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Advice for everyone; don't consider it professional:
Many countries have a legal process for name changing (or allow it to be changed freely after reaching XX years of age), though unfortunately it's often an involved process with restrictions to the effect that you can't change it if you simply don't like it — unfortunate again that this is the single biggest reason, but there you go.
You can otherwise go by a nickname that is entirely different to your legal one, so you'd only be using your legal name much anymore when signing official documents and the like... unless it's illegal to do so where you live; I wouldn't know but I wouldn't expect so.
Lastly, you can use your middle name(s), all are forenames in a legal context (again, don't take my word, your country's laws my differ).
Many countries have a legal process for name changing (or allow it to be changed freely after reaching XX years of age), though unfortunately it's often an involved process with restrictions to the effect that you can't change it if you simply don't like it — unfortunate again that this is the single biggest reason, but there you go.
You can otherwise go by a nickname that is entirely different to your legal one, so you'd only be using your legal name much anymore when signing official documents and the like... unless it's illegal to do so where you live; I wouldn't know but I wouldn't expect so.
Lastly, you can use your middle name(s), all are forenames in a legal context (again, don't take my word, your country's laws my differ).
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