasn't necessarily a bad name but it held a lot of trauma for me due to my birth family.
I chose to change my name to something similar but meaningful with the family I have now.
I chose to change my name to something similar but meaningful with the family I have now.
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No. I'd change it if it wasn't such a hassle 
well, i chose my real name, so i'd say i like it quite a lot 
my birth name was really beautiful, but it just... wasn't mine. it felt like someone else's beautiful name that i just somehow ended up with, and it never felt right. getting it changed was one of the best decisions i've ever made.
my last name has changed too since i'm married. must say, the current combo has such a lovely ring to it, and it just wouldn't have sounded as good had i not changed my first :' )
my birth name was really beautiful, but it just... wasn't mine. it felt like someone else's beautiful name that i just somehow ended up with, and it never felt right. getting it changed was one of the best decisions i've ever made.
my last name has changed too since i'm married. must say, the current combo has such a lovely ring to it, and it just wouldn't have sounded as good had i not changed my first :' )
i used to dislike it (isabelle) when i was younger, for some reason. but now i really like it! most people just call me izzy anyway - my full name feels too formal because i'm so used to izzy - but i think isabelle is a pretty name
I've changed my name once to the one I have currently and I can't really say I like any of them, even though I chose my current one. I don't know why, but it doesn't bother me much anymore. I'll never change it a second time because changing it the first time brought some struggles that I'm not prepared to go through again.
My current name means sea or like seagod though so it's not that bad.
It's just the way it's pronounced that I dislike, I suppose.
My current name means sea or like seagod though so it's not that bad.
It's just the way it's pronounced that I dislike, I suppose.
I'm happy with my name,, the only issue I have with it is that mine is spelled slightly differently from the way it's commonly spelled, which means I always have to correct people when they write my name down and misspell it 
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Bluebellie
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Nope.
I use my nickname Ellie.
My real name is something made up. I wish it had been a common name.
I use my nickname Ellie.
My real name is something made up. I wish it had been a common name.
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I used to hate it when I was younger because it’s a very ethnic name and people can never pronounce it right. Kids used to make fun of it sometimes too. Now I like it and it has a cute meaning to it take makes me feel closer to my heritage ^^ but I use a preferred more common English name for school/work to make everyone’s life easier...
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I don't mind my name, but all my close friends call me by my nickname, which I prefer. My real name is a French name but I'm Korean and was born and raised there, so people would often mispronounce it or assume I was a foreigner when I wasn't. I work in a Korean office now and we use titles and honourifics, but adding them to my full name is always so awkward sounding because Korean first names are usually two syllables and mine is three. So I'm the only one that just goes by a nickname despite ranks 
I like my real name, but I don't use it very often online. Two reasons really. One, there are simply some people I don't care to interact with. Secondly, I know it may sound weird to you, but it sounds weird and awkward to me when people call me by my name. I guess I am just use to people starting to talk at me or just say "hey", then whatever. The shorten version of my name is ok and feels less alien to me and acceptable.
I guess the only thing I don't like about my name, is that my parents picked it only because they liked a girl on a tv show.
I'm not a secretive person online. I'm pretty open about my viewpoints and opinions on things people fight about all the time.
I guess the only thing I don't like about my name, is that my parents picked it only because they liked a girl on a tv show.
I'm not a secretive person online. I'm pretty open about my viewpoints and opinions on things people fight about all the time.
can't express how much i hate my real name. the single only reason i haven't changed it is because i love my mum so much and i know it means a lot to her but genuinely it's just the worst name, i've had people tell me they hate my name to my face because they think it's acceptable because it's so old fashioned. i don't even know if i'm being dramatic about it anymore haha
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