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If you fancied renaming yourself...

116 replies

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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HouseworkIsASin10 · 20/07/2018 01:04

Wavey or Bathsheba.

RedDwarves · 20/07/2018 00:55

I'm an Elizabeth.

I would choose Dasha, because I think it'd suit me, and I think it's too dissimilar to the other names I like for me to ever use it for my own child. I have loved it since I first saw it in a book when I was a child.

Pottytoes · 19/07/2018 23:52

My name is fine but just a bit ubiquitous amongst my age group. It's one of the most common 70/80s names.

Something like Stella or my grandmother's name Sylvia or Hazel. I also love Isadora

NellMangel · 19/07/2018 23:32

My name is fine but I would quite like to be Jodie. I think it's cool.

CeeCeeMacFay · 19/07/2018 23:26

Gabriella or Scarlet

NatalieRushman · 19/07/2018 23:23

I hated my name as a child. It was highly unusual, but more importantly, seemed to always be what the bitchy secondary antagonist was called in books. I didn't want to be a bitchy secondary antagonist with a clunky name Angry I wanted to be a likeable, glamorous protagonist with a many-vowelled, multi-syllabic name Grin Hence, I developed a fondness for names such as Rosalind, Atalanta, Isabella, and the like.

jazzyfizzles · 19/07/2018 23:18

Jasmine, there's just something magical about it that I love

Picknickers · 19/07/2018 23:03

I like my name but it's a bit frilly for my personality. I'd pick Molly because it's warm jolly and no nonsense.

housewifeoflittleitaly · 19/07/2018 23:01

I’d like Catherine I think, simply because I have a god awful name from the 80s that people find Chavy.

LastOneDancing · 19/07/2018 22:55

My name is fine, but it's frequently listed on here as an 80s name.

I'd go for something ruddy cheeked and robust but pretty like Charlotte or Kate.

My dad wanted to call me Susan. Not even Suzanne. Thank God my mum vetoed that one (sorry to any Susan's reading).

DramaAlpaca · 19/07/2018 22:48

Something short & neat like Emma, Anna, Laura or Kate.

But I do like my own name.

MrsBertBibby · 19/07/2018 22:44

I got a monosyllable, and an overused monosyllable at that. My sister's both got highly unusual trisyllabic names. And I got the worst middle name.

Dunno what I'd change to though.

Murine · 19/07/2018 22:41

Claudia

Sophronia · 19/07/2018 22:39

Katherine

ChristianGreysAnatomy · 19/07/2018 22:33

My name is a lumpen monosyllable. I’d love to be Isolde because it’s soooooo romantic. Swoon.

And I’d have very long black silky wavy hair in case that’s allowed too. My actual hair is short and brown.

Thefourmuskateers · 19/07/2018 22:33

Amelie. A bit different like my actual name and also French (I like French names).

bella2bella · 19/07/2018 22:33

I quite like mine but also would have liked being Elizabeth, Hannah/Anna or Catherine/Kate.

calzone · 19/07/2018 22:33

Kat

missmouse101 · 19/07/2018 22:31

Poppy or Fern

Linnet · 19/07/2018 22:28

Grace or Caroline or Scarlett, not sure if I could carry off Scarlett though.

PinkSquash · 19/07/2018 22:16

I'd go totally OTT and be Clementine, Clemmie for short

Ohyesiam · 19/07/2018 22:14

Scarlett . It’s really gutsy and glamorous. Unless i got called Scar.

TwitterQueen1 · 19/07/2018 22:13

You have great taste OP Smile. I love my name but if I were to give myself another one it would be Serendipity (for no reason at all except I love the sound of it).

PersisFord · 19/07/2018 22:12

I want a super posh name. Persephone or Aphrodite or Georgiana. I could totally pull it off.

C0untDucku1a · 19/07/2018 22:10

Lorna