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in reply to a message by Daividh
"Many cultures have had a "coming of age" name change, and perhaps we should provide for youths at 12-13 and later as young adults at 19-21 to get a freebie name change if they so desire. (Few 22 year olds would want to live with a name they thought desirable at age 12, but the option for a junior high name change would spare them some adolescent cruelty.)"
**** That sounds to me like the most practical solution I've yet heard, for children who may have been given unmanageable names by their parents.
Speaking from personal experience, I changed my own name from "Nanaea" to "Nan" when I entered college. Nowadays, though, I find myself going back to using "Nanaea" again, and I appreciate it more now than I did when I was a teen.
I wonder how many other people there are, who go full circle with their given names -- changing them to something they find more manageable for their business or social dealings, only to come back to the original form of their given name later in life.
What's your story, Daivid? I remember you once posted that your mom had registered you for school as "David". Are you finding now that you appreciate your original given name of "Daividh" more?
-- Nanaea
**** That sounds to me like the most practical solution I've yet heard, for children who may have been given unmanageable names by their parents.
Speaking from personal experience, I changed my own name from "Nanaea" to "Nan" when I entered college. Nowadays, though, I find myself going back to using "Nanaea" again, and I appreciate it more now than I did when I was a teen.
I wonder how many other people there are, who go full circle with their given names -- changing them to something they find more manageable for their business or social dealings, only to come back to the original form of their given name later in life.
What's your story, Daivid? I remember you once posted that your mom had registered you for school as "David". Are you finding now that you appreciate your original given name of "Daividh" more?
-- Nanaea
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