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

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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.

Laura

Yes I'd be Queen of the Universe. 🤣

Bloody loved She-ra. She just...spoke to me.

My Mum was exactly the same, insisting she liked it even though my Dad hated it.
I knew what you mean about feeling plain due to a harsh name.
I was originally given an ok middle name but my Mum changed her mind and picked one that is even worse than my first name so I couldn't use that.

Violette
Tamara
Galadriel

I have a long and unusual name, and from the age of 3 or 4 onwards if people asked my name I said ‘Lucy’.

Did we have the same mum😁

Possibly 😀

Jasmine. There’s a special reason for that which I wish I could divulge but it’s too outing. Jasmine appeared in lots of my stories

I liked my name as a child but now I cringe a bit as it dates me. It has been mentioned here as one of the cool names which is gratifying!

I think those who seek advice on the Baby Names threads should come here because names have a profound effect on us, don’t they? By making someone feel plain, or having to spell it / correct pronunciation when you’re small and shy…

I am a Sheila but I so wanted to be Susan.

Elizaveta, after the Princess in the Chalet School books. I kind of still do tbh!

Leah

Suzanne

I had the same problem. I was so jealous of all the Kelly's and Katie's.

Now parents are starting to call their babies my name and its considered gorgeous and exotic. I was born at the wrong time!

@TheCurious0rangethat's a wonderful story, thank you for sharing it x
For me it was probably a Mallory Towers type name like Alicia or Darryl or Felicity. Reader, I grew up & (because of trauma from CSA) I did change my first name to one of the above. Five years later I got married so changed surname. Now I'm (just) Divorced & pondering how much of it to 'change back'!

Rebecca. Which is not a bad choice for a 6 year old! I didn't know any, I got it from my children's Bible and loved the sound.

When I was about 13 and a baby goth I wished I'd been called something like Lucretia or Raven.

My actual name is very plain and of its decade. I don't dislike it but it's definitely not the style I'd pick. I still quite like Rebecca.

Stacey 😂

I have an unusual but rather boring name (born in the 70s and no body had my name) I was picked on in school for it, I shortened it as soon as I moved out thank god much to my parents fury.

I wanted to be one of the many Emmas, Louises Kellys or Sarahs, just nice and normal. My real name wasn’t even nice 😭. Why the hell my parents couldn’t have given me my nice normal middle name as my first name I’ll never know.

Oh Liesl is lovely, so is Lorna.

sadly my parents went with Janice instead. Wtf mum. All these pretty names and you choose that one 😂

Elaine Faraday.

Jayne, with a Y.

I also liked Primrose for a while.

Stephanie or Tiffany

I actually changed my name to a shortened version of the one my mother wanted for me, because it's gender neutral. My wanker of a father said that the name she wanted to give me, sounded gay. He is a complete arsehole though so I'm not surprised.

I used to tell people that my name was Laura. It's not. It doesn't even start with L. I just wanted a more mainstream name.

I loved Darrel from Enid Blyton. But I guess we'd all spell it Darryl now to get with the times.

Me and a friend used to fight (full blown 5 year old bickering) over who would get to "be called" Jackie. I think it was something to do with Jackie and the Pony books 😂