# Needs help choosing a name

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-help-choosing-a-name/624218>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 5, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-help-choosing-a-name/624218 "2012-06-05T23:15:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Dpsnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Dpsnz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dpsnz)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-help-choosing-a-name/624218/1 "2012-06-05T23:15:54Z")

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Here goes,

I was born Khan Richards, have no problem with the surname, and have been sternly advised not to touch it. However I have never been fond of my given names. Through childhood and high school I didn’t go to great lengths to hide them, but have since gone under the name Doug, which was given to me as a nickname by a group of friends, and stuck.

I’m bow