I changed my name two weeks ago after a lifetime of teasing and hassle and I am so unbelievably comfortable and happy for the first time in my life. My name was Juliet - an uncommon name when I was born, that everyone has always told me is beautiful which made me feel better but also made me feel so conflicted about changing it. I finally, finally after so many years went with my gut “but I don’t like it…” feeling and ended up changing it to Julianne formally, but Lia for everyday use. (I wanted to stay with having a less used first name, but have a really common nickname I wouldn’t have to repeat twice when introducing myself to people.) It has felt so incredibly good to tell people I’ve changed my name to Julianne and to introduce myself to new people as Lia. OMG. I don’t have the words to explain how much better it feels to have a name YOU, not everyone else, likes.
For what it’s worth though, regarding Chantilly because I laughed at the discussion above - I found that name for the first time a few weeks ago when I was brainstorming names for our new baby and I thought it was so sweet and pretty, and it was like angels were singing in the background while I immediately went to google and read everything about such a beautiful name… and the first thing I read was the Nameberry “soft porn” description, and the angels came to a record scratch stop and I was like “Wait what!!!” LOL. So obviously I think that’s a fine name 