What does one do when you absolutely hate your given name?

Just change it. I changed my last name 30 years ago. It was the BEST thing I've ever done. It was very easy to do

Years ago when I was teaching middle school I had a student whose legal first name was Cocaine. She already had money set aside to legally change her name the minute she was old enough to do it. (And who could blame her?) I don't know what she changed it to -but I'm sure it was something pretty normal.

Sometimes parents just need to be stopped...

Change from an ass with a bad name to a horse with no name.

I just bear the burden.

There are options.

When I worked as a booking agent with American Airlines, you could use an assumed name, but it had to be registered with the supervisors. I changed my name about once a week until my manager told me to pick one and stick with it.

One of the most senior agents there used the name “Lorraine Cross” with was an inside joke because back then SABRE, the reservation system, used coding language and the lines of code you wrote to get schedules and fares always used the Cross of Loraine symbol.

You tell us, Cletus.

Mi escondo en mi escritorio.

Oh look, Teacake is back.

Why not embrace it? Adopt a devil-may-care attitude towards it. Own it.

Or else adopt a nickname or use your middle name.

I hated my name—first, middle, and last—especially because it sounded like an ethnicity that wasn't me. I tried nicknames, but that was of little help. People still thought I was from that specific ethnic group. By the way, there was nothing wrong with that group, but it just wasn't me.

When I moved to NYC and got my first Equity job, I discovered that there was a performer/member with my exact name, so I was asked to change it. It was all the motivation I needed, and once I had legally done it, I was pleased.

When I explained to my college friends why I did it, most of them said something like, "Actually, that name fits you much better!" My parents were not as thrilled.

Change it you dumb cunt.

[quote]If you are stuck with an awful name like Graham, or Marcus, or really any first name with the letter m (which is the ugliest letter in the alphabet) ... what do you do?

I marying Donold bcause he said Id get a new naame! But thn we maried & I was stil ssame. I still vry bad.

and it's a trump thread. kudos you crazy nut you.

My brother changed his. Or, just go by "hey you" wherever you go.

I love my name. I wouldn’t change it for anything.

I wanted to change my name to Eric Birdhouse Treetop when I was four.

I hate my name. People sing it to me. My mother was clearly putting the least effort possible into naming me. cunt.

“chose for both myself and my sister”

Oh fucking dear

[quote]If you are stuck with an awful name like Graham, or Marcus

Those aren't bad names. You want to see bad names?

Marcus sucks, but Graham is okay.

[quote] really any first name with the letter m (which is the ugliest letter in the alphabet)

I would HATE being a Michael. Awful, awful.

A lot of people use their first initial then middle name. Like if you were Percival you could be P. John Doe.

R1 = Ralph Lauren.

R23 No, they don’t.

Change your name to SHITTA

People just call me by my middle name.

Before they had any children my parents agreed Dad would name the boys and mom would name the girls.

They had two boys and no girls so my mother literally got screwed, while my name isn't horrible the shortened version can be male or female, which lead the inevitable teasing.

I looked into changing it, the state I lived in it was rather difficult , the state police had to do an investigation to see if you were trying to hide something. so I never did it, not that they would have found anything. I go by a nickname but I have to use my real name for anything legal or official.

By keeping my birth name, I ended up inheriting a substantial amount of money from two relatives I didn't know existed who died without wills, if I had changed my name who knows if the law firms handling the estate would have found me.

[quote]Oh look, Teacake is back.

My God, you are an idiot.

And yet, you are not that far off base: we are both black men.

I know how much that bothers you. That's why I told you.

Anything else, dummy?

Why, you change it dear?!!

R29= Teacake