Would you change your name?

[Essence 24]

I am not saying that your name is a bad one, nor am I suggesting you change it. I am just curious... If you coupd change your first, middle, and/or last name(s) to something else, what would it/they be?

For example, my name IRL is Brianna Joyce "Brie" Turshiary. If I could, I would change my name to... Hmm... Well, I could change my last name to Trenzalore or something like that.

[Leavemealone 547]

I don’t think so. I think my name was given to me from my parents, and although I am not religious, I respect them immensely. 

[Total Lunar Eclipse 515]

If you're 18 or over you can. I forget how the process went but I think it was like $300. I had to do it for my first, middle, and last name because my name was messed up and I had trouble with it on paperwork.

And nah I love my name. Chose it when I changed it and it is perfect. 

[Widdershins 9,955]

Aye, I totally would change my first name. When you've had three other guys in the same classroom all share your name, you kinda get a bit irked at the commonness of it. My last name is more unique and ethnic, but... people keep thinking I'm spanish because of it. When that's actually not one of the many ethnicitities that I happen to be!

 I'm not sure to what though... I have been toying around with swapping letters around to get a different name and that works a bit better. Ala Tom Riddle.

   ... "A Seven Pelvis John" seems a bit too far out there though.

[ShadOBabe 18,984]

Absolutely not. My name is perfect. 

[SparklingSwirls 21,261]

I've thought about changing my name before. I don't like it very much because people get confused on how to spell it/pronounce it, and plus I think it just sounds weird.

I doubt I'll ever change it though because it seems like a lot of work, plus it's expensive  

[Eraser Pon3 2]

I'd never legally change my name. My name is a large part of my identity, and having that self-identity is extremely important to me.

[Dreambiscuit 8,024]

I like my names. My first name, Katie, fits me just right. My middle name, Jane, is also good with me. I like my last name too, even though I sometimes have trouble signing it for some reason; something about the way the letters flow into each other. But rather than spend the $300 to change it I think I'll just save the money and change it if/when I ever get married.

I'm cheap, so sue me (but not for too much!) 

[StrawCherry 1,673]

I dislike my name but not enough to want to change it. My parents chose it for me, slightly inspired by my grandmother and great grandmother and it fits me nevertheless. I can’t imagine myself having a different name at all either.

[Crystal Peppermint 1,108]

If the conditions were not so expensive, i would. But i rather use the name for my future daughter. "Valerie" Such beautiful name

Edited October 31, 2017 by Crystal Peppermint

[Invincible 2,090]

The way I see it, for good or bad, my name has become part of my identity. Changing it is removing a part of myself.

I don't care for such changes, so no.

[Gabriel 560]

I hate my first name, Matias, with a burning passion. This passion is shared equally with my middle name, Ilmari. All the nicknames I have sound so bad they trigger my ptsd, I mean come on, "Matti"?

So yes, I would make a beeline to the office if names weren't such a huge part of ones identity.

[Kaneki 1,072]

I've gone by a shortened version of my middle name before (Alexander/Alex), but since I already know an Alex on this forum, I'd probably not go by that on here. But my first name? Probably wouldn't change it, I like Shane, my first name.

[Snow Frostflame 3,567]

As a kid I wished my name was Bradley... now a day I still don't like my name, but I can't see myself as anything other than that name... well maybe Snowflake Frostflame, but that's my persona.

[Kaneki 1,072]

Just now, Snowflake Frostflame said:

As a kid I wished my name was Bradley... now a day I still don't like my name, but I can't see myself as anything other than that name... well maybe Snowflake Frostflame, but that's my persona.

I've never known a Bradley, besides a friend my brother had (but he went by Brad). Sounds like it'd be a cool name.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,151]

Well, in my circumstance, I was adopted by my grandparents from my biological parents not long after I was born. While I was born with one last name, my adoption changed that.

As I grew older my parents actually did give me the choice of changing my last name; of which I declined as they were the ones who raised me. To me, my name is perfect as it is; no need to change. Outside of marriage (where I would give my spouse the choice of keeping her name or even consider having mine switched to the wife's family), no name change will be happening here.

[Nerdy Luigi 2,064]

I've actually thought about changing my first and middle names before to something a bit less masculine than my current ones, but that would be a maybe.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 40,276]

My first name, definitely. I wouldn't mind having a name with german or swedish origins. Something far more interesting than the blandness that is my actual name.

[Yakamaru 3,074]

Eh, no. I like my name. I also like other names. Hmm, hard choice..

[Messy Mane 9,006]

nah,I'm cool with the name I already have, even though I don't like it that much.

[RavenholmZombie 1,329]

Not really, no. I'm fine with my name (Christopher).

[碇 シンジン 27,427]

Maybe but I don't really have any better name on my mind and it costs

[Sovereign Leader Rarity 12,000]

Yes. I LOATHE my true name. Look, I respect my parents to a certain degree, but one of the things that I hate about babies being given their names is that they never really have a choice in the matter. I understand why, of course, but as a result, I don't really see MY name as MY name, but more my parent's name for me. I want my name to reflect who I am now, not what I was like when I was an infant.

[Nightfall Gloam 18,236]

I like my name, and I don't think I'd ever change it. Though, it is a very common name and you could probably guess it without even thinking.

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I think I'd kind of want to change my first name to Ed.