For personal reasons I’ve decided to go for it and change my name as an adult. This will not cause any family issues so I’m free to do what I like. I’m also at an age where nobody questions changes of surname so that’s going too. I am however finding it hard to pick a final one. I did change my first name when I was 18 then found out lots of people pronounced it wrongly and it sounded dreadful.
Im looking for something that goes with the surname James. Top of my list so far are
Xanthe (had lots of positives for this one)
Ianthe (I like the pronunciation eye-anthe but know it should be ee-anthe and have found people look at it and read it as Ian!)
Fleur - name my mum had really liked but family pressure against at the time
Elodie - I love this but don’t know if too fluffy and young for a 45 year old but old name in France
Sian - Welsh connections
Any other age appropriate suggestions before I commit?