New Name

[yayfulness]

An ancestor of mine was named Joseph Christian Christiansen.

[Marduk]

I knew a Philip Pirrip once.....

[Craig Jessop]

I knew a Philip Pirrip once.....

I bet he went by Phil, didn't he?

[Giovanni Schwartz]

Was he Asian?

[Portia]

Was he Asian?

If he was under 40, with a first name like Phillip, it's a near-certainty.

[S.A.M.]

Link.

I think this is so interesting! For one, around age 17 I stopped liking my nickname that everyone called me. Somehow it followed me into college, but I never use it anymore on my own and try not to let people use nicknames on me. Also, my dad recently started going by his middle name because, in his own words, he was too stressed out and wanted a somewhat different identity.

How do you all feel about your names? It's amazing how much it can affect one's attitude, I think.

My wife hated her given name as a child, Melody. Near the end of her adoption hearing (she was 10), the judge asked her and her sister if they were ok with the adoption. Her older (12) sister said yes, she said no. Silence. After a moment, the judge asked her what was wrong. She replied that she hated her name. The judge asked her what she wanted her name to be. She had an awesome friend (a boy), and said I want to be ------ (the friend's name). The judge turned to her birth mom and adopting dad, and asked them if they were ok with that. Being slightly stunned, they said yes, and the judge legally changed her name at the same time they were adopted. True story.

[bobtheenchantedone]

That's pretty cool.

[Katya]

That is awesome.