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In reply to the discussion: Have You Ever Wanted to Change Your Name? [View all]Brother Buzz
(36,422 posts)13. When I was five I did change my name
I hated my given name because I was teased mercilessly about it, so I changed it to 'Tom'. I still have a couple of my first books with 'TOM' very boldly scribbled in them.
My brother put a stop to all that and started calling me Brother Buzz. Only my oldest friends and family still call me Brother Buzz, or Brother, or Buzz. I'm cool with Brother Buzz, and grew to accept my given name, but secretly, I still like 'Tom'.
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Honestly, I don't see the point in women changing their name to their husband's
ProudLib72
May 2019
#70
First and Middle, no. But have wanted to take my mother's last name for a long time.
Lady Freedom Returns
May 2019
#6
Yes. I always hated my first name. Ugly sounding, unusual spelling, just awful. It didn't help that
lunamagica
May 2019
#39
Orphie? I can't even...I did change it No one who didn't know me as a child even knows that name
lunamagica
May 2019
#41