Have you ever wanted to change your name?

[Alienfish]

I want to, or at least use some shorter form/variation of it. It's like people for life can't say it right or just don't care how to pronounce.. just read the paper it's not French or anything.

I'd say getting people to use it and all paperwork is another story though.

(which is why i never use my legal name online unless i have to..but yeah if such i just ask people not to use it unless they need to for eg. sending me a letter or stuff lol)

 

[Hanami]

In the past. I really wanted my name to be 'Emily' in my pre-teen years. I think I also wanted just about any name that sounded more American, feminine, had an 'a' at the end, and was long enough to be shortened to a nickname since I thought nicknames were cool.

My name is French (but I'm not), and while I think it is feminine in French, it didn't sound right to me when I was younger. My western/American teachers and peers would pronounce my name correctly and ironically, my own family (besides my parents and sibling) and family friends could not. I used to be embarrassed when family and family friends pronounced my name according to their native language pronunciation, but now it doesn't bother me.

I actually quite like my name now because I feel like it's me. I think I'm the only person with my name in the day-to-day lives of my close friends. I've met only one other person and I've known of only one famous actress, with the same name as me.

 

[oliviafromtoontown]

I have wanted to change my name for awhile i want to change my name because i dont like it its always been related to a male and i was born a male but i now identify as female my original name is owen but ive always wanted it to be olivia

 

[QueenCobra]

I used to hate my name. People struggle to pronounce my surname, and I felt my first name sounded like a nickname. In my eyes, it didn’t “fit” me. However, over time, I’ve grown to like my first name. (Chloe)

 

[Seastar]

Yes, but it's a little complicated. I do not like hearing my name but I cannot imagine what I want to hear instead. There are a couple of names I'm fine with being called online, in a game, or even in my head, but if I heard someone call me them irl then it wouldn't feel normal at all.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

Yes but it was in high school. I was bullied pretty badly and the kids gave me an extremely offensive nickname which was easy for them to do because they just had to switch out one letter from my name to the offensive word. Let’s just say it was the most offensive word you could apply to a woman and leave it at that.

 

[-Raven-]

Kinda wish I had a bigender name, but the name I have now sounds and feels just like me. And if I want a male name going by Emile is pretty close and feels a lot like me too.

I haven’t really found another singular name that felt like it’s me more than my actual name. I’d honestly like to keep switching up my name but I wouldn’t want to actually maintain that/update people on my name lol.

If I did change my name I’d probably go with Raven but, since it’s the name of my main fictional crush it’s a little weird.

 

[KittenNoir]

A couple times as I kid I wished my name was something different but as I am older I am happy with my name and will use the name I wanted for my own children if it fits

 

[Ravenkitty22]

I’ve definitely thought of it, because my name is common, but spelled weird. Every time I came up with something, though, it’s never sounded right. (Except the one time I went by C.J. for like a month… that didn’t end well) So while part of me would love to change my name (maybe to something a bit more gender-neutral), I can’t imagine being anything else.

 

[oath2order]

I kind of have changed my name in parts of my life.

 

[cherrytheone]

No I love my first name. My last name isn't common in the country I live in though so it gets misspelled or mispronounced a lot. I've gotten used to it. I even love my last name and can't imagine parting with it. I've even thought of what I'd do if I were to get married to someone with a different last name. I'm the kind of person who would usually do all the wedding stuff but at this point I might even keep my last name and not take his if I end up liking mine better.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Spoiler: Yes (Personal Warning)

Yes because I was made fun of in school. I will just come out and say it. My real name is "Francis" and people would make fun of it by calling it "Frankly" or "Freak" because they thought it was a French name. My teacher called me "Francewa" and I didn't take too kindly to it. After when they said that to me I was very upset. Sometimes they would call me "Frances" because they think I was a girl when the name "Francis" had a "I" in it because I am a guy. I know this got personal but yeah I wanted to change my name ever since.

 

[Saah]

I do and I will! I've been bullied for it to the point just hearing it makes me feel awful, but my country recently started letting everyone change their name for a small fee, so I just have to mentally prepare myself to, you know, change literally every document and bank account and bill and... yeah. It'll be a lot of work but it'll be soooo much worth it.

 

[justina]

Oh yes, especially when I was a kid I wished I had a normal name. "Justina" isn't very common, and half them time people call me Justine anyway its sort of annoying.

 

[MadisonBristol]

I am changing it. Though I go by both names since I haven't come out to everybody. I just chose my parents' second choice for my name.

 

[Kitsuragi]

Spoiler: Yes (Personal Warning)

Yes because I was made fun of in school. I will just come out and say it. My real name is "Francis" and people would make fun of it by calling it "Frankly" or "Freak" because they thought it was a French name. My teacher called me "Francewa" and I didn't take too kindly to it. After when they said that to me I was very upset. Sometimes they would call me "Frances" because they think I was a girl when the name "Francis" had a "I" in it because I am a guy. I know this got personal but yeah I wanted to change my name ever since.

This is pretty close to my name! I used to be called "Frankie" all the time in school and I hated it. I understand exactly how you feel.

This thread actually bumped at a decent time because I've been trying out some new names for a few weeks. I'm down to either Florence or Delilah.

 

[Clock]

Sometimes, since I used to have classmates who had the same name as me and it was quite a hindrance, but at the same time I wouldn't want to change it at all since it has a meaning to it.

 

[swiftieaddy13]

nope! my first name is adelynn but everyone calls me addy. however, when i was little, i read the book charlotte’s web and wanted to change my name to charlotte. my mom said i could whenever she passed, and that made me terribly sad and i have never wanted to change it since.

 

[Croconaw]

I’ve already posted here but I have a bit more to say on this subject. I really don’t like my birth name. It bothered me for a long time and I was never sure why. People around me knew I didn’t like it and the response was always “it’s a nice name for a woman.”

I’d help out in the dining room at work and on a few occasions I’ve had customers tell me “thank you, miss” and refer to me as a female. I can’t really blame them because I’m not exactly out at this job, but it kills me inside hearing my name.

I’ve actually decided on a name I’d like to change it to. It’s similar in sound to my actual name. I was at Starbucks a few months back and I mumbled my birth name to the barista. She must have misunderstood because she wrote a similar name on the cup, that is a male name. It felt good reading that name as my name. In my head, I literally hear that name when people say my birth name. It feels like I’m living a lie except for online.

I’m just rambling at this point, but I’ve definitely wanted to change my name for a very long time. It just took me a good while to come to terms the exact reason why.

 

[EmmaFrost]

Yes, lately because my first name is very distinctly Russian and everyone hates Russians rn