to change her name to Doris...

[bertieatemybisqui]

Hello I'm new to all of this so please go easy on me!

My dd is 13 months and called Emma. Only somehow Doris has evolved.

It started off as a nickname but in the last six months it became the default choice. Now she seems like a Doris. We bizarrely answers to both. She also answers to Monkey!

Now I know I'm probably giving her an identity crisis and I know Doris is a marmite name but it seems to have evolved...

So much so that in a few years the change could be made by deed poll.

Is this nuts?

I like the name Doris.

I wouldn't bother with deed pole, is just call her Doris. Of she want to change it by deed pole when she's older she can.

elk you're right! Beatrice, Elsa, Martha have all been revived.

Honestly there's no need for the deed poll.

I loved my Auntie Doris all my life

She's been dead 9 years and I only found out last week, her name was Helen

She was and always will be Doris to everyone who knew her.

My family gave me the nickname Flo when I was a baby even though it has no connection at all to my 'real' first name.
I answer to both names but my husband/friends/family/work colleagues all call me Flo.

Although I do prefer to be called Flo, I'm glad my parents never officially changed my name as I think there are certain situations when it's more appropriate to introduce myself using my 'real' name and it makes me feel very professional and grown up

worra that's lovely that is! [sniffle] Do you know how auntie Doris came about her name?

Finger I guess I find it hard to understand how people can go by many names. My mother has two My own name, similar vein to Jane or Jill, is no fuss, doesn't invite nn, so I guess it seems exotic and a little indulgent to have more than one.

I know a totally cool young Doris! They do exist!

Her Mum's name was Dorothy, so people used to call her little Doris Lol

It just kind of stuck

Doris is an awesome name..

coming how old? Are parents hipsters?

I'm not a hipster by the way. Unless hipster means really wide hips

You don't need to change it. My parents call me by another name even thou it's not my name (?!) kind of like it .... In now 37 & it's just always been that way x

I like it.

Mind you my brother is called Wilbur by everyone and has since tiny. His real name is Aiden.

Maybe this is the start of the Doris revival!!

art and is this just accepted? Does he want to change it officially?

My son was called The Widget for around the first 2 years of his life. At no point did we consider changing his name officially.

Doris is fine as a joke/pet name but terrible as a real life name.

My Dsis nick named her DD Eithel (not sure if that's the correct spelling!) till she was about 13 and told her mum that it was time to stop lol.

Apparently Doris was a water nymph in Greek mythology. I still think it's an old lady's name though.

If she were under 12 months then there could be a good case for changing it legally now because you could just reregister the birth. As she isn't and she currently answers to both names I'd leave it and see how things develop over the next few years. She'll probably have her own opinion on it before too long.

I don't know if this is just a thing my old flatmate made up (only recently discovered that no-one else seems to use the phrase 'farting like a badger' -one of his favourites) but if anyone (male or female) was being a bit flaky/ditsy/dense he would call them a Doris ...as an insult.
He thought it was hilarious my favourite jeans (early 90s) were called Pepe Doris ...had to source them from a little shop off Oxford street -so maybe not that well know ???.
Therefore don't do it - I think flakey ....or jeans - let her decide when she is older ...

I love Doris, probably due to my soft spot for Doris Day and also my favourite character in the Kids from Fame!

Just the fact that my birth cert is in a name that's no longer mine. As long as you don't lose the deed poll it's not too awful but every time I do something that requires ID I have to produce everything showing changes of name (birth cert, deed poll, marriage cert). I got asked for a passport interview to explain why my first name was different.

Ooh unlucky I had Pepe Doris jeans too (and Pepe Betty)!

little ohdear! I wonder what would happen if you lost deed poll!

Is it all worth it though to have the name you feel right with or do you wish you'd just stuck with common usage?

I know a baby Doris . I always laugh when I hear her name though. But it suits her.