Changing my name - suggestions please!

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I have always absolutely hated my name. I don’t identify with it and it grates on me when people use it to mean me. I tend not to respond as I have dissociation. It means someone who was meant to exist, not me. I have always wanted to change it and now finally I am. Help me decide!

I always identified as Chloe, but now that feels a bit like an old self and I’d like something new which is a bit more empowered about the person I am going to go forwards as. As part of this, I am also disengaging from my family, who don’t value or care about me in any way, only what I can do for them, which I am not doing anymore.

Names I like but can’t use:

Clara
Taryn

Also would consider Emma as I enjoyed her development in the Jane Austen novel.

Any suggestions welcome but would need to suit a mid-30s professional who is slightly boho and alternative! I am also looking to replace a middle name or may just not bother with one.

Thanks all!

Cara (or too similar to Clara?)
Lydia
Alice
Christa

Tamsin (similar to Taryn)
Claudia or Amelie (Chloe vibes)

You could change both names and have Emma Woodhouse.

Thank you for suggestions so far! 🧡

My last name is a marital name so I’m happy to keep that.

It is a colour though so may need to be mindful of that ie any flower names are out such as ‘Lily White’ it would sound like the surname becomes a pronoun in that sense.

Tabby / Tabitha

My personal faves are...
Isabelle
Maisie
Lottie
Mabel
Georgia
Kate
Sophia
Josephine
Anna
Evie

👍👍👍

Phoebe
Zoe

Picking the name of someone famous or literary that inspires you is a good idea OP. It could be a middle name. Your suggestion of Emma is good!

Natalia
Erin
Harriet
Emily
Zoe
Imogen
Jodie
Katherine
Polly
Rosalyn
Felicity
Sienna
Elisabeth
Marianne
Anna
Rebekah
Diana
Hallie
Tesni
Enfys
Callie

Elizabeth (or it's many short forms)
Scarlett
Isabella
Helen(a)

Danika

Cassie
Cora
Amara

Based on you liking Chloe, Clara and Taryn for the style, rather than Emma for the character story, these are my suggestions of names that are the same vibe and would fit a 30s boho professional (you sound really cool btw!):

Eden
Elise
Lila
Robyn
Rowan
Sadie
Tara
Tamsin
Zara

I am trying to think of names my friends used for children slightly older than mine:

Imogen
Georgia
Flora
Sophie
Olivia
Hannah

All about 35 now.

Teagan
maya
lara
holly
cara
tia
leah
phoebe
amber
sadie
zara
rae
naomi
josie

I've always liked the name Lyra. The main character in The Northern Lights trilogy, her parents are both crap and she's very independent and just generally awesome, so you might identify?!

If you are a bit boho and alternative, what about more unusual nature/plant names
Cassia
Eglantine
Briar
Tansy
Willow
Sirona
Damona
Hawthorn
Myrtle
Ariel
Zephyr
Briony
Coriander (but not if you are an Archers fan)
Hebe
Lark
Laurel
Fern
Arden
Sylvie
Prairie
Paloma
Maple
Iolanthe
Gaia
Clementine
Zinnia
Clematis

I would definitely choose Eve if I were to change my name. I think it's uncommon in your age group, feminine, strong and sophisticated. Also slightly mysterious.

BUT I have a name that has been mentioned above more than once and I love it tbh, get complimented on it very, very often (Zara).

Tamara?

Tamara White
Tamara Green

Tam
Tammy

Josephine Emma
Clare Annunciata
Johanna Emma
Chelsy Emma
Victoria Chloe
Chloe Eliza
Kitty Jane
Ann Cleo

Cora
Nora
Eve/Eva
Zoe
Eleanor
Zara
Thomasina
Louisa
Lucy
Sophie
Kiera
Leah
Tara
Lara
Elena
Lydia
Tessa
Erin
Tamsin

Are you wanting to change your name from Chloe to something else?

Or do you have a different name but have been going by Chloe and now want a new name?

Do you want any connection to your birth name?