https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:36:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-308438 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:35:43 +0000 MamaMoose 308438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a client who legally changed his name. Obviously I can't say what his new name is but oh man I wish I could. His given name was a totally normal name. He changed his first name to the name of a Sesame Street character and his last name to the name of a common household item. He did this in his 50s following what I believe was his 3rd divorce. SO WEIRD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-308379 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:09:56 +0000 calsmom 308379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I legally changed my first, middle, and last name when I got married. My old middle name is my new first name. I have a new middle name, and obvs new last name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-308356 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:59:33 +0000 mrs. wagon 308356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew a girl in high school who went from Kristen to Mia. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-308109 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:14:29 +0000 MrsCastro 308109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>me...well not legally...</p> <p>my legal name is my aunts name (moms sister) and my middle name is my moms name. Sister (11 when i was born) didnt like either name and started calling me something totally different. I have always wanted to legally change it but dont have the heart to. </p> <p>My current name means "little one" in spanish...granted i am the youngest of six. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-307537 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:14:58 +0000 autumnlove 307537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also had a cousin change his name from Michel to Michael! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-307531 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:11:49 +0000 mrsjyw 307531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep... a friend from church. Everyone called her one name, then I ended up at the same hs as her and found that everyone at school called her something else. </p> <p>There are several others who got "english" names later on in life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-307115 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:27:49 +0000 yin 307115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My birth certificate had my name mixed up. They combined and hyphenated my first and middle name into one big first name with no middle. I didn't discover this until high school when I had to bring my birth certificate and ssn card to the DMV. I was bummed but didn't legally change my name until after I married DH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-307105 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:21:24 +0000 Mrs. Blue 307105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second cousin changed her name. It was a super unusual, very childlike-cutesy name, and she switched to Lauren. Lauren was way better because she's a lawyer and the other name didn't sound like a professional at all. I always think about her when I hear certain names people consider for their kids. The name has to be able to grow with the person! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-307011 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:00:30 +0000 shopaholic 307011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cousin (a guy) was named Jean and hated it so he changed it legally (I think in elementary school) to Jim. Much better fit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306995 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:44:54 +0000 littlebug 306995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cousin did, for a little, but not legally. His name is Garth, and for a few years (in high school and just out of high school, I think) he changed it to Dejon. He went back to Garth at some point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306991 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:36:48 +0000 erwoo 306991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did. My parents just used my Chinese name and so that's what I used until Junior High. When we got our citizenship it was the perfect opportunity to pick my own name and change it and that's what I did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306987 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:31:56 +0000 BSB 306987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Similar to @regberadaisy: and @chopsuey19: , when I got married, I changed my Vietnamese name to the American nickname that everyone knows me by. My given name is now hyphenated with my given middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306890 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:28:16 +0000 heffalump 306890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: One day I was looking at old pictures of my grandma and turned one over and on the back it said "Lena." I was like grandma, why does this picture of you say Lena, your name's Lea! I was so weirded out that I didn't know my grandma's original name..... you think you know a person! </p> <p>Lilia is a pretty name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306875 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:58:12 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 306875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My aunt changed hers from Lynne to Lynn. She was just sick of people calling her Lynn-ee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306865 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:32:41 +0000 MsMini 306865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cousin switched her first and middle names legally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306859 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:18:49 +0000 chopsuey 306859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went from my Korean name (legal) to my nickname + husband's last name when I got married. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306854 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:13:03 +0000 BeachMama 306854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew a girl in high school that went from April to Molly.</p> <p>I also think my SIL changed the spelling of her name from Kirstin to Kirsten. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306794 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:01:29 +0000 Andrea 306794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My friend didn't like her Korean name so she changed to an American one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306789 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:55:28 +0000 tequiero21 306789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Believe my cuz changed it from her Korean to American name. Which is my name. She's a year older and I find it irksome that she uses that line when people r surprised we r first cuz. Well, I was born w that name! Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306767 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:07:02 +0000 SugarplumsMom 306767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: That's my mom's name! Well, it's actually her nickname. Her real name is Lilia. </p> <p>Speaking of which, my mom's birth certificate shows a completely different name. Apparently, the person writing it out really like a name and forced it on her certificate. My grandma had to travel a long way to register it and never bothered changing it, so my mom had to do it as an adult.</p> <p>I know 2 other people that's changed their names, both guys. One guy changed his Vietnamese name to Jason when he got naturalized as a citizen, the other went from Chris to Eric once he entered college, I don't think it's official though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306764 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:04:51 +0000 regberadaisy 306764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did :). When I was naturalized I kept my legal Chinese name and kinda regretted it. So when I got married I wanted to change my maiden to middle so I changed my first name to the name everyone knows me as anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306757 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:59:13 +0000 DillonLion 306757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh also a good friend of mine had her middle name legally changed and now goes by that middle name in social settings. She went from a Heather to a Davida </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306732 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:12:28 +0000 autumnlove 306732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: Flower children! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306725 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:58:56 +0000 oliviaoblivia 306725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A good friend of mine legally changed her name at age sixty-five. I still accidentally call her by her old name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306721 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:53:57 +0000 heffalump 306721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my grandma legally changed her name too from Lena to Lea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306720 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:53:17 +0000 heffalump 306720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My aunt changed her first name. I don't even remember what my grandma named her.... but she did officially go and legally change it. My uncle (not blood) changed his name too, but not legally. He just goes by something else.</p> <p>My cousin went and legally changed his middle name to the letter R. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306719 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:52:45 +0000 DillonLion 306719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My moms cousin went from Sharon to Sucheta around the same time as your art teacher ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-know-anyone-that-officially-changed-their-first-name#post-306717 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:44:22 +0000 autumnlove 306717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My high school art teacher changed her name from Susan to Sunshine in the 60s because she said it was a better fit for her! :-)</p> <p>I also know a guy who changed the spelling of his name in college. He went from Zachari to Zachary because he thought the i was too cutesy and he wanted a serious name on his business cards. I think he is a corporate attorney at a big firm now? </p> <p>Do you know anyone who changed their first name? </p>