Have you ever wanted to change your name?

[coffeeplant]

Just noticed that I voted but haven't posted for some reason?? o: Yes, I'd like to change my name. I was never a fan of my birth name and it's very feminine on top of that. I love the one I'm using currently a lot more. I'll see if I can change my last name as well because mine is long and a nightmare to spell. It's caused me problems before. Plus if I ever publish a book, I want my readers to be able to remember me/my name easily. I don't want them carrying my name around on a piece of paper because it's a pain to remember and spell correctly. c':​

 

[Goldi Locks]

I would probably feel like I was disrespecting the person who named me and the people I was named after if I did that. So no. But I don't care enough for it to matter anyway.

 

[MoogleKupo]

I have never ever liked my legal name, it always felt so stern and harsh that it never felt comfortable saying or telling anyone out loud. I constantly was trying to have nicknames be apart of my life or conversations, but nothing ever worked. I mean, from parents yes, I always got the cute names like "Bunny," or "Pinny," or something else but those you can't always go by.
My legal name starts with a "b" so I initially tried going by "B" for awhile, but I just got made fun of, and it was always the same "why would you want to go by that name?" or even a couple times "Yeah no, I'm not calling you that."
When I was a kid I saw Zoey 101 and fell in love with the name Quinn who was the science nerd of the show. She was literally quirky and cool, and I thought that was amazing since I had glasses and loved science too. And I kept wanting that to be my name for years and years, but all I got were the same ****ty comments.

Fast forward to my first year of college, 2019, and I had enough of my real name, so I emailed the school and all of my teachers to inform them that I will be going by the name "Quinn," and luckily, they all did! One of the teachers had reached out to me and sent me a link to a "preferred Name Change," specifically for the school and that is basically where history started.
I have gone by Quinn for four years now, I love every second of it, every loves it because I get called some really cute variations of this name.
And I don't forget my real name, nor am I afraid of it at all. I just don't care for it and don't want to be called by it anymore and never will. I will legally change it one day, but for right now, everybody just knows me as Quinn and doesn't suspect otherwise.
that's actually another thing; very few people know of my real name and those are people closest to me (except bosses at work because all paperwork is under my legal name and for good reason) or if they unfortunately happen to catch my real name when someone says it. Which sucks but happens from time to time and I jsut inform them that I don't use that name anymore and would encourage them to remain calling me Quinn.

 

[Kitsuragi]

Fast forward to my first year of college, 2019, and I had enough of my real name, so I emailed the school and all of my teachers to inform them that I will be going by the name "Quinn," and luckily, they all did! One of the teachers had reached out to me and sent me a link to a "preferred Name Change," specifically for the school and that is basically where history started.

the name Quinn is really unique and cool sounding! i think i've only ever known one Quinn!

 

[Flare]

I kinda do. It’s not really all that unique and I don’t like the name itself. I don’t think I’d change it though since ultimately my parents gave it to me and it feels complicated to do it.

 

[allainah]

I did when I was younger, I just didn't like it for some reason PLUS my teachers could never pronounce it correctly. I was already extremally shy so having them make me pronounce my name out loud always felt really embarrassing for me.
But now that i'm older I actually love my name <3

 

[Yoshi155]

A lot, because it is SO ANNOYING when people mispronounce my name. Usually after knowing me for a while people pronounce my name correctly, but I ****ING HATE IT when I get a new teacher and I have to tell them how to pronounce my name. When we have a substitute, I literally dread when they're taking attendance and it gets to my name. The only reason I wouldn't change my name is because it has cultural connotations, which is why it's hard to pronounce, but I still kinda hate my name.

 

[Aerith]

Yes. At first it was because I was never fond of my birth name, but eventually I became okay with it after I found a suitable nickname derived from it. However, I still don't feel like it's 'me'. I plan on changing my name, but I'm not looking forward to going in front of a judge and all the paperwork involved, so I'm waiting to do it when I feel like the time is right.

 

[S.J.]

I'm fine with my name. It's what my parents wanted, and it's fine, so I've never considered an alternative.

 

[themysterybidder]

I don't mind my shortened name 'Jenny', but I hate being called my birth name 'Jennifer'. My Mum said to me she wanted to name me 'Jenny' as she went through her life hating being called Victoria, she preferred Vikki. In the end my Mum and Dad decided on Jennifer. I probably would never change it, but I do love the name Sapphire.

 

[Beanz]

my name is natalie, im okay with it and i have never considered changing it. i think i like how it’s not too much of an uncommon name but its also not a name you hear all the time if that makes sense.

 

[rocketspruggs]

I have ALWAYS wanted to change my name for the biggest reason, that reason being my real name being spelled rather differently than the standard name, and people I'm not close with would always spell it wrong, which annoys me a lot.

I do like that my name is pretty much old and outdated now, it's not something people would name their child anymore, but I really don't like the way it is spelled, and I wish I could change it, but I'm not allowed to, because there is a certain story behind the reason my name is spelled differently.

I prefer to go by my Internet nickname, "Hayley", instead, for that reason above.

 

[ribbitribbon]

when i was little i wanted to. but now i really like my name. it’s pretty and can translate to different languages. i change my online name a lot so i wouldn’t want to commit to changing it anyways.

 

[Mayor Jack]

When I was younger I wanted to change my name to something less common, but I like my name now and wouldn't change it. I'm also kind of glad my parents named me a relatively common name since many of the modern names I wanted when I was younger I think I would dislike to have now that I'm older.

 

[kokone kizuki]

I like my irl name but I also like Lissi (my internet name.) I cant see myself being Lissi irl but I love it for myself as an internet name

 

[k e r f u f f l e]

Oh, sure. Especially since my name sounds kinda "kidish". Especially my nickname.

But I got over it quick.

 

[Romaki]

I like my name, it definitely grew on me and I couldn't imagine myself with another name. It's just hard to pronounce in english.

 

[mogyay]

i've definitely thought about it but i'm not sure what other name would even suit me, maybe if i had changed it when i was younger but unfortunately i think i've grown into my name now

 

[Gabby]

I have, and I haven't ruled it out. However, I do go by many names already - I have a few nicknames/alias, so sometimes I'm already going by a different name.

 

[moonbyu]

i used to want to change it because nobody around me (aka my old school) had that name, and i got made fun of because of it, since it was real uncommon and i was the only person w/ the name.
i'm cool with my name now though, i suppose i just needed to get out of that environment lol