Should I change my first name at 31?

[Blake91]

Hi there, I've been thinking of changing my first name for the past couple of years. I have a name picked out that I would choose but am worried about how others will react, especially present or past work colleagues I might bump into. I'm a 31 year old male living in London and am worried I might be ridiculed? I'd feel very awkward if I bumped into people I know or who know me. I don't have a middle name so can't go by that. I don't like my name because it makes me feel uneasy when people call me by it, it just doesn't feel right. I'm really split with what to do. Any opinions would be great. Thank you.

Go for it, lifes too short, your bound to bump into people who will call you your old name, just politely explain you have changed your given name to 'Z' and no longer go by 'Y'

Make sure you do it for free though, google ‘free deed poll’.

If you want to change your name OP then just do it, it is you who has to live with it!

@toots111 @WhereYouLeftIt

Another thread with some who didn’t like being called Patrick and was thing of changing it to Pax 😉

@TotallySuper

Multiple threads about name changing. Not sure how this could be some sort of fetish but seems that way!

😂right

@TotallySuper

Multiple threads about name changing. Not sure how this could be some sort of fetish but seems that way!

“Call me Pax and tell me how stupid and ridiculous I am for my name”.