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What would YOU like to be called?

160 replies

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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NcagainNC · 16/06/2021 22:46

Lily

TenBobNote · 16/06/2021 22:46

Rosie, Daisy, Nicola or Kimberley in that order

NanaNorasNaughtyKnickers · 16/06/2021 22:44

Muriel Spriggs

caringcarer · 16/06/2021 22:43

I'd choose Caroline Rose

DumpyDonkey · 16/06/2021 22:29

Willow or Blossom

BrownEyedGirl80 · 16/06/2021 22:24

Sienna or Savannah

TheDaydreamBelievers · 16/06/2021 22:23

Aoife - not a million miles from my own but a bit more traditional and interesting

littlekmurdock · 16/06/2021 22:13

I've always really liked the name Athena but I'm not sure if it would suit me!

Itsafineday · 16/06/2021 22:04

@MissMoodyMoo

I use to tell guys when I was on a night out that I was called Penny 🤣 mainly because I didn't want them to find me on fb but oh wow penny was wild!! Totally different person from Me lol
I used to tell people my name was Jane if I didn't want to give them my real name. I also spun lots of lies - about what I did for a living and so on.

My friend called herself Kimberley Clarke. I remember reading it on the toilet roll dispenser and having a chuckle.

QueenofDestruction · 16/06/2021 22:03

I like my name which is sort of middle of the road but if not my own name, I would want to be an Ava

ItWorriesMeThisKindofThing · 16/06/2021 21:53

I’d like my real name! My parents gave me a lovely name from their culture and then anglicised it as they thought that would be easier for me/everyone else - it’s still a nice classic name but at school I became known by a shortened version and have hated it for many years. I would love to reclaim my name but can’t see it happening at my age now!

MissMoodyMoo · 16/06/2021 21:50

I use to tell guys when I was on a night out that I was called Penny 🤣 mainly because I didn't want them to find me on fb but oh wow penny was wild!! Totally different person from Me lol

PrimulaPrimrose · 16/06/2021 21:49

Profiterolina is far too frilly.
Profiterole is far nicer imo.

TheWashingMachine · 16/06/2021 21:49

I'd love to be Eve

topcat2014 · 16/06/2021 21:43

My parents nearly chose Simon which I only recently could out.

Think I would just be 'Si"

Blueskytoday06 · 16/06/2021 21:43

Jessica

EducatingArti · 16/06/2021 21:42

Junia Helena

topcat2014 · 16/06/2021 21:41

Brett or Guy are my cooler alter egos

AriadnetheSpider · 16/06/2021 21:41

Oh my goodness my name is on here!! Can’t believe it, it’s pretty obscure but yet weirdly nondescript 😂

I love Renee spelled the French way (with an accent). Can’t understand why it isn’t more popular, it’s beautiful. Also very fond of Ruby, and Roxanne, which is a little more tricky to pull off but I bloody love it. Got a thing for R names!

WithLoveFromMyselfToYourself · 16/06/2021 21:39

Anna

partyatthepalace · 16/06/2021 21:37

Skippy.

Or possibly Labamba

DalPalak · 16/06/2021 21:35

I love my name, but I've always had a fondness for Teresa. I use it whenever I need an alias -- it's much easier to spell and pronounce than my real name.

bridgetreilly · 16/06/2021 21:27

I like my real name a lot but if I had to change, Bridget, obviously. Or maybe Priscilla. Or Winifred.

LynetteScavo · 16/06/2021 21:27

I use Anna at Starbucks sometimes because it's easy.

I used to have BF many years ago who thought my surname was Hamilton he said it suited me when he had no idea what my real surname was 🙄

So maybe Anna Hamilton.

FlyingBurritoBrothers · 16/06/2021 21:25

Jessica

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