Which name would you have picked for yourself as a teen?

[KimHwn]

Was just thinking about how much our tastes change as we grow, and as fashions change.

When I was in my mid-teens, I was desperate for a posh English name. I probably would have chosen Constance for myself, which would have been ridiculous- I am neither posh nor English. When I was in primary school and playing house, I always called myself Nicole. Again, I am not a Nicole at all.

What would you have picked for yourself as a teen?

I wanted to be Charlie. I thought it was the ultimate cool girl name and unisex which made it better.

Ferdinanda. My plan was to change my name by deed poll when I was 18.

Reader, I did not.

When I was very little, Sharon or Kelly.

As a teen, Emma or Felicity.

I only thought about this the other day - I wished I was a Stephanie or a Morgan. I thought they sounded so glamorous 😄

As a small child, Carol or Linda. As a teen, Portia.

Angelique. It was the name I was given in my French lessons age 12 and I would have happily changed my name by deed poll to it I was that attached!

I’ve always loved the name Jessica since I was very young. It would have been my daughter’s name, but alas I had 2 boys so that never happened.

Something like Emma too - something something unfussy and classic.

I've always been fairly embarrassed by my name but never got around to doing anything about it, partly because I feel as though you don't choose your name - nobody names themselves (I know people do these days, but they didn't in the 1980s when I was younger unless they were "artist names" - it would have felt pretentious and forced and attention seeking to change it, and required justification for mortally offending my parents I think).

I hate my name, I wanted to be Amy or Natalie. I still hate my name, it can't be arsed to do anything about it.

I had a real love for the name Lisa

Natalie. I’m 53 and it’s still my favourite girls name.

Jacinta.

I wanted to be called Sage.

Then I wanted to have as a first name one of our long-gone family surnames which was Moffatt.

Thankfully......

Something like Lauren or Kate or Jen. At one point Robin. I would also have liked something a bit unusual and rock and roll. I have a very 80s name I never liked.

This is how I feel about my name.
I would have loved to have been called Eloise, I once mentioned this to my Mum and she said she had always liked that name.
Then why did you call me something hideous from the 40's when I was born in the 70's then 😡

Early teens: Alice. Mid teens: Octavia. Later teens: Elizabeth.

I want a long name that had a boys/unisex nickname like Alex, Toni or Dani. There was a girl who went by Fred at my school and I was so jealous.

I hated my name growing up as I was the only one in the whole school.
I would have chosen Carol, Susan or something 70s and ordinary.

Stacey for some reason. It’s bloody awful I don’t know what I was thinking

when I was younger I wanted what would now be called a ‘gender neutral’ name such as Chris or Charlie. I was definitely what was called a ‘Tom boy’ and loved characters such as George in The Famous Five and the book The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler.

As a team I wanted to be Michaela, I have a fairly boring name which is only really heard on 40+ women, changing 1 letter makes it a more classy timeless name so always wish parents had gone for that instead.

Same.

Or specifically, Scarlett Cobain. 😆

I actually really like the name my parents chose for me and have never wanted to change it 🙂

I was an almost silent teen, but inside my head I was a consumptive, pale and wafty ingenue who was waiting to be snatched up by an equally pale and gothic hero. I probably wanted to be called Raven Fox or something pretentious. Neither Raven nor Fox would have suited me at all, as I have a little round red face and short legs. I couldn't be willowy if I tried. Possibly the Fox bit might have stuck, on account of me sneaking around at night and eating all the chicken in the fridge.

Brody - I was obsessed with The Distillers