If you could have changed your name as a child,what would you have chosen

[reesewithoutaspoon]

Inspired by another unusual baby name thread.
I remember as a young child hating my boring normal name and wanting to change it.
So glad I kept my name instead of becoming 'crystal star twinkle' that my 6 year old self insisted I wanted to be called.

I went through a phase of really wanting to be called Caroline Fairfax

Rachel, my best friend’s middle name. Or Rebecca my cousin’s name. Or Vicky, a big girl’s name 🤣🤣🤣

I wanted to be Kelly. Now I think I would choose Amy or Emily

Jane, until I discovered it's a character from Tarzan and then I hated it.

I wanted to be any of the following rather than my very typical boomer ( I was born just after boomer age) name. still got lumbered with a typical name
Roberta (Robbie/ Bobby)
Georgina ( George)
Henrietta ( Henry)
Stephanie(Steve)

See a theme? Yes, Glad I was a child of the 70s where it was a case of 'yes dear, tea will be ready soon'

I wanted to be called Ashley. I thought it was so cool and American for a girl.

Jackie after Jackie in Grange Hill.

Jemima, Selina or Heidi when I was around 7 I think.

Georgina - I loved the Famous Five (even though the character was called George)!!

I hate my name, always have and wish I had changed it when younger. There are a few names I’d be very happy with, Sarah or Sophie are favourites as they are soft sounding and I find my name too harsh.

Sounds like a character in a Bronte novel. (Maybe it is?).

I wanted to be Fiona…..my actual name is lovely and I’m so glad I couldn’t change it to Fiona (no offence to any Fiona’s out there!!)

My favourite comic as a child was called Mandy, I thought the character was very stylish and cool and longed to be like her.

This is how I feel about my name, it's just so blunt sounding. I really wish I had changed mine. There is a girls name I love and when I told my Mum, she said she'd always liked it, so why pick a horrible 1940's name for me then just because you named your doll that when you were little.

Lucinda, after one of the dolls in Two Bad Mice.

I wanted to be Dale because of Dale Arden from Flash Gordon 😂

Samantha. It's a great name.

Holly. I always wanted that name but don't think as an adult now that it would have suited me at all. Apathetic towards my name these days. I was named after my aunt (who is alive and well so it wasn't a tribute or anything, they just liked her name). Never particularly liked my name. Could have been worse. When my youngest brother was born, mum was considering melody if he was a girl.

I wanted to be called Sabrina, after one of Charlies Angels! I loved Farrah Fawcett (Jill in Charlies Angels,) but wasn't crazy about the name Jill. Sabrina was cool! 😆

I have no idea why my mum plucked my name out of thin air. I find it really unpleasant sounding. The annoying thing is she gave me her name as my middle name so I couldn’t even use that! My sister got two far more decent names which did cause me some resentment when I was younger. My name made me feel plain as a kid. My mum was very unsupportive of me changing it and took it very personally so I left it but it’s been a bit of a blight for me really, I’ve always felt shortchanged by it.

My dd is 8 and she has a Louise in her class.

@reesewithoutaspoon, that was exactly what I was going for (although whether anyone would have believed that my rather Northern, rather working-class self was really posh is another matter).
Opheila Trinity was the most enduring name, but I also had a brief period of telling people my name was Tabitha, then Myfanwy (no Welsh connection whatsoever) and another of going by Hepzibah, another odd choice for my Northern Catholic self.

Sati. From Christopher Pike novel.

I remember reading an article in National Geographic about a family living in some sort of commune in the Sierra Mountains. The photos were amazing and really caught my fancy. One of the children was called Summer. I was awestruck.

I also loved the name Carrie, from "Carrie's War", and "Kizzy" from "The Diddakoi" (BBC children's series).

Probably She-Ra. 😂