Renaming Myself

[ladama]

My adoptive parents were the ones who gave me my legal name. I’ve never, [name_u]EVER[/name_u] liked it all. I don’t even like writing it and saying it out loud is worse… I don’t have too many positive opinions of my adoptive parents either.

So I’ve been going by the name my birth mother intended to give me for about 3 years. But now, it’s a name that I’ve come to hate as well.

To make a long story short, I’d like to distance myself from my adoptive parents and my birth mother and the first step in doing that is renaming myself. The only problem is I don’t know where to start.

Some advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

[eliane]

[name_f]Do[/name_f] you know what kind of naming style do you lean towards? Or if you have a few names that mean a lot to you personally? Or if there is a certain pattern in names that you like (for example, I like L-names)? Answering such questions could help you narrow down the options. As a start I could give you some of my favorite names as I don’t know anything about your preferences.

[name_u]Lynn[/name_u]
[name_u]Dakota[/name_u]
[name_u]Billie[/name_u]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_u]Pen[/name_u]
[name_f]Nadezhda[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_u]Raven[/name_u]
[name_f]Robyn[/name_f]
[name_u]Tristen[/name_u]
[name_f]Wednesday[/name_f]
[name_u]June[/name_u]
Héloïse
[name_m]Berlin[/name_m]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
Madita
Lillemor
Desislava
[name_f]Elvira[/name_f]
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]
[name_f]Carol[/name_f]
[name_f]Merilyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Velvet[/name_f]
Peppilotta
Morana
[name_f]Fawn[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_f]Dawn[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Malina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lotta[/name_f]
[name_f]Winnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlize[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
Foxglove
[name_u]Galway[/name_u]
Iskra
[name_f]Harlow[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
Nevena
[name_m]Rune[/name_m]
Ralitsa
Rusalka
Snezhana
Velvella
Stoina
[name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Zvezda[/name_f]
[name_f]Taina[/name_f]
[name_f]Thyme[/name_f]
[name_f]Tiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Vienna[/name_f]
Kalyna
[name_f]Lelya[/name_f]
[name_u]Harley[/name_u]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]/[name_u]Gaby[/name_u]
[name_f]Ligeia[/name_f]
Morella
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Natasa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sappho[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]

[name_m]Wes[/name_m]/[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Allen[/name_m]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_m]Branson[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] ([name_m]Eddie[/name_m])
[name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrest[/name_m]
[name_m]Grantham[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
Hjörtur
[name_m]Niles[/name_m]
[name_u]Roan[/name_u]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]/[name_u]Willie[/name_u]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]/[name_m]Fred[/name_m]
[name_m]Rurik[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodoric[/name_m]
Valko
[name_m]Aart[/name_m]
[name_m]Karl[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_m]Oskar[/name_m]
Petterson
[name_m]Karlsson[/name_m]
Findus
[name_m]Odin[/name_m]
[name_m]Thor[/name_m]
[name_m]Anderson[/name_m]
[name_m]Stewart[/name_m]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]

[lu_brasil]

Some ideas:

Pick a classic: 8-year-old Grace? 80-year-old Grace? Both possible and not weird. You can’t go wrong with a classic name.
Margaret, Mary, Anne, Maria, Elizabeth, Catherine. John, Joseph, Andrew.

Pick a name from the top 100 names from the year you were born: even if it’s not a classic, it will sound natural (e.g. a 90s Ashley).

Pick a name with a special meaning: you love flowers? There is Lily, Rosamund and Calla and many more (Jarred).

Pick a name with a meaning which inspires you: maybe you aspire to be a cientist like your idol, Rosalind Franklin, therefore Rosalind, Rosaleen and Ross are great options for a given name.

Just pick a name you like

Some questions: You can start eliminating names by knowing what you do not want as: it’s ok if the name sounds like your soon-to-be-previous given name? Are you ok with nicknames? Do want a nickname? When you were a kid, did you have a fake name when playing? Or a favorite doll?

[elifsu]

I could be helpful if I know what names you like? Nature? Space related? Classic? [name_u]Unique[/name_u]? I am going to post a long list (from my own lists) for you to judge which ones you like/dislike

[name_f]Adalin[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnesa[/name_f]
Alara
Alchemilla
Alecto
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
Almila
Aloulette
Alpike
Alpina
[name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f]
[name_f]Amabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_m]Arin[/name_m]
Asemin
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_f]Ayana[/name_f]
[name_f]Ayla[/name_f]
[name_f]Aylin[/name_f]
Belphoebe
[name_f]Calipso[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarisse[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
Dameris
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Diane[/name_f]
Dianella
Diellza
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Eluned[/name_f]
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
Femi
[name_f]Ferelith[/name_f]
[name_f]Ffion[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Francine[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Gillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Harlow[/name_f]
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]
Iklima
[name_m]Ilya[/name_m]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Jonquil[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
Kalise
[name_f]Kerenza[/name_f]
Liri
Loresima
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
Lulubar or [name_f]Lulu[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
Lunaria
[name_f]Lux[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
Magdali
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
Mariye
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]
Mavera
[name_f]Meadow[/name_f]
Meriyem
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]
[name_f]Narcissa[/name_f]
Nightingale
Odeta
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_m]Pan[/name_m] or [name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
[name_u]Penrose[/name_u]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_u]Rey[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Saoirse[/name_f]
[name_f]Semiramis[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
Sophio?
Suana
[name_m]Wes[/name_m] - it is unisex in Circassian
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
Tuana
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u]
[name_f]Violette[/name_f]
[name_f]Vittoria[/name_f]
Volina
Yiva
[name_m]Zeo[/name_m] - Turkish version of [name_f]Zoe[/name_f]

[luneth]

Start by making a list of names you like, that’ll help us to find you new suggestions as well.