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If you fancied renaming yourself...

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Wishuponastarr · 19/07/2018 16:37

Which name would you pick and why?

I quite fancy being a Madeleine because my name is short and a bit cutesy, and I fancy something longer but not too frilly.

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Angeliki159 · 26/07/2018 10:55

I did.
I always hated my name so I changed it :)

Momma22 · 25/07/2018 00:07

I'd really fancy being an Olivia, one of my favourite names only didn't use it with my daughter because it was the number 1 ranking baby name at the time of her birth and I wanted something a little more unique. Not heard of quite as often among my generation, I just think it's so pretty and sophisticated

MrsC87 · 24/07/2018 20:44

Verity or Niamh

Nagaram · 24/07/2018 19:25

Guinevere. If I ever go to Starbucks I’ll tell them that (as a pp has done with her name) and see how they spell it! 😁

PixelAteMe · 24/07/2018 16:19

Elizabeth or Alexandra probably.

Both classic names that won’t date, and give large scope for shortening.

Threeandabit · 24/07/2018 16:17

Leah, I would like this name for myself but wouldn't pick it for a dd. I can't really explain that but it's true.

dw23 · 24/07/2018 16:11

Always thought I was an Evelyn/Eve

DollyDayScream · 24/07/2018 10:18

Anna

slovenlys · 24/07/2018 10:14

I'd like a name that could be shortened to Bibi.

But not sure what that would actually be??

AnnabelleLecter · 24/07/2018 10:10

I love my name but also like
Zara
Tara
Sara
I like them because they are classless, fancy enough without being silly and not old fashioned or too trendy .

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 23/07/2018 23:20

Jean. It's simple, easy to spell, and grown up.

KitchenDancefloor · 23/07/2018 23:12

As a child I wanted to change my name to Felicity.

I love my name now and wouldn't change it. It was unusual for my generation and I got fed up of standing out or having to explain or spell it.

People tend to have heard of it now and it crops up on the baby name boards all the time.

I'll miss being unique as this new generation grows up and I won't be the only one to turn around if someone calls MY name in the street. Well done Mum and Dad!

ABitOTT · 23/07/2018 22:57

I have an unusual name & there were times in my teens when I wanted a more boring name. I was around when for a few weeks I asked to be called Linda. Didn't actually know anyone called Linda at that time as it was popular a decade earlier. Now I'm happy with my real name even if I have to spell it out every single time!

LoveHandleIsland · 23/07/2018 19:12

I'd be Alice Smile

squirrelclub · 23/07/2018 19:08

Louisa. I've only met one but I don't think it's so unusual that it would raise eyebrows. Seems to age well.

12FreeRangeEggs · 23/07/2018 17:38

Annie. Simple and sweet. My starbucks name is Annie

ThomasinaMouse · 23/07/2018 16:20

Serendipity or Juliet

spidey66 · 23/07/2018 16:12

Eleanor nn Ellie.

My name is very boring 1960s name.

KarineAimee · 22/07/2018 10:05

Rose or Hannah. I really like that Hannah is a palindrome, so I’d probably go with that.

rhubarbfool · 21/07/2018 23:10

I would be Margot or Greta

TriSarahTops · 21/07/2018 22:59

I’ve always hated my name.

I always wanted something more unusual (at one point in time 7 of the 16 girls in my class had my name). When I was younger I quite fancied being called Amanda.

Nowadays I think I’d quite like to have been named after my grandmother (Caroline Mary).

missymousey · 21/07/2018 22:44

In my head I've always had a kick-ass alter ego called Alex Hunt. My birth name was long and flowery and I never liked it. Slightly better now I'm married and use a shortened firstname.

Claricestarling1 · 21/07/2018 22:43

Winter, Skye or Scarlett

LemonScentedStickyBat · 21/07/2018 22:34

I’d go by the name my parents called me at home rather than the anglicised version they put on my birth certificate

Lipsticktraces · 21/07/2018 22:31

I always wanted to be called Lucia. I have no idea whyGrin