Has anyone changed their child's name beyond babyhood?

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My four year old says he doesn't like his name.

Much as I love the name I have to admit that it doesn't suit him.

It's a big one to get my head round but has anyone heard of children changing their names successfully?

Can he use his middle name?

Yes. Actually it really suits him. I guess I'd get used to it but would everybody else?

I'm sure there was someone at my school who changed their name... but can't quite remember why, I think if it really doesn't suit him and the whole family's in agreement then he'd get used to a new one... as long as he understands what's happening!

Why, is he called satsuma or something?

My dd started at playgroup with a girl called Rebecca. Rebecca then went off to the school nursery by the time my dd met up with her again at school she was called Emma! Very confusing for everyone concerned.

He's the one demanding we change his name.
No satsuma fastasleep but you're not far off.

I know someone who changed her daughters name from Caitlin to Chloe as she was fed up and annoyed with people not being able to pronounce Caitlin properly. The child was about 8 weeks at the time.

Course they would! When I was little I went through a phase of wanting to be called 'gayle' (eeeeugh) instead of Abi or Abigail, and within about a month everyone was calling me that and most people had forgotten I was actually Abi...

I was a weird kid.

'Alice' is his preferance lockets.
I'm vetoing that in his own interests though.

(get used to it that is)

sorry - just realised you said outside of babyhood!

I wanted to be called 'Titania' but luckily nobody took me on.

I'd go with the middle name, that wouldn't be quite so hard to get used to.

A little chinese boy in my class at school changed his name, as notbody could pronounce it. He became Raymond, and it seemedd a bit confusing for him, but everyone else got used to it easily enough. He msut have been 6/7 at the time.

I forgot about Alice Cooper. But was he called that at school?

Could you give him a pet name? My mother's boss's daughter was called Fiona, but she has been called Bunny from childhood and at 40 is still known as that name.

There's nothing wrong with being called Alice.

This isn't the same child who wore a dress to nursery is it SM?

!!

I think the middle name idea would go down really well with everyone concerned personally :)

I knew a bloke called Alice, but I don't think it was his real name. It suited him and didn't seem odd at all

This is the dress wearer - yes.
His name is very macho, but he is not. It's clear for all to see that his penchant for butterflies and fairies isn't a phase he'll be growing out of in a hurry, if at all.

I knew a bloke called Alic too. He was the hardest punk rocker in Aberdeen as it goes. I'm not sure if it was his real name though.

'Alice'.

Aww poor sweetheart, I mean I suit my name down to the ground it really spells it out ' A bi' pmsl but I can't imagine being a bloke called 'Bruno' or something and being away with the fairies!