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If you fancied renaming yourself...

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Wishuponastarr · 19/07/2018 16:37

Which name would you pick and why?

I quite fancy being a Madeleine because my name is short and a bit cutesy, and I fancy something longer but not too frilly.

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BlueAir · 19/07/2018 18:43

I changed my name (first name and second) to one of those mentioned above, straight after getting divorced last year. And I'm no spring chicken
Still feels strange when someone says it but I'm glad I did it.

littlemissalwaystired · 19/07/2018 18:45

Eliza I think.

PamBeeslysCardigan · 19/07/2018 18:46

@BlueAir You changed it to one of the names above... I’m guessing it’s Chelsea Dagger, right? Grin

AhCheeses · 19/07/2018 18:50

I could be Lizzie if I was brave enough to tell people I'm going by my other name... but I'm not.
The popular girl in our school was Lizzie and I was always really cross at my mum for naming me the wrong way around.
I'm over that now but I do still prefer it.
Whenever I start a new job I consider introducing myself as Lizzie 😁

DickensianHysteric · 19/07/2018 18:51

I'd be a Sarah or a Suzanna, instead of this 1950s name I've been lumbered with at the age of 38!

PipeTheFuckDown · 19/07/2018 19:00

Ida

Or

Skaði

MrsMaryMooFace · 19/07/2018 19:06

I love my name but I've always fancied being called something really posh like Araminta, Jacinda, Tabitha, then calling myself Minty or Tabby or that kind of thing Grin

BlueAir · 19/07/2018 19:18

Pam I did toy with it... Grin

MarklesMerkin · 19/07/2018 19:23

Lavinia. I have several ancestors with the name and I really love it. I wish it had been passed down to me.

Bumble1830 · 19/07/2018 21:49

I love Imogen, I so wanted it if I ever had a girl, was never to be

Mxyzptlk · 19/07/2018 21:55

Kay.
I've always liked it and not many people, that I know of, have that name.

JaretsGirlfren · 19/07/2018 22:00

Lola or Saffron.

My own name is fairly ‘out there’ and I’d like a name which is not common but everyone recognises.

kaytee87 · 19/07/2018 22:03

I wouldn't, I like my name.

I used to love the name Louise as a child but have since met some right cows called Louise and they put me off it Grin

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 19/07/2018 22:04

Lucia.

AmazingPostVoices · 19/07/2018 22:08

My name is lovely. My parents had brilliant taste. Grin

I couldn’t imagine wanting to be anything else.

vampirethriller · 19/07/2018 22:08

Maria or Lucy.
I was named after a dog with a very "dog" name. My mother thought it was cute. It wasn't.

C0untDucku1a · 19/07/2018 22:10

Lorna

PersisFord · 19/07/2018 22:12

I want a super posh name. Persephone or Aphrodite or Georgiana. I could totally pull it off.

TwitterQueen1 · 19/07/2018 22:13

You have great taste OP Smile. I love my name but if I were to give myself another one it would be Serendipity (for no reason at all except I love the sound of it).

Ohyesiam · 19/07/2018 22:14

Scarlett . It’s really gutsy and glamorous. Unless i got called Scar.

PinkSquash · 19/07/2018 22:16

I'd go totally OTT and be Clementine, Clemmie for short

Linnet · 19/07/2018 22:28

Grace or Caroline or Scarlett, not sure if I could carry off Scarlett though.

missmouse101 · 19/07/2018 22:31

Poppy or Fern

calzone · 19/07/2018 22:33

Kat

bella2bella · 19/07/2018 22:33

I quite like mine but also would have liked being Elizabeth, Hannah/Anna or Catherine/Kate.