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Original poster

I want to change my surname any ideas?

78 replies

Mummblebee · 06/11/2018 16:12

I want a fresh start and a new "identity"

Any suggestions?

Thanks X

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Polkasq · 07/11/2018 09:09

Amy Loveday
Amy Harper
Amy Rivers
Amy Lockwood
Amy Pearl
Amy Hollis
Amy Wilson
Amy Brookes
Amy Levine
Amy Vale

LeeMiller · 07/11/2018 08:37

Personally I would take a name from a literary chracter or historial figure that inspires you, or perhaps a place name.

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Mummblebee · 07/11/2018 01:41

I would like a name with a positive association.. Something that makes me happy when I hear it and see it on paper. I'm swaying towards more pretty names looking at the suggestions.

Maybe I'll go with something associated with an early childhood memory when life was simple.. Playing with fallen pink blossom in the school playground without a care in the world..
Ill def come back when I have decided and let you all know.
Thank you everyone who has replied.

Xx

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Choccywoccyhooha · 07/11/2018 01:10

Every Amy I have ever known has had a noun as a surname -strange but true!
I've known a Gold, a Lake, and a Sugar. Some of the above suggestions like Holiday and Valentine fit that and sound wonderful

I knew a famity who changed their name to Snowball, which is really rather wonderful. I like my surname, but if I was going to change it I think would go for Lutyens or Trinity.

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Mummblebee · 07/11/2018 01:00

SugarandVinegar

Amy Darling love this too

Wow so many great suggestions. I love mumsnet haha

Thanks everyone

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Mummblebee · 07/11/2018 00:56

StripyDeckchair

Amy Love or Amy Lovegood
Amy Makepeace
Amy Holiday
Amy Lively
Amy Bright
Amy Valentine

Love these. Thank you

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MsJuniper · 06/11/2018 22:42

Wild, like the feminist communes.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/04/feminism-communes-children

Whatcanisayexceptyourewelcome · 06/11/2018 22:36

Tatiana oh no, is it? That's ruined it for me, I was thinking of more of a daphne du maurier historic bodice ripper.

How about a natural name like Forest or Bramble? Depends what you are like and what you like really OP!

Dafspunk · 06/11/2018 22:35

Wilde. Love it.

Allycumpooster · 06/11/2018 22:30

I’d be Wolfe if I changed my name.

AtticaRose · 06/11/2018 22:26

Trivia fact: Turkey introduced surnames in 1934, so everyone had to pick. Some of the most common ones are the Turkish words for: Brave, Star, Falcon, Iron, Steel, Rock.

In case any of those appealed!

I love Hawthorne, Cavendish and Appleby from above.

Sophronia · 06/11/2018 22:20

Amy Freshwater
Amy Costello
Amy Flowers
Amy McCloud
Amy Winters
Amy Sinclair
Amy Carmichael
Amy Fairchild
Amy Kinsella
Amy Hawthorne
Amy Ballantyne
Amy Rivers
Amy Cavendish
Amy Trevelyan
Amy Waters
Amy Starr
Amy Carrington
Amy Davenport
Amy Hamilton
Amy Nightingale
Amy Meriwether
Amy Rutherford

Talith · 06/11/2018 21:57

Appleby

SelinaMyers · 06/11/2018 21:40

Davenport
Kent
De Bohun
Plantagenet

PhilODox · 06/11/2018 21:35

Amy Able

Wink

Is there a place of significance for you? Or an author or artist you adore?

sossages · 06/11/2018 21:29

I used to know someone who'd changed her surname to Phoenix - reborn from the ashes, etc.

Hazardswan · 06/11/2018 21:27

I like the season suggestion!

Ruffina · 06/11/2018 21:27

Amy Surplus has a certain rugged quality I think.

Needlemaker · 06/11/2018 21:24

Always loved Callaghan

spugzbunny · 06/11/2018 21:15

I always liked Steele! It's so solid and bad ass!

totallyaddicted · 06/11/2018 21:08

Amy Waterford

BathFullOfEels · 06/11/2018 21:07

Longshanks
Wellbeloved
Dangerfield

My cousin has the best surname ever - she married a Swiss chap and her surname is now Cockriser (not actually that spelling, can never remember how it’s spelled but pronounced as cock riser).

TulipsInBloom1 · 06/11/2018 21:07

Ive always liked Cavendish.

Thebluedog · 06/11/2018 21:06

Or you could go for a flower

Rose
Poppy

Something short so filling in forms is quicker

Lobsterquadrille2 · 06/11/2018 21:05

@Yourcupwillneverempty always wanted Fox. Amy Fox is brilliant.

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