I can’t reveal my first name but it is old-fashioned English–think Meredith, Esther, Olga, Gretchen…
My last name makes me too identifiable. It is an Ellis Island misspelling that makes me the only person on this earth with my exact first and last name combo.
I thought I would change it with marriage but I don’t think marriage is going to happen for me, at least not anytime soon, and I’m not putting anything on hold for it anymore.
I think with my old-timey first name I could afford a zany last name. I like Winter and Snow. I don’t want it to be too “out there” or difficult to spell, so I’m not going to do something like Zephyr, and I would like suggestions that aren’t too tied to a specific concept. Interesting enough but not excessively unique.
My background is Taiwanese and white American without ties to any specific country strong enough to pick a name from some European country I only have a bit of a connection to from generations ago. The white side is Irish, Welsh, and French. I am not trying to stand out excessively. I do not feel a strong connection to my Taiwanese side, and that could be its own post. I don’t want something commonly mispronounced. I was thinking something like Shaw? It might make my ex think I’m obsessed with him but he already thinks that so whatever.
You might as well set yourself up for success and use a name that people subconsciously associate with positive traits.
Someone suggested Hope, and it’s a great name for a doctor.So I suggest King, (Arm)strong, Grace, Smart, Good, or Harmon. Or perhaps something like Washington, Churchill, Franklin, Luther or Addams.
I also like Shepherd, even though I doubt it carries much subconscious weight nowadays.
if you had the first name as austin, change the last to powers. i actually new a guy early in the pandemic , his name is austin powers.
ESTHER and gen.
McGillicuddy? Meredith McGillicuddy.
- Chesty LaRue
- Busty St. Clair
- Hooty McBoob
lol’) ; drop table users;If it’s currently a misspelling, why not use the correct spelling?
Best suggestion IMO.
Or research the history of your correctly spelled last name and see if you like any more common historical variants.My immediate thought: the paperwork system of the world would fail. Correcting an extremely unique misspelled name (let’s say it’s two letters transposed) falls into that weird bucket of “close enough typos” that the OP would never recover. I’d be worried most about the financial systems screwing me over.
IMHO, best to change to something clearly different so that the paperwork world is given a clear indication of intentional change. Broadcast the intent loud and clear to force systems to change and not ignore it as “some stupid typo.” $0.02
edit: sorry replied to the wrong comment my bad, meant the parent
Could do a double change. Change from Zmyth to Brewski and then back to Smith, avoiding the misspelling pitfall.
Oh yeah, good point!
I knew a couple that did this. Neither of them changed their names when they got married, and both their names were just weird. They wanted more professional-sounding names, FWIW.
I somewhat agree to explore the un-messed up spelling, but can see how that might not work. My friends just dug through family histories until they found one they liked. Settled on Snook. Worked for them.
Starting from scratch, I would start with syllables first to see what fits. It’s either you want a mirroring of the syllables of the first name if you want something formidable and important-sounding, or a single syllable that is a stark punctuation if it suits you more.
A few examples:
2-syllable names might do better with 1 or 2 syllables - Maureen Star, Maureen Wright. Maureen Harper, Maureen Rivers flow well.
3 syllable names might work with up to 3 - Meredith Mackenzie. Meredith Lancaster.
You might also want a “job name” as other suggested as they are sort of ethnically neutral (other than being English) - many 2 syllables. Taylor, Harper, Archer, Tanner, Hunter, Sawyer, Driver, Wainwright, etc.
Or something you like in nature - Rivers, Forester, Woods, Fields, Bay, Mariner
If you go for 1 syllable, make it a word people know that pops. Knox. Hale. Quinn. Snow. Stone. Frost. Hart. Steele. Black. Night. Day.
Also, search online first to make sure that no one with the same name is a serial killer or something.
Best of luck!
Could go with the “last name thats just a job title” like baker or smith or computer scientist
Jane Softwarearchitect
I genuinely need people to start doing this
Ronald Promptengineer
Ten years ago, it was Alan Student.
Seven years ago, he called himself Alan ITSupport.
Four years ago, he changed it to Alan Servicemanager.
You want to know what he goes by now? Alan Stayathomedad. It’s really annoying that he keeps changing his surname for each job.
Becca GISTech
me: Is that Gretchen from marketing?
my coworker: No, that’s Gretchen Marketing. She’s in sales.
Hi, I’m Peter Unemployed
Be the unemployability you want to see in the world!
John Customer Success Account Manager is a handful and not something you want initialed.
John CSAM… wait WHAT
Or john CP, although CP can refer to chickenpox too.
Yea… Amazon is weird.
Or Hacker, which is a surprisingly legit name.
Dr. Hacker would be interesting. I had a Dr. Ripper in training who was brilliant.
Which reminds me of nominative determinism. OP should choose “Rich” “ Wise” “Smart” “Dollar”. And also - first Impressions are everything.
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Little Bobby Tables strikes again!
Why is every field on my phone just NULL VALUE now??
If it’s an Ellis Island misspelling, could you not just correct the misspelling and go with the corrected version?
I knew a woman a long time ago that took the last name von Finglebum-Smythe. People would ask if it was German, or English, or whatever. She would always reply “No, it’s fictitious”
I have always loved that
(your name) Mc(your name)ey face
I vote for Name Mc(Name) face
Olga McOlgaface has a very nice ring to it.
Star
Sharp
Shale
Spark
I thought I would change it with marriage
Then do it. Pick your celebrity crush, then get together with friends and family for a fake wedding and name change
