If You Could Change You Name......

@Zhanec (1651)
Malaysia
January 20, 2008 7:34am CST
would you do so? and what would u change it to?Have you ever got tease because of your name ?its understandable that certain people would prefer to have another name,commonly happened on celebrities.
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Leca
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
20 Jan 08
I would never change my name. I didn't even change it when I got married, like most people do. I consider it a part of my identity, and I've worked very hard to become proud of my name, and thus would never give it up. I have been teased for my name a lot, but it doesn't matter to me anymore. I've learned that no matter what your name is, if people want to tease you, they'll find a way to twist it into something bad. I've known people with completely normal and common names who got teased for them, so it really seems to me like something no one escapes.
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Zhanec
@Zhanec (1651)
• Malaysia
20 Jan 08
yea..so true with this line " they'll find a way to twist it into something bad " ...even sometime one' has a beautiful name they can twist it into something nasty.
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writersedge
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
21 Jan 08
I'd like a name like Celeste. My name is boring and common place. No one has teased me about my name, my parents picked the name Susan so I wouldn't be. Which is good, but I got picked on for other things anyway so not sure that it mattered.
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Zhanec
@Zhanec (1651)
• Malaysia
29 Jan 08
Celeste sound nice too me.Do you have any special reason to choose that name?
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writersedge
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
29 Jan 08
Celestial for Heavenly Body. Celeste sounds pretty. Sounds like a very pretty woman.
joyce959
@joyce959 (1559)
• Philippines
20 Jan 08
I like my name so I will never change it. My sons who got the surname of my husband were sometimes teased at the school before and they come home crying and told me they want to change the surname or family name. I just told them not to be bothered by their classmates teasing and that they should be proud of their surname because it is unique.
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Zhanec
@Zhanec (1651)
• Malaysia
29 Jan 08
thanks for the reply Joyce.yea we should be proud of our surname because its unique
alamode
@alamode (3071)
• United States
21 Jan 08
My Pop's name was Jack, and they named me Jill, so I have been teased about the old nursery rhyme for my whole life. I'm so happy that I can have different avatars on my pages now, and be someone else whenever I want!
Zhanec
@Zhanec (1651)
• Malaysia
29 Jan 08
My friend's name is Jack too :) Btw what does Alamode means? Any special meaning?
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alamode
@alamode (3071)
• United States
30 Jan 08
It started as a tribute to Depeche Mode... most people here know that I'm obsessed with them! But it also speaks to luxury... its the ice cream on the pie... its making 'special' even more special! Its the way my life changed when I finally got my computer and came online last May. Its SO many things, that I had to use it! In our Red Hat group, which is more about being 'Brats' than wearing hats, my name is... Juicy Green Jelobean... Jointed Chief of Crafts... Toad ala Mode! One of my avatars is a frog, one of my nicknames is Juice, etc, etc... We are a group dedicated to the memory of our Pop, who called us all his 'Brats'. Its SO much fun!