Picking your own name

[Head Wreck]

I was after a spice once... it was great

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was in ginger spice or posh spice phee

[phee]

I have a friend named Ginger. But her real name is Virginia.

I like pants

[Head Wreck]

trousers for teh win!!!!111ONE1!

[Homicidalheathen]

I legally changed my name. I don't tell many people this. It pissed off my mom big time. Don't do it if it will hurt your mums feelings.

Wanna know my legal name? Its easy.....you can look it up in public records.

I was Wendy sue. Now I am Windy Rochelle.

There. The secret is out. I feel better.

Why did I change it? Just one to many times someone recited that 'a boy named sue' song to me and I got mad and changed it.

I think Windy Rochelle sounds gothic and Wendy Sue sounds too, hick.

[BrassFusion]

"Erin" has to be the least goth name ever, but I'd rather be remembered by people who might need to contact me in the future. And my name could be worse. At least I took what I was given and made it mine. That's why I'll be reluctant to change my last name if I ever marry. I never liked/used my middle name too much, so maybe I'll do that Hillary Rodham Clinton thing and replace "Marie" with whatever my last name is.

[pomba gira]

Cannot compute.......what would you be called until you could pick yur own name??

"Hey KId"?  But then all the other parents would be calling their kids the same thing.  There would be no individuality.

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Actually in cultures where naming is an adulthood rite of passage, children have an informal name which is usually something kawaii, along the lines of "little mouse" or "little frog" or "laughing boy"... an individual name but still recognizable as a child's name. Then at adulthood they choose or are given (usually by community elders or whatever flavor of ritual specialist they have thereabouts) a "real" name.

I really hated all 3 of my names for a long time... but always felt like changing my first name would be disrespectful to my mother, & changing my middle & surnames would be disrespecting my ancestors. Then I found out MaMa named me because of books she was reading at the time... so I felt like by giving me this name she gifted me with her love of books & learning, & also her verbal skills. So that's a good thing. Plus I value my individuality now... and you certainly don't run into a lot of Hilarys... & even fewer Byrds & Waddleses.

(note to Detroit people: no, we're not related to Mother Waddles)

And since when is jasmine a spice? Isn't a spice something that's used to flavor food, not just as a fragrance? I know there's "jasmine rice" but it doesn't actually have jasmine in it.

[DeadBurgerKing (10)]

:devil In my own opinion,I think that when you are a certain age,you should be able to pick your own name.Some parents today have named thier kid really ridiculous names lately.Examples are: Dick Trickle,the race car driver.Man I would have disowned my parents if they named me that,or the name,Charles Pugh,Tom Raper,Dick Buttkis,LOL!!

All I can say is some parents were not thinking when they named thier kids.

If anything just call me Satan.LOL :devil

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Crank...I could not agree with you more...*cough cough* DAVID LAYCOCK*cough cough*...sadly yes that's my real name...imagine my time through highschool with that name... :doh

[BrassFusion]

Crank...I could not agree with you more...*cough cough* DAVID LAYCOCK*cough cough*...sadly yes that's my real name...imagine my time through highschool with that name... :doh

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You should legally change it to Lay Davecock.

Betcha can't eat just one.

[CandyQuackenbush]

I like my name. I kinda have a gothy name. Or atleast a gothy last name.

Jessica Knight is my real name.

[kellygrrrrrl]

I like my name...Kelly Marie

But If I could change it to anything I liked, I might try for Quinn(ie) Joyce ( named after my Grandfathers last name and My grandmothers first name) Or maybe Grace Marie.

My Husband wants to change his name from Michael Mark Kwiatkowski to: Michael "Danger" Kwiatkowski... (roll eyes Smiley here)

(Pronounced - Kool - a - cow - ski)

[phee]

I like pants

[BrassFusion]

I like my name...Kelly Marie

But If I could change it to anything I liked, I might try for Quinn(ie) Joyce ( named after my Grandfathers last name and My grandmothers first name) Or maybe Grace Marie.

My Husband wants to change his name from Michael Mark Kwiatkowski to: Michael "Danger" Kwiatkowski... (roll eyes Smiley here)

(Pronounced - Kool - a - cow - ski) 

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I don't see one "L" in that name...?

[kellygrrrrrl]

It's Polish.............

go figure.... :fear :laughing

It's my Wedded name....otherwise I was known as "Franks" pre-marriage...it was so much easier to say and spell then.. :doh

[Brenda Starrr]

I hope that Odims' daughter will change her name.

Seriously, she's named after a spice.

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Is her name "Oregano?" Or is it "Nutmeg?"

[Brenda Starrr]

It's Polish.............

go figure.... :fear  :laughing

It's my Wedded name....otherwise I was known as "Franks" pre-marriage...it was so much easier to say and spell then.. :doh

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You should just change your last name to "Grrrrrl." I mean, I'd change mine to "Starrr" if I could.

[CandyQuackenbush]

Is her name "Oregano?" Or is it "Nutmeg?"

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Saige.

[phee]

I am named after a mispronouciation of my "actual name" my brother was 3 when I was born... and called me "Phee"

[Brenda Starrr]

I actually looked up the criteria for a name change. I could do it......

[CandyQuackenbush]

I actually looked up the criteria for a name change. I could do it......

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Didn't you see that I posted a link on how to do it online???

Thats crazy insane!

[Brenda Starrr]

Didn't you see that I posted a link on how to do it online???

Thats crazy insane!

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I saw it. I just wonder how much it would be to do it myself. Filling out court papers isn't THAT hard.

[CandyQuackenbush]

I saw it. I just wonder how much it would be to do it myself. Filling out court papers isn't THAT hard.

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True.

I rhink you should change yer name.

[BrassFusion]

Saige.

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sage

adj 1: having wisdom that comes with age and experience 2: of the gray-green color of sage leaves [syn: sage-green] n 1: a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom 2: aromatic fresh or dried gray-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc 3: any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

"Saige" gets the thumbs-up from me.

As does Phee.

[CatsEyeOfTheWiccan]

Crank...I could not agree with you more...*cough cough* DAVID LAYCOCK*cough cough*...sadly yes that's my real name...imagine my time through highschool with that name... :doh

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Not bad as my ex-girlfreind Heather's sisters name Jackie Pettiebone, they used call her Jack My Pettieboner

[Head Wreck]

anyone can change thier name in the UK for a fee. but you do have to declare your previous names for certan circumstances (credit checks, police checks, and other legal obligations)

[phee]

sage

adj 1: having wisdom that comes with age and experience 2: of the gray-green color of sage leaves [syn: sage-green] n 1: a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom 2: aromatic fresh or dried gray-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc 3: any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

"Saige" gets the thumbs-up from me.

As does Phee.

My thumb is not up at the moment I took it out