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What would YOU like to be called?

160 replies

tikkabaguette · 16/06/2021 13:58

If you had to change your name (not to anything silly like Profiterolina) what first name would you go for?

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QueenofDestruction · 16/06/2021 22:03

I like my name which is sort of middle of the road but if not my own name, I would want to be an Ava

Itsafineday · 16/06/2021 22:04

@MissMoodyMoo

I use to tell guys when I was on a night out that I was called Penny 🤣 mainly because I didn't want them to find me on fb but oh wow penny was wild!! Totally different person from Me lol
I used to tell people my name was Jane if I didn't want to give them my real name. I also spun lots of lies - about what I did for a living and so on.

My friend called herself Kimberley Clarke. I remember reading it on the toilet roll dispenser and having a chuckle.

littlekmurdock · 16/06/2021 22:13

I've always really liked the name Athena but I'm not sure if it would suit me!

TheDaydreamBelievers · 16/06/2021 22:23

Aoife - not a million miles from my own but a bit more traditional and interesting

BrownEyedGirl80 · 16/06/2021 22:24

Sienna or Savannah

DumpyDonkey · 16/06/2021 22:29

Willow or Blossom

caringcarer · 16/06/2021 22:43

I'd choose Caroline Rose

NanaNorasNaughtyKnickers · 16/06/2021 22:44

Muriel Spriggs

TenBobNote · 16/06/2021 22:46

Rosie, Daisy, Nicola or Kimberley in that order

NcagainNC · 16/06/2021 22:46

Lily

AwkwardPaws27 · 16/06/2021 22:49

Something very normal as everyone says "that's an unusual name" on hearing mine - so I've abbreviated it for years.

My middle name is Daisy, which I think is lovely but DH thinks is a ridiculous name Hmm

I'm just grateful I was my mum's first and only girl - my brother would have been called "Izzora Heavenly" if he was a girl! He got off lightly, with a nice easy to spell and pronounce name instead.

Bootskates · 16/06/2021 22:50

Kate, Georgia, Pippa or Hattie

MyMabel · 16/06/2021 22:52

I just like my own name, it’s classic.

It’s not Mabel, that’s my daughter.

Kanitawa · 16/06/2021 22:52

Joanna. It has always been one of the biggest regrets of my life that I don’t have a gender neutral name like Joe.

Chienloup · 16/06/2021 22:52

Teleri

Signifyingnothing · 16/06/2021 22:57

Io

Ginevere · 16/06/2021 23:34

I actually love the long version of my name, but I’ve always been called a short version and the long just doesn’t sound like me, even though it’s on my birth certificate! Tried to make it work a few times but sadly no.

MrsBertBibby · 16/06/2021 23:44

Nina. I love that name, and it sounds much better with my surname than my real name.

Anystarinthesky · 16/06/2021 23:46

Beth, or Fiona, which is what my DM wanted to call me, but I was given my Gran's name which is old fashioned. (Not in a good way).

SongsForSwingingLovers · 16/06/2021 23:55

I’ve got an unusual name and in this age of the Internet I would prefer something more anonymous. When I was a child, I wished I’d been named Jane (but now I too am toying with a name change to Profiterolina).

BluebellsGreenbells · 17/06/2021 00:00

I’d like to be Connie or Jenna

ILoveAnOwl · 17/06/2021 00:05

I'm with @crockof The blandest of bland names for me please. Sarah Smith maybe? But maybe the illiteration makes it too exciting?

IdblowJonSnow · 17/06/2021 00:07

I like Rebecca a lot.

Vikingintraining · 17/06/2021 00:07

I've always wished I was called Lara, ever since I watched the film Dr Zhivago when I was quite young. I thought Lara was an unusual and exotic name and I planned to name any future DDs it. I never had a DD and now the name is fairly common anyway.

campion · 17/06/2021 00:09

I often say Annabel when they ask in Starbucks. It's nothing like my name but I rather like it when they shout it out!