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Original poster

You have to change your first name every year for the next 5 , which 5 do you choose?

135 replies

OneUmberJoker · 30/09/2025 20:06

No repeat
I will start
Rachel
Lauren
Shannon
Emily
Kelly

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TheScottishPlay · 30/09/2025 20:42

Helen
Blythe
Tabitha
Juliet
Beatrix

Lifeasitis91 · 30/09/2025 20:40

Odette
Olympia
Orla
Octavia
Olive

I really like names begining with O

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 30/09/2025 20:39

Great question!

Elinor
Isabelle
Arianne
Laura
Anna

My favourite girls name is Imogen but I'm so not an Imogen unfortunately

sladtheinkaler · 30/09/2025 20:38

Freda
Peregrine
Hildegard
Hestia
Mercia

roycroppersshopper · 30/09/2025 20:37

Katie
Emma
Caitlin
Megan
Orla

SqueakyDinosaur · 30/09/2025 20:36

Philippa
Clemency
Eleanor
Isobel
Rosamond

Derrymum123 · 30/09/2025 20:36

Sally
Hope
Iona
Mary
Nora

CosyMintFish · 30/09/2025 20:33

Ariadne
Sebastian
Helen
Petrova
Wren

RubynRita · 30/09/2025 20:31

Clara
Isabella
Julia
Laurie
Eleana

SkibidiSigma · 30/09/2025 20:31

Star
River
Storm
Raven
Ocean

I've always loved nature-y names, and why not?! I can go back to my boring name at the end!

SparklyGlitterballs · 30/09/2025 20:31

Eleanor
Katie
Jenna
Madeleine
Suzy/Suzanna

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Octopus45 · 30/09/2025 20:29

Sienna
Loretta (Lori)
Darcy
Eliza
Sinead

Squishydishy · 30/09/2025 20:29

Juliet
Lydia
Lucy
Harriet
Emily

itsallabouttheorange · 30/09/2025 20:27

Elowyn
Seraphina
Saffie
Violet
Wren

Moreteaandchocolate · 30/09/2025 20:24

Imogen
Harriet
Rosie
Georgia
Zoe

NormasArse · 30/09/2025 20:22

potato08 · 30/09/2025 20:18

Elinor
Hannah
Beth
Marianne
Lucy

I almost went for Marianne too!

allmycagesweremental · 30/09/2025 20:22

I’d go for:
Aria
Imogen
Amelie
Beatrice
Ella

NormasArse · 30/09/2025 20:22

Rowan (F)
Lucy
Erica
Jemima
Briony

Namechangerage · 30/09/2025 20:20

Orla
Rachel
Shauna
Anna
Rosie

dizzydizzydizzy · 30/09/2025 20:20

Jb2182 · 30/09/2025 20:11

No particular order

Kathryn
Annie
Anna
Victoria
Elizabeth

Is it ok if I borrow your list?

potato08 · 30/09/2025 20:18

Elinor
Hannah
Beth
Marianne
Lucy

HappyHedgehog247 · 30/09/2025 20:16

Ooh I'd like a hippy year too
'Rainbow Sunrise'

dailyconniptions · 30/09/2025 20:16

Cassia, Clover, Heidi, Tamsin, Emerald.

HappyHedgehog247 · 30/09/2025 20:15

Well if I've only got it for a year and so don't have life long hassle of spelling and judgment of others I would try on a few different characters.
Liberty (in honour of my teen self!)
Lowenna/Morwenna (Cornish)
Arabella
Phoebe
Felicity