IRL name changes

Started by Palamon June 2nd, 2015 6:39 AM
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Palamon

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Age 26
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Snezhnaya, Teyvat.
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Say, like on PC, you could change your name once every four months. Would you keep your birth name or change it? What would you change it to? Would you do it every four months, never? Why/why not?

Sydian

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Age 30
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Georgia
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Posted November 29th, 2021
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15.2 Years
I've grown to finally like my name for the most part. It's short, simple, and unique without being too crazy. I'm named after my grandfather as well, so I gained more love for my name after he passed away. However, I still wouldn't mind changing my name to Alli. :P
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Candy

Age 26
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I like my name so no.
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Age 28
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I maybe would change my name, because I really don't like it and it does kinda annoy me when I get a comment like "Isn't that a girl's name?". I don't know what I would change my name to to be honest, just something that I can tolerate more.

Lycanthropy

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Age 26
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Absolutely not! I'm really attached to my name, it's a part of me. Why would I want to discard that?
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Lumina

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Age 27
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The Dreaming City
Seen May 18th, 2022
Posted December 18th, 2020
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12.6 Years
I already very much plan to change my name in the future, probably after I move out. I hate my name. Named after someone I never knew, by someone I never knew. No thanks.

But after that I'll most likely keep it.

Hikamaru

Age 30
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Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
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12.2 Years
I love the name Nichole, and I would never change it despite how pissed I get at literally everyone spelling it incorrectly (that darn "h" in the middle always gets left out by those jerks). At least it's better than Chloe... which was what I was almost going to be named instead. I would never want to change to a name that's boring and too common, and I have a fetish for odd spellings like in my case anyway.
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Belinda

Age 28
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Seen March 4th, 2018
Posted November 13th, 2017
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14.8 Years
Do it every four months? No. I've often thought of just changing my first name and last for good (+ get rid of the middle name everyone still calls me irl!). My Mom gives me so much muk about it when I mention I want a name change, but my Dad wouldn't care probably.

Meganium

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Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
I wouldn't really change my name every four months. However, if there was a chance to do so, I would totally dump my telenovela-like irl name and change it to Megan or Kristina or anything that's not dumb and common.

Synerjee

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Seen May 28th, 2016
Posted February 25th, 2016
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10.6 Years
No, thank you. My name is perfect just the way it is. It's what defines who I am, and I'm certainly sure I won't be me if my name were to be different.

Nah

Age 30
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Idk what I'd change my name to though, so I probably wouldn't be getting one

Nah. I love my name, and it sounds very cool.

The downside, it's so hard to say in English... It's annoying, haha.
How is your name supposed to be pronounced? There's 2 different ways I can think of but I have pronounced many words and names wrong before so....
Nah ンン
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I can't wait for the day to change my name to my chosen name. My birth name doesn't fit me at all. But I'm waiting to move down to North Carolina before I change my name, because the process is a lot easier (and cheaper!) there than it is up here in Connecticut.

I wouldn't have a need to change it every four months. Kind of like here on PC, once I find a name that fits me, I'm that name forever.

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Nah

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Just wondering, how do you think it's pronounced?

It doesn't have any kind of trick on Spanish, it's pronounced how it sounds. But, I just have a hard time to say it.. :/
I was thinking either wah-keen or yo-ah-keen

Dunno if either of those is right tho
Nah ンン
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Nah

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Both aren't bad.

But, the right one would be "yo-ah-keen"
Oh hey I actually got it right =D

I don't think that it's terribly hard to pronounce then.
Nah ンン
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Percy

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Asia
Seen December 24th, 2021
Posted June 19th, 2021
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8.7 Years
My name fits me really well, so... no.
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