I can’t reveal my first name but it is old-fashioned English–think Meredith, Esther, Olga, Gretchen…
My last name makes me too identifiable. It is an Ellis Island misspelling that makes me the only person on this earth with my exact first and last name combo.
I thought I would change it with marriage but I don’t think marriage is going to happen for me, at least not anytime soon, and I’m not putting anything on hold for it anymore.
I think with my old-timey first name I could afford a zany last name. I like Winter and Snow. I don’t want it to be too “out there” or difficult to spell, so I’m not going to do something like Zephyr, and I would like suggestions that aren’t too tied to a specific concept. Interesting enough but not excessively unique.
My background is Taiwanese and white American without ties to any specific country strong enough to pick a name from some European country I only have a bit of a connection to from generations ago. The white side is Irish, Welsh, and French. I am not trying to stand out excessively. I do not feel a strong connection to my Taiwanese side, and that could be its own post. I don’t want something commonly mispronounced. I was thinking something like Shaw? It might make my ex think I’m obsessed with him but he already thinks that so whatever.
If I was changing my name I would like it short and easy to spell and by that its obvious there is not wierd. I knew a person with the last name wolf and I thought that was awesome. its wolf spelt like the animal you can say on the phone. snow seems like it would be that way. I might say snow just like it sounds as I can’t think of snow like the weather or like the percipitate sounds that good.
if i was changing mine, i’d want something literally ungoogleable… something so common it gets completely lost in the crowd.
could have both. wolf is a little uncommon but smith is very common. Of course the issue with that name is the spelling which often has a y or e thrown in and like the profession may work but I dunno. feels a bit cumbersome.
Some of my friends just changed their last name to Rabbit. Easy, short enough, and cute
I go with shorter is better though. so one syllable better than two. With my first name Im asked what I prefer and I always respond with the one syllable version. Don’t get me wrong. rabbit is still good.
What if I did Hard? Dr. Hard sounds kinda cool
your a doctor?
I graduated last month and I’m doing a research year before applying for residency so yes I do have my certification, but I am not in a place to give advice to others.
ahh. the scrubs years.
I went into this field so I could wear PJs to work lol.
This is a whole nother post but the funding is not coming through and I think my lab at the cancer center might close. I’ve been begging my PhDs to go on the local news and kick up a little fuss, but they are camera-shy, and I would be comfortable being on camera but I don’t have knowledge of the ins and outs the way they do. So nobody is comfortable and knowledgeable enough to be the face of our lab. We need a charismatic leader and can’t find one amongst our ranks.