aunt_zelda | Say My Name

Have you ever wanted a different name? I'm sure a lot of you (especially those of us with horrifically common names like Emily or Sarah) have at one point or another. (Except maybe Freya Sacksen, who has the coolest given name I've ever heard of, seriously, it's like a fantasy geek's dream name, I am so jealous.)
I've gone through a lot of 'wish I was called that' names, coming up with elaborate pen-names and even taking a silly over-the-top nickname when I was twelve that I still use at school, theater, and the occasional social gathering. It's not that I want to so much change my name as I like the idea of having several names. ~~This totally does not spawn from me reading The Lord of the Rings Trilogy in the 6th grade and being very taken indeed with Aragorn and his Many Names.~~ The Romans had three names: a sort of 'last name,' a given name, and a nickname that they were known by with their close friends. Wouldn't it be cool if people had more than their given names? With online handles, usernames, and vlogging names, we seem to be moving towards that ...

Then again, there are names that I've secretly coveted that I know I can never have. Taking the name 'Roxanne' would be like writing a Mary-Sue but in real life, not to mention the unfortunate implications due to a certain song by The Police. 'Gary' sounds pretty to me but I don't think the ensuing 'Samus is a girl?' would be worth it. I remember wanting 'Ludvig' in the 9th grade because of some science class and a research project about some dude named Ludvig the ______ and I've forgotten why I wanted it, but it's such a badass name I still kinda love it to bits. And the merits of 'Alexandra' are never gonna fade for me, even if it would be a wee bit pretentious to rename yourself after one of the most badass ~~world conquering bisexuals~~ libraries in history.

So, any of you have any secret desires for odd - or not so odd - names?

(I have no idea why I'm thinking about this ... I think it's an indicator that I need to go to bed and get rested up for work tomorrow.)

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Why, thank you. :-D I suspect that may be why I've never been asked why I don't use an alias on the net, although I do despair that now FreyaMau has stolen my name on the kink meme and in Treehouse common parlance. *shakes fist*

(I occasionally toy with the notion of writing a fic where we get into a NC/AVGN style fight about it. It would be awesome.)

I've never wanted to change it, although I have often wished I had an interesting nickname. My brother, for instance, has the nickname 'Beep Beep'. Closest I ever got was 'Frey-Frey' which, distressingly, Emeriin guessed out of nowhere. I was massively freaked. The only people who call me that are my parents and best friend, and she only does it because she knows it drives me up the wall.

I always wanted to be called Esmerelda when I was younger, but I have a secret love of the name Artemis.

I just really hate my name, because it clashes so badly with my last name. Also because it is quite a pretty name, and I never saw myself as a Belinda - I've always been slightly tomboyish.

It also looks awful on paper in my opinion, though I think it's my last name I want to change. [I shall seek out a man with an awesome last name - even if that's his only merit.]

My friend is named Sarah Tessa K-, and her parents changed their minds just after they named her (officially) because it was so common, and changed it to Tessa Sarah K-, so she's had to legally change her name for official documents now because she is a Tess. She just is.

I always wanted a more common name, what with so few people able to pronounce and/or spell my name. I tried going by Sarah on my soccer team when I was... 12? 13? Somewhere around there. I've come to like my name more now, though. I joke sometimes that I don't need a last name because I have a unique first name. ^_^ Even online, I tend to go by my real first name, since I managed to choose a screenname that's even harder to pronounce. ^_^

I've always hated my name. I remember when I was little getting on the bus and there like 3 other Samanthas besides myself. It just always sounded so plain to me.

But, that said, it's always been me, and I don't think I could ever get used to ever being called anything BUT that. It would feel like I was betraying myself or something. And name doesn't really make a difference in the long run... what ya make of it and all that jazz. =)

Besides, it could be worse. Be thankful you're not a guy with a name like Bob, Harry, Dick...

I only disliked my name (Sonja), because people would constantly either misspell it or mispronounce it, purposefully or just out of ignorance. My sister calls me Sony quite often, and I like it just fine aside from the whole TV angle.

Of course, now my internet identity is literally "Name", so I can't really complain.

I wanted to be called Avalon (still do) but people keep saying I have SUCH A PRETTY NAME OMG (JAYCELYNN) but its frustrating because people either call me 'Jocelyn' (?!), 'Jaqueline' (FFFFFF) and I got called 'Jason' which is the closest someone got to my name! AND THEN THERE WAS THE JUSTIN THING...

And people mispell it all the time too.

But I can't really see myself being called anything else though.

I'm guessing your name is pronounced pretty much the way it's spelled? (Jay-seh-lynn?)

Yeah that's basically how you say it, though some people from the coast say it "Jay-AAAAH-lean" or "Jay-see-lin". But yeah you guessed right xD

I feel special. :-D

My real name is so short I never got many nicknames, so I hear you on the many names thing. And people always get my name wrong, because it's a common shortening of a longer name. *growls*

All the names I like are rather...unusual though. Lyra's probably the least so. I'm probably best not naming myself. XD Keeva is just another in a long line of fantasy and historical names I wish I could have.

My name, Erin, is apparently un-nickname-able, which is frustrating because nicknames are my favourite. I've given all of my friends, like, a ton of nicknames each. (Phoebe is anything from Pheebz to Phoebster to Phoebus, for instance.) The best I've gotten was "Err-bear"... Also, my name is pronounced "Eh-REEEEEN" in French, which always sounds a little ridiculous to me.

When I was younger, I wanted to be named Rose, but now that I'm a Doctor Who fan I doubt I'd be allowed to own up to that anymore. And I really love the name Cosette, but I've been told it's the cheesiest name ever or something. :/ I guess I'll stick with EhREEEEEEEEEN for now.

(On a different note, someone at musicals.net shortened my handle to Loony, and that's been my favourite nickname ever since to the extent that I use it myself in third person.)

More than one name! I don't know why I've never thought of that before. Honestly, as much as I love customizing myself (because if you can, why wouldn't you?), I think I'd be happy with just one 'official' name--notably not the one I have. I do like being 'Ever' on LJ/what have you, but I just as often sign with my real name and get pleased when I'm addressed online by either.

The name I want, and have always wanted, is 'Taylor'. It's not very odd (sorry!), but it's gender-neutral, which is important to me, and it's something I've liked the sound of for a very long time. I also like its alternate spelling, 'Tailor', embarrassingly much.

I still completely plan to legally, officially change my name to this. Part of it is making a point that I don't want to be immediately identifiable with 'female'; the other is about my name meaning something to me.

Anyway, in case it's not obvious, I love this post. So much food for thought (see above! XD) I'm trying to think if there would be an official way for you to have multiple names, and the only thing I can think of is middle names, and having lots and lots of those. Not really right, though, is it? Out of curiosity, what do you like to be called online, so I can commit it to memory? Zelda?

When I was little I wanted to be named Diana. There was some rationale behind this, although I can't remember what it was now. But I was always trying to find a nickname for myself in order to avoid being called Katie, which, while it's a perfectly good name, really doesn't suit me at all. I'm pretty lucky in that the name I eventually chose for myself has become basically my "real" name. (Like, my immediate family calls me it half the time, and I forget it's not my legal name.)

With online handles, usernames, and vlogging names, we seem to be moving towards that ...
That's a really cool point. I remember back in the days I used to hang out around ff.n, people changed their names all the damn time- I thought that was kind of cool, albeit somewhat confusing. It's really easy to reinvent yourself on the internet, so I suppose picking a different name is part of that. *nods*

i liked the name 'holly' a lot when i was small, and wanted it to be my middle name for a while. i think its better than my monosyllabic real name, which i wont say here, if only because it sounds cool.

ive also had a few internet identities, all with similar names - at first my internet accounts all had 'band geek' somewhere in the name, but now theyre more likely to have 'kara' in them. im known as kara here, and to be honest, i relate more to that name now - its taken a lot of effort on my part to stop me calling myself kara in real life conversation.

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