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Thanks! That's a good point, but I do think that first impressions matter to some extent, and names contribute to first impressions (at least if we're talking about academic publications, since name + institution is often the only information you have about someone when reading a paper). Also, I should have added that I'm looking for a new 'work' and 'social' name, while my original given name will be used with my family and my closest friends. Sort of like a pen name. I edited the post to make this clear. Thanks again for your thoughts though!!

This message was edited 3/18/2022, 7:46 PM