# A Poll: Should I Change My Doper Name? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349 "2004-12-31T01:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/1 "2004-12-31T01:30:46Z")
Change merely for the sake of change doesn’t make a lot of sense. Staying-the-same merely for the sake of staying the same doesn’t make any better sense. There should be a sound reason for the decision one way or the other. I have recently come out as transgendered. I identify as a woman rather than as a man. Discussing it here on the SDMB, I got the feeling that my name Jomo Mojo doesn’t fit all that well any more. Maybe I should get a more recognizably female name? I know you’ve gotten used to me as Jomo, but it just doesn’t seem to fit any more. (Also, I’m sick and tired of being erroneously associated with that damn cartoon monkey; my name predated that cartoon by many years and had nothing to do with it.) I have E-mailed our most noble and beautiful Mod, TubaDiva, and she approved the change should I decide to go ahead with it. So what say, Dope community? Yea or nay? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/2 "2004-12-31T01:35:00Z")
Forsooth, I say, it mattereth not whether we likest thy name or whether we utterly abominate and despise it; yea, it mattereth only if thou likest it, and thou alonest. (BTW, where resideth thee?) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/3 "2004-12-31T04:27:09Z")
I think you should change your name to **Mojo Jojo** , if for no reason other than that’s what I always see. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/4 "2004-12-31T04:34:27Z")
What **Lord Ashtar** said. Mojo Jojo and the PPG pwnz ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/5 "2004-12-31T04:37:27Z")
Now that I know you don’t like the psychotic simian and that it isn’t a tribute, I think you should change it! If I were going to change my name to a female name, I would pick Marigold. ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/6 "2004-12-31T05:05:48Z")
How about **Dea Linguarum** or **Domina Linguarum**? WRS ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/7 "2004-12-31T08:57:03Z")
You’re a linguist, aren’t you? How 'bout **Unvoiced Velar Plosive**? Or **Alveolar Trill**? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/8 "2004-12-31T12:17:13Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > **Mojo Jojo** , if for no reason other than that’s what I always see. ARRRGHGH! That does it. :mad: As I mentioned in one of the transgender threads, my girl-name is Hannah, and there aren’t enough palindrome names around here… Poll closes at midnight tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/9 "2004-12-31T12:43:41Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > You’re a linguist, aren’t you? > > How 'bout **Unvoiced Velar Plosive**? Or **Alveolar Trill**? Or **Labial Fricative**? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/10 "2004-12-31T13:26:33Z")
As for palindrome Doper names, I must acknowledge that **I Love Me, Vol. I** is the palindrome king. **Eve** is another palindrome, and also a simple girl-name. **Eve** is my Doper heroine and worthy of emulation. > [@WeRSauron](#): > > How about **Dea Linguarum** or **Domina Linguarum**? Hmm, ‘the Mistress of Tongues.’ Sounds naughty. :eek: If I ever go for a black-leather persona, I’ll keep that in mind. The Latin adds a certain Eurogoth flair. Like in _The Ninth Gate_. > [@pokey](#): > > If I were going to change my name to a female name, I would pick Marigold. Oh, that’s so pretty. Go for it. Was **Gumby** already taken? “Why would you eschew clever wordplay and arch pop culture allusions and pick a plain girl-name like Hannah? You’re into palindromes? You’re into mid-20th-century Jewish women philosophers? You’ve seen the movie _Hannah and Her Sisters_ one too many times?” No, actually I’ve never even seen that movie. In fact, the name Hannah is based etymologically on both my maternal grandmother’s name and my original name. Sometimes, simple is smartest. Like a little black dress. As for mid-20th-century Jewish women philosophers, I think Simone Weil is cool, but the name Simone doesn’t work for me. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/11 "2004-12-31T13:32:55Z")
**Hannah Arendt**? ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/12 "2004-12-31T14:49:55Z")
I say change! **Hannah Godda Devita**? ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/13 "2004-12-31T18:20:09Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > **Labial Fricative**? I’ll second this suggestion. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/14 "2004-12-31T18:23:20Z")
How about **The Cunning Linguist**? ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/15 "2004-12-31T21:38:22Z")
> [@Jomo Mojo](#): > > As I mentioned in one of the transgender threads, my girl-name is Hannah, and there aren’t enough palindrome names around here… Hey, I’m doing my part! Of course, something simple like **Hannah** may well be the way to go, as long as it isn’t taken. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/16 "2004-12-31T22:17:05Z")
**Hannah JoMoJo** ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/17 "2005-01-01T06:21:24Z")
Thanks for your replies and suggestions, everyone. The ayes have it! Please give a warm welcome to Ms. **Hannah** (a new butterfly peeking out at the world through a little aperture in her chrysalis). Thanks to **Tuba Diva** and Happy New Year to our wonderful Dope community. Time to quote Tennyson: \*Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.\* ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/18 "2005-01-01T20:18:53Z")
Whoops, I seem to have hit a speed bump on the way to the new me. **Tuba** informs me that the name Hannah was already used once, briefly. No duplications: this is the Straight Dope, not the Straight Dupe! I requested the name Johanna, which rhymes with my first choice, and comes from a great Bob Dylan song. Hope that will fly. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/19 "2005-01-01T21:51:05Z")
Don’t forget to post here under your new name! ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349/20 "2005-01-01T22:06:27Z")
Another vote for **Mojo Jojo**. It fits the bill and it will be easily guessable by people who know you by your current name. **Labial Fricative** sounds like a medical condition. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-should-i-change-my-doper-name/282349.md?page=2)