Wait Dr. Hope is so sweet! I love that. And no problems with people misspelling

Idk about the optics of Dr Danger

I reject the concept of automatically taking a partner’s last name, as a woman. I also don’t want my father’s, for personal and professional reasons. It’s wack that we have all collectively agreed that a woman trades ownership and a large part of her identity when married. He should have to do it. I know a woman with the last name Palo who changed her name to something I find ugly when she got married and it ticks me off. It’s sexism for her to change it and not him, but we all ignore it?

I will change my name to a partner’s if they have an awesome last name, but I can’t wait on a hypothetical partner. I actually do know a couple women in my line of work who have ethnic last names that have confused patients. Einstein would be funny but I dare not.

Edit: that was a tangent sozz but I think Dr. Smart could be a good one

I’m just glad you got to go down a rabbithole. I could riff off old and go with Gold, since that would be a great last name and a nice and convoluted backstory for my hypothetical offspring.

Hiver!!! It means winter in French! I don’t care if people mispronounce it but omg it looks so good spelled out!

I love that, it sounds so classy. I don’t mind if people say things that get old. With my first name, I learned a long time ago to not get annoyed by it, because I would always get “like the spy?” I secretly think a little less of people who say that. Then again, I knew a guy, absolutely beautiful in a gay mysterious way, and told him he looked like a Twilight vampire, and he gave me this withering look and was like “Yeah, I’ve heard that.” So I was the annoying one to someone else with the same problem ahshhahhfhhahhbhhhhhh

Thank you and I appreciate the sentiment. It’s just like if someone comes in for Dr. Chen they might feel some type of way when they see me because I don’t look Asian and need to call the translator. Maybe my last name should be Rootless or Rudderless

That’s beautiful! And good point, I’ll look at more H and nature words.

I went into this field so I could wear PJs to work lol.

This is a whole nother post but the funding is not coming through and I think my lab at the cancer center might close. I’ve been begging my PhDs to go on the local news and kick up a little fuss, but they are camera-shy, and I would be comfortable being on camera but I don’t have knowledge of the ins and outs the way they do. So nobody is comfortable and knowledgeable enough to be the face of our lab. We need a charismatic leader and can’t find one amongst our ranks.

Why do i need to be a hoar? That’s a cool name tho I’ll play with that idea

I graduated last month and I’m doing a research year before applying for residency so yes I do have my certification, but I am not in a place to give advice to others.

You’re being excessively rigid rn

I didn’t even think about the alphabet problem! Now I’m definitely picking one in the early half because that would bug me a lot.

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It wouldn’t have my police blotter attached to it though. I’m being jokey about it but it sucks that something I was wrongfully arrested for a decade ago is just there every time you search me. Like, I wasn’t even charged, I was just arrested for a second, but since I don’t do anything to get into papers that’s one of the top things if you search me.

Might be worthwhile to look into SEO optimization instead of changing the name. Seems like it’ll be a lot of work either way.

Lmao I was kidding (maybe)

Dr. Hacker would be interesting. I had a Dr. Ripper in training who was brilliant.

I like being beside the point too. I would counter that you could see those names belonging to a regular English woman in the 19th century. I think Lee is a good idea. There are others of my father’s last name who can carry it on but I won’t take that filial duty on myself.

What if I did Hard? Dr. Hard sounds kinda cool

That is actually a really good idea because since I am the only person in the world with my exact name when you google me the police blotter about me being arrested is one of the top results. It sucks because I didn’t do it but the stain is there. If I wanted to pick a famous person I’d have to have the last name Tubman or Beecher-Stowe and I don’t love those, aesthetically.