has anyone ever changed their name?

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 06:39 AM

I want a new name. It has been this way since I was about 15 but I've not changed it yet because I've never been able to decide.

Has anyone ever changed their name? Not through getting married or the likes but just out of pure choice and randomly(or not randomly) chosen a whole new label for themselves?

How did you go about finding something that 'fits'?

Any suggestions are welcome, even if you haven't done this for yourself.

Glice · 10.23.2009, 06:45 AM

I know someone who's going through this at the moment. For a stage name. I also know a post-op transexual. I know quite a few people with assumed names, and a few who take middle names. I think for most of them it happens quite 'organically', insofar as it just seems natural to take on a different name, if you're more comfortable with it.

I wouldn't say it's that different to a pseudonym, phoenix.

gualbert · 10.23.2009, 06:47 AM

Loulou, or Louise for you

phoenix... you want to get born again!?!

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Glice

I know someone who's going through this at the moment. For a stage name. I also know a post-op transexual. I know quite a few people with assumed names, and a few who take middle names. I think for most of them it happens quite 'organically', insofar as it just seems natural to take on a different name, if you're more comfortable with it.

I wouldn't say it's that different to a pseudonym, phoenix.

I've felt slightly odd with my surname and even middle name since I can remember. My first name I'm quite comfortable with. So.. It's just almost frustrating that they feel so wrong yet I'm unsure what would be right to replace them with.

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by gualbert

Loulou, or Louise for you

phoenix... you want to get born again!?!

not born again.. just..

wearing the right tag.

Louise ew.

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 06:51 AM

oh and, a pseudonym on a messageboard, at least you can change it every few years for free without it being a big deal, needing to replace credit cards, update records etc..

notyourfiend · 10.23.2009, 06:56 AM

My friend and I have a rule that we should never trust a person with a rebirth name.

gualbert · 10.23.2009, 06:57 AM

Isn't your avatar Louise Brooks?

You can be called any name you want (unless you're talking to a cop or someone from the administration)

nicfit · 10.23.2009, 07:10 AM

Max Power syndrome?

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by notyourfiend

My friend and I have a rule that we should never trust a person with a rebirth name.

I'm not getting reborn. ffs.

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by gualbert

Isn't your avatar Louise Brooks?

You can be called any name you want (unless you're talking to a cop or someone from the administration)

that doesn't mean I'd want the name for myself!

eh.. I just don't know.

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by nicfit

Max Power syndrome?

haha no..

I've just never really felt my second and last names really suited me or felt right. Generally speaking.. I avoid them. I avoid saying them. I avoid introducing myself by my full name. When I sign my name, my last name is unrecognisable on purpose. When I sign my work, the same thing. I dislike/put off writing artist statements because it ends up needing to involve my name or introducing myself, and I hate it that much.

I just want something that doesn't bother me so much and feels like me/.

Toilet & Bowels · 10.23.2009, 07:27 AM

change it to phoenix, i don't know what your first name is but being called Miss Phoenix would be pretty cool

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 07:29 AM

it might sound a bit douchey irl.

that said, I don't want something generic. I'd like it to be a bit oddball.

notyourfiend · 10.23.2009, 07:45 AM

what's yr real name? maybe we can help you come up with some interesting nicknames.

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 07:55 AM

I don't really want nicknames.. I have enough of those. My first name is fine anyway.. just the surname is suckage. From a distance I don't mind it. Just don't like it on me. Its an item of clothing that does not fit my shape.

notyourfiend · 10.23.2009, 07:57 AM

I understand - I really don't like my first name (Rachel) but all the nicknames that could possibly use instead (Rae, Rach, Shelly) are even worse....

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 08:04 AM

no way rae is cute! I always liked that name, it was one I thought I might want. Rei ayonami i awesome too..

notyourfiend · 10.23.2009, 08:09 AM

Rae sounds too much like a country darling to me. I have considered going by Ray but I don't think that it would really stick.

phoenix · 10.23.2009, 08:10 AM

rae sounds like fae to me

10.23.2009, 06:39 AM	#1
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	I want a new name. It has been this way since I was about 15 but I've not changed it yet because I've never been able to decide. Has anyone ever changed their name? Not through getting married or the likes but just out of pure choice and randomly(or not randomly) chosen a whole new label for themselves? How did you go about finding something that 'fits'? Any suggestions are welcome, even if you haven't done this for yourself. __________________ tiny and lost.
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10.23.2009, 06:47 AM	#3
gualbert the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,088	Loulou, or Louise for you phoenix... you want to get born again!?!
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10.23.2009, 06:51 AM	#6
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	oh and, a pseudonym on a messageboard, at least you can change it every few years for free without it being a big deal, needing to replace credit cards, update records etc.. __________________ tiny and lost.
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10.23.2009, 06:56 AM	#7
notyourfiend expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: baltimore, murderland by way of new york city Posts: 1,454	My friend and I have a rule that we should never trust a person with a rebirth name. __________________
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10.23.2009, 06:57 AM	#8
gualbert the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,088	Isn't your avatar Louise Brooks? You can be called any name you want (unless you're talking to a cop or someone from the administration)
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10.23.2009, 07:10 AM	#9
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	Max Power syndrome? __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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10.23.2009, 07:27 AM	#13
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,221	change it to phoenix, i don't know what your first name is but being called Miss Phoenix would be pretty cool
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10.23.2009, 07:29 AM	#14
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	it might sound a bit douchey irl. that said, I don't want something generic. I'd like it to be a bit oddball. __________________ tiny and lost.
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10.23.2009, 07:45 AM	#15
notyourfiend expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: baltimore, murderland by way of new york city Posts: 1,454	what's yr real name? maybe we can help you come up with some interesting nicknames. __________________
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10.23.2009, 07:55 AM	#16
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	I don't really want nicknames.. I have enough of those. My first name is fine anyway.. just the surname is suckage. From a distance I don't mind it. Just don't like it on me. Its an item of clothing that does not fit my shape. __________________ tiny and lost.
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10.23.2009, 07:57 AM	#17
notyourfiend expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: baltimore, murderland by way of new york city Posts: 1,454	I understand - I really don't like my first name (Rachel) but all the nicknames that could possibly use instead (Rae, Rach, Shelly) are even worse.... __________________
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10.23.2009, 08:04 AM	#18
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	no way rae is cute! I always liked that name, it was one I thought I might want. Rei ayonami i awesome too.. __________________ tiny and lost.
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10.23.2009, 08:09 AM	#19
notyourfiend expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: baltimore, murderland by way of new york city Posts: 1,454	Rae sounds too much like a country darling to me. I have considered going by Ray but I don't think that it would really stick. __________________
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10.23.2009, 08:10 AM	#20
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	rae sounds like fae to me __________________ tiny and lost.
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