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What would YOU like to be called?

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tikkabaguette · 16/06/2021 13:58

If you had to change your name (not to anything silly like Profiterolina) what first name would you go for?

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EnCee · 06/07/2021 17:45

My name is Joanna which is dull and I always get called Joanne instead. I wanted to be called Lucy or Jessica when I was younger but now I’d go for anything people could get right. Something simple like Mary maybe!

newtb · 06/07/2021 16:37

Www.forebears/io that should've said. Have sausage legs due to horsefly bites.

newtb · 06/07/2021 16:22

[quote AmIPeriOrAreYouJustAnnoying]@newtb what is your name?????[/quote]
Wouldn't you like to know! There's a site called forebezrs/io you can waste days on it.

OldTinHat · 06/07/2021 16:15

I have changed my name more times than I care to think about. I've only changed my first name once though and to a very common name. I lasted about six weeks before I changed it back to my unusual birth name!

ShouldersBackChestOutChinUp · 06/07/2021 15:32

Flora.

ShouldersBackChestOutChinUp · 06/07/2021 15:31

Emilia

Isadora

Rachel

Claphands · 06/07/2021 15:28

My name is fairly unusual a so I’d like something easier to remember or spell

Daisy
Lily
Misty
Stevie
Annie- along the lines of these names

And for a surname I’d love Westwood, I think that always sounds cool!

dreamkitchenhelp · 06/07/2021 15:12

Claudia, Hannah, Sara, something floaty and romantic but classic and classy.......

Melitza · 06/07/2021 15:09

I was v. envious of a colleague named Fiona Fairburn.
It seemed so sophisticated.

DarkestBeforeDawn · 06/07/2021 15:05

Stella or Joni

memberofthewedding · 06/07/2021 15:02

I always wanted to be called Natalia. I have an ID and a bank account in that name.

Snow234 · 06/07/2021 14:48

I always liked the name Zoe when I was at school, so probably that or the name Katie.

Though I went to school with a Charlene and I really liked her name too. Used to think wow I really wish I had that name, no idea why lol

earthyfire · 02/07/2021 20:57

I've always loved the name Amelia, I wanted to call my daughter it but someone in the family used it and then it became really popular.

strawberrydonuts · 02/07/2021 04:43

Persephone

35andThriving · 01/07/2021 21:42

I also like Jemima but don't think I am posh enough to pull it off.

Onlinedilema · 22/06/2021 20:23

Stella or Estelle. Not sure why but that's what I'd chose.

SomethingToldTheWildGeese · 22/06/2021 19:33

Alex (short for Alexandra (sp?))

hemhem · 22/06/2021 19:32

I'd like to be Francesca nn frankie. I have a name with no possible nickname and its sad to have no term of endearment

Tailbetweenlegs · 22/06/2021 19:29

Katja or katia
Nina
Polly
Autumn
Natasha
Embla
Marnie

WoahThereNelly · 22/06/2021 19:28

I'd like to be a Perdita, or an Emerald, or maybe even an Arabella. Much Jilly Cooper influence:) I am most certainly none of these.

motogogo · 22/06/2021 19:15

I should have been Charlotte but it was vetoed. I love that name, but I'll stick with mine. Interested two people have said they want my name in this very unscientific survey Smile

Blamemilkman · 22/06/2021 19:12

I would like to be Kate. I love the timeless simplicity of it.

letsallbemermaids · 22/06/2021 16:37

I'm happy with my name but if I were choosing another then I'd probably go for something like Clara or maybe Zoe.

groovergirl · 22/06/2021 15:05

I wouldn't change my name, which I like, but lately I've been thinking of developing an alter ego a really loud, fearless, bogan ocker who can pop out at challenging moments and do all the yelling talking for me. I might call her Beryl or Bev. Bad-arse Bev. The sort who can barge into a scrum of boofheads, bellow "G'day fellas, har ya goan?'' and head off any misogyny they were about to commit. Wink

MysteriousMonkey · 22/06/2021 15:03

Daisy or Maeby

Maeby would work for me actually, Maeby I'll remember things or Maybe I won't, Maeby I'll be organised one day... Maeby, Maeby, Maeby.

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