Would you change your name from Susan to SIGOURNEY?

At least Sigourney kept her last name. What did the families of Mandy Rogers, Eric Bishop, and Caryn Johnson think when they were suddenly spending holidays with Portia de Rossi, Jaime Foxx, and Whoopi Goldberg?

It's also notable that in the space of a few years the world gave us Susan Stockard, Susan Tomalin, and Susan Weaver, none of whom use their birth names professionally. At least Susan Tomalin uses her former married name Susan Sarandon. But Susan Stockard becoming Stockard Channing and Susan Weaver becoming Sigourney Weaver are definitely a little random.

those bitches got it WRONG

LOLing at how this thread is going for OP. Don't mess with our Sigourney. We love her.

Only if you’re a pretentious nepo baby.

Shigourney.

I'm curious how often people use their new stage name all the time and how often it's just for professional use.

Like do Stockard's childhood friends call her Susan?

The name Sigourney is primarily a gender-neutral name of French origin that means The Conqueror. actress Sigourney Weaver (originally Susan) took the stage name Sigourney from a character in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Sigourney said in an interview that her parents never used their real names either. Changing names is a tradition in her family.

My daddy is a rich bigshot at NBC. I deserve a fancy name.

Her real name is Susan Alexandra Weaver.

She could have gone with Alexandra Weaver.

Or Alex. Or Suzy.

Or Suzy Weavy.

Will Oscar ever nod her way?

[quote] LOLing at how this thread is going for OP.

Yes look at how I’m being flayed, roasted alive in the replies!!!!

[Quote] Sigourney said in an interview that her parents never used their real names either.

They probably call her Bitsy or Mimsy or something.

Sigourney is a much more interesting name than Susan

Pat Nixon's real first name was Thelma. I'd say "Pat" was a real improvement.

r12 You will never mentally recover from this!

Scarred for life

None of you bitches better call me Alicia Christian.

I'm actually surprised Siggy got this far. Good for her!

I’m changing my name to Sigourney and I’m a man. Well, sorta.

Sigourney is a name redolent of education, taste and refinement, OP. You wouldn’t understand. Don’t hurt yourself by trying.

R21 is still mad the thread hasn’t turned against me the way she was urging us to believe it had.

Let it go, dearheart.

Great move, as she proactively separated herself from crazy Susan.

[quote] [R21] is still mad the thread hasn’t turned against me the way she was urging us to believe it had.

“Still mad”? - That was my first post on this thread, you lovably clueless loon!

It all startet because she was a giant spider.

Sigourney makes you pay attention. Susan, let's face it, does not.

so her passport and bank account name is susan?

I wonder if people cut her checks in her stage name, how would she deposit that?

do banks accept alias

I think it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do.

R13 No, I meant her father changed his name and her mother changed her name too.

OP, do you identify as a Sigourney, though?

I don’t! I identity as an r24, so obviously want to be literally anything else!

so can she deposit a check that's sigourney weaver ? or it's gotta be susan weaver?

Well, would you change your name from Mary Louise to Meryl??

Claudia = Lady Bird

Susan is a really common name for Baby Boomers, so it makes sense to use a stage name and stand out. I’d rather call myself Sigourney than Meryl, although better Claudia than Lady Bird.

Assuming Sigourney Weaver still uses the middle name Alexandra, her initials are SAW, whether Susan or Sigourney. It’s probably convenient to choose a stage name with your same initials, since your monogram would be the same either way. Practical of Sigourney.

I think Henny Youngman identified as a chicken. It all makes sense now.

[quote] Like do Stockard's childhood friends call her Susan?

Oh honey, all of Stockard's childhood friends died decades ago in nursing homes.

Somehow, I don't think Sigourney Weaver is particularly obsessed with monogrammed sheets and towels, r35.

What's wrong with a name like Sigourney?

R5 beat me to it.

I changed my name from Susan to Semolina.

Would you change your name to Caitlyn?

There's a story here. She named herself after a character in The Great Gatsby who is mentioned in passing in a paragraph that relates to Jordan Baker:

[quote]She came over to me and whispered, ‘I’ve just heard the most surprising thing. Look, please come and see me. I’m staying at my aunt’s … Mrs. Sigourney Howard … phone book …’ She was hurrying away as she spoke, to join her friends who were waiting to drive her home.

She didn't know it, but apparently "Sigourney" was meant to be a man, as the custom at the time was to refer to a woman as Mrs. + Husband's name. If the phone book said "Mrs. Sigourney Howard," it meant the wife of Sigourney Howard.

Yaaaasssss, gurl!

[quote] Pat Nixon's real first name was Thelma. I'd say "Pat" was a real improvement.

I prefer Thelma.

No one names their kid Susan anymore.

R43 that’s a Stanford gal for ya….misreading the basics.

[quote]I prefer Thelma.

I resent that!

I named my daughter Sioux-zen. Does that count?

My Name is Not Susan.

No but I'd change my name from Bob to Bizibekieny.

From 1967, The Buckinghams sings "Susan."

The Buckinghams perform 'Susan' live in 1967...

1967: "Kind of a Drag" - The Buckinghams

^^Kind of a Drag by The Buckinghams was a Billboard Number One song in 1966.

[quote] From 1967, The Buckinghams sings "Susan."

They should have called in Sigourney instead. Catchier!

Her Uncle Doodles.

Plot twist: The OP is a man.

She should have changed her name to Beaver.

Beaver Weaver.

She made herself standout instantly by doing that. She’s also an incredibly nice person. Leave her alone.

I once stood next to Willem Dafoe at an airline check in. I am very nosy and looked at his passport. His real name is William.