If You Could Have Picked Your Own Name What Would It Be?

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I like my birthname...my author name is my first name with my middle name as my last name.
 

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I like my middle name (it's the one I go by) but hate my first name.

As for last name, well.... could I change it to maybe Rockefeller and have the benefits associated with that last name? :biggrin1:
 

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As a young person I hated my first name; didn't want my middle name as that was my father's name; and people mis-spelled and mis-pronounced my surname so I was happier to be known by a nickname.

In my teens, I asked my mother why I was given such awful names. "Neither name was on our list of possible names. It was a complete surprise to me what your father registered you as on your birth certificate. As you know, it was a difficult birth and you weren't expected to survive. I think he gave you the name of his friend who was killed in the war. I suspect they were lovers. so he also gave you his own name. Maybe if you died your name would have honoured his lost friend and their relationship."

I still didn't like my name but was less determined to change it.

My mother was Scottish and my first university was in Aberdeen so I chose "Cameron Fraser" as my pen-name.

Now I am quite accepting of my names but still prefer to shorten my first name to Ray.
 

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]I'm partial to Irish culture so it'd have to be something along the lines of Miles O'Toole
ROTFLMAO :biggrin1::tongue:


] I like my name although I legally added my uncle's name to mine because he was my hero[/B]
That is soo sweet!


]I've always liked the name Slobodan Milosovich. I like the way it just rolls off the tongue. Also Umberto is probably another tongue fun name[/B].
I like Umberto, you should combine it with Ecco that sounds cool, Umberto Ecco.:wink: :tongue:


]I've already legally changed my last name. It was a Polish name with 11 letters and only 2 vowels.. NOW it's a simple 3 letter last name. I'm VERY happy I did it.(don't tell my mother..lol)[[/B]/quote] I know, I bet it's God, isn't it:biggrin1:. Did you take your hubby's name?
 
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Charlie Bigtime
Johnny Concrete :biggrin1:

Always popular

I'm sure that Charlie Bigtime is most appropriate! :tongue:

I thoroughly dislike my name, so I decided to use a pen name. I agonized FOREVER over possible choices, and finally decided on...

Lotta Krapt

:eek::eek:

PS: I do so know when to use that/then... I think.... eeek! ;-)
 

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I dunno. My name is as common as John Smith. It has caused me a fair amount of grief over the last 25 years. I have received the wrong paycheck, prescription medication, etc. a number of times. I like my name because it's kind of waspy and looks great on a resume. :wink:

If I had to choose something else I might go with a name that celebrates my cultural ancestry. For me that means something either Irish or Cherokee in origin.
 

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One time in PE when I had a sudden proficiency for sports and I was being picked for the school sports day, the teacher (Altdwarf - originally Altdorf, he was short :tongue:) shouted out [SLB] WINSTANLEY.

Which was really weird. I think it was the name of someone who lived near the school or used to be at the school. I don't like the sound of Winstanley