Long Lists for You

There are a lot of threads asking the question along the lines of ‘If you had to rename yourself, what would be the perfect name?’. Sometimes this is hard so I wondered if people have long lists/shortlists of names they wouldn’t mind being called if they had the choice. Eg. I wouldn’t mind being called [name_f]Julia[/name_f] - I know it is not the perfect name for me and I wouldn’t seriously consider it but it would be on a long list of renaming names. I am also interested to know if these lists are similar to lists for babies or if naming an adult is a completely different ballgame.

While I love names like [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] and [name_f]Roxana[/name_f], I don’t think I could really pull them off. I don’t think any of the names in my signature would suit me!

I do really struggle to imagine myself being called anything but [name_f]Amber[/name_f], hmm. I’m a very quiet person. I think it would have to be a nature or colour name still. Something more muted, like [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Kara[/name_f], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_u]Darcey[/name_u], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_u]Marley[/name_u] or [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], I could probably wear. I’m not even a particularly big fan of those names, but yeah.

I thought about this quite a lot and longed to be called [name_f]Isabella[/name_f], which I think is silly now because I am nothing like an [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]! It’s a frilly, girly name and I am far from frilly and girly. I personally think I’d wear [name_u]Eden[/name_u] really well, but my name is [name_f]Eryn[/name_f] so they’re quite similar anyway. I went as [name_f]Kara[/name_f] before on another online site and I suited that too, I think it’s more of the no nonsense names that have no frill but are clearly feminine (exc. [name_u]Eden[/name_u], which isn’t ‘clearly’ feminine).

I don’t have any lists as such, just a few names stored in my memory.

I wouldn’t ever change my name, its [name_f]Amanda[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f], and I definitely don’t have a long/short list for myself. I have a general long list of names that I love that I would use if I ever did have kids (I’m just a teen and don’t plain things like that out!), to give suggestions whenever a family member is having a baby and asks (my uncle just did, but he named him after himself, [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Michael[/name_u]), and just names I like in general (for anything, dogs/other pets, myself, etc). But if I did make a list for myself, I’d pick something with nickname possibilities, like [name_f]Luella[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]/[name_f]Lulu[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] nn [name_f]Rosie[/name_f], [name_f]Arabella[/name_f] nn [name_u]Ara[/name_u]/[name_f]Belle[/name_f], [name_f]Analeigh[/name_f] nn [name_f]Ana[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] nn [name_f]Marie[/name_f]/[name_f]Goldie[/name_f], etc or just something I like, like [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_u]Blair[/name_u], [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], etc. I have most of these in my signature, there isn’t a name I’d choose for someone else that I don’t like myself.

[name_m]Just[/name_m] like [name_f]Amanda[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] above, I wouldn’t change my name either. By the way, is [name_f]Lu[/name_f]ísa.
When I was younger, I had a problem with my name which was: I simply didn’t like it. Today, I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] my name, but when I say out loud “[name_f]Lu[/name_f]ísa”, it doesn’t seem me, you know? The meaning represents me, however the sound…

My parents thought about naming me [name_f]Julia[/name_f] too, but they gave up, due family problems with this specific name.
I like the name [name_f]Livia[/name_f] and, already, answered by Luneta and Kaguya. Though, I wouldn’t give these names to any of my [future] children.

I don’t think I would change my name since it suites me really well. My guilty pleasure names are always long and frilly and I could never really pull that off But I could see myself with a similar kind of name: short, strong, and spunky. If I were going to rename myself, I would go with [name_f]Eve[/name_f]. I’ve loved it for a long time and it fits.