Have you ever wanted to change your name?

[Mars Adept]

Yes. My parents intentionally misspelled my name at birth and I hate it and the stigma of ‘being unique’. But I don’t know what to change it to yet so I’ve been using ‘Name’ as a placeholder. It doesn’t help that I’ve also been going through gender dysphoria.

 

[Mr_Keroppi]

Not really. When I was 6 I wanted to change my name to Charles for some reason lol I love my name now and its kind of unique?? I dont know how everyone else feels about "Garrison" but I LOVE MY NAME. I literally associate" G" with myself and green now! I COMPLETELY understand people wanting to change their name because they dont like it or they dislike the origin though.

 

[amemome]

I hate my name but I also can't imagine what name would suit me, or what I want to be called instead.

I'm not super femme so I'd like a new name to be more gender neutral. I think it might be nice to choose a name for me that works in Korean too.

 

[WhiteLily210]

I don't really like my given name ever since I found a name I like better. I would love my name to be Ethan. Found it a long time ago, I was playing pokemon and used an ether in-game. My thoughts from using it made me think of the name and ever since it stuck. Saying the name feels nice and referring to myself as Ethan clicks as my name.

No one knows about the name yet but I hope eventually I can change my name to it and my birth name will be nothing more than a unused deadname to me.

 

[Kitsuragi]

Not really. When I was 6 I wanted to change my name to Charles for some reason lol I love my name now and its kind of unique?? I dont know how everyone else feels about "Garrison" but I LOVE MY NAME. I literally associate" G" with myself and green now! I COMPLETELY understand people wanting to change their name because they dont like it or they dislike the origin though.

Garrison is the name of one of the OCs I've had the longest, I love that name!

 

[skarmoury]

I used to want to change my name because it's so hard to spell and pronounce. Like, I've only encountered 3 people who've said my name right the very first time. I have some close family friends who until now don't know how to spell my name, even if my name's literally on Facebook. But I guess growing up I realized that my name means a lot to my Dad; he fell in love with the name after seeing it from a movie and I think it'd break his heart if I told him I hated it or something. My Dad's just really proud of my name and I have a soft spot for my family, so I learned to let the name grow on me. Anyway, I realized I can just go by a nickname that most people are comfortable pronouncing too, so it's not awkward for anyone.

 

[slzzpz]

Yes! My parents are split up and I found out not too long ago that I got my name from one of my mom's ex. Apparently good looking guy and my mom really liked his name. Personally, I feel its disrespectful towards my dad which is the main reason I want to change my name. The alternative name I want to change it to is the original name my parents picked out. My mother gets super upset when I bring it up though so not sure if I should still go through with it or not. My dad has no idea about the origins of my name and I don't want to tell him after all this time.

 

[Kitsuragi]

Yes! My parents are split up and I found out not too long ago that I got my name from one of my mom's ex. Apparently good looking guy and my mom really liked his name. Personally, I feel its disrespectful towards my dad which is the main reason I want to change my name. The alternative name I want to change it to is the original name my parents picked out. My mother gets super upset when I bring it up though so not sure if I should still go through with it or not. My dad has no idea about the origins of my name and I don't want to tell him after all this time.

this one is super tricky, i wonder why your mom gets upset when you want to change it. i personally feel its disrespectful as well but i wonder if your mom and this other guy were still on good terms? like a family friend sort of thing? if not i think it's very very odd that your mom would get upset by it, i couldn't even imagine naming my child after an ex :X

 

[LuchaSloth]

When I was younger I didn't really care for my name. It's a very common name, and just not one that I really identified with in any way. But I don't mind it these days. It is what it is.

 

[nyx~]

I don't think I would ever actually change it, but I'm not a huge fan of my first name. There's nothing wrong with it and I don't dislike it, I just don't love it either lol. I'd never legally change my name to Nyx, but I definitely feel more myself when I go by it than my irl name.

 

[slzzpz]

this one is super tricky, i wonder why your mom gets upset when you want to change it. i personally feel its disrespectful as well but i wonder if your mom and this other guy were still on good terms? like a family friend sort of thing? if not i think it's very very odd that your mom would get upset by it, i couldn't even imagine naming my child after an ex :X

Yeah I feel its kinda weird she gets so touchy about it. Clearly she must still have some sort of feeling towards him or something. Not sure if they're still friends or not. I tried to mediate by choosing their original name for me, which I actually like, but she's still adamant about not me changing it. I just really have to think about it.

 

[Bluebellie]

I haven’t particularly changed my name, but I don’t go by it. Only my family calls me by my name. Everyone else calls me by my nickname which is Ellie.
Sometimes I think it might be better to just change my name legally to my nickname, but I don’t know, I feel like it might be actually more complicated. I just don’t want to have to explain or go through the process at work, with friends, or through legal stuff ( banks, house, car, etc). It seems like too much work.

My name is too made madeup and I feel like people look at me strange when I actually say it ( so I just tell them Ellie). They also try to pronounce it many times and usually fail, so I’ve stopped introducing myself with it. I feel bad having to correct people so sometimes I just let them pronounce it wrong. Ellie is easier to understand.


For sure my future kids will have very basic non unique names. Names everyone can say.

 

[Quackerz]

Definitely! I'm transgender so the name i was given at birth doesn't fit who i actually am, I've changed it socially - ie all my friends call me 'toby' but not legally. I do want to change it legally though but that costs money

 

[Croconaw]

this one is super tricky, i wonder why your mom gets upset when you want to change it. i personally feel its disrespectful as well but i wonder if your mom and this other guy were still on good terms? like a family friend sort of thing? if not i think it's very very odd that your mom would get upset by it, i couldn't even imagine naming my child after an ex :X

These are my exact thoughts. It makes me wonder if something is still going on. I don’t know anyone in your family so I don’t want to jump to conclusions; it just seems odd to me.

 

[nageki]

i actually just did!! my paperwork came back a few days ago i'm trans as well and finally got it changed to the name i've been going by for years now, so it's exciting for me to finally have it be official.

the more i thought about it the more i really dislike the negative stigma around changing your name. it shouldn't be a big deal like you should just be allowed to change it if you feel like you mesh better with a different name. i can kind of to an extend understand a parent finding it disrespectful for their child to change their name but like...your kid's an individual with their own feelings not a dress-up doll. luckily my family have been good to me but some of my friends...i swear it's like they were announcing to their parents that they just died or something lol.

 

[JellyBeans]

i've never really thought about it! i'm perfectly happy with my name, and i've never found another name that felt more 'right' but perhaps if i did i'd go by it as a nickname as opposed to fully changing my name. i suppose technically very few people call me by my full first name (jessica) - i've been going by just jess since i was pretty young so i sometimes forget my name is actually longer than that, and arguably i don't feel much like a 'jessica' but jess feels right!

 

[Bluelady]

Yup. Back in middle school, one of the ways that they bullied me was through name calling. Sometimes right in front of the teacher. It’s not an ugly name, nor that complicated. It’s just old. Also, because of that issue, strangers don’t know how to pronounce it correctly and I have to constantly correct them.

Maybe with Animal Crossing becoming more popular, things will become easier on me.

Anyway, I don’t plan on ever changing my name because the process is a pain in the butt. It’s not worth it for me.

 

[al-tirah]

When I was still in school, yes. Because I learned then that my mom misspelled my name on my birth certificate. Yikes, lol. But we never really changed it. I love the name my parents gave me.

 

[Mimi Cheems]

I've always disliked my name. It just sounds too.. feminine for me? Melanie. It just sounds.. giudkjbgkjf. I also used to hate being called Mel. I remember when I was 13-14, I wanted to be named Logan. And then when I was 18-19, I preferred the name Avery for a short time. My sister, @Azzy gave me the nickname 'Ree' at that time, and STILL calls me Ree. ;v; Very heartwarming and makes my brain happy.

 

[Aniko]

Sometimes, because my name was rather uncommon and combined with my family name, it was unique in the country, at least the last time I checked. There are more ppl with the same first name now. I envied ppl with more common names, it's easier to stay anonymous. Once (more than once actually) my name was in the newspaper, not for a bad thing though, and everyone knew it was about me.
Also, because people were not used to my name, they made me repeat it several times, or misspelled, or mispronounced it, and it take longer to write. Sometimes I'm just telling people a random name to get away with it.

I wouldn't know what else to choose though, there is no other name I would like to have. And changing of name in Canada seems complicated.