# Should I change my name???

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-my-name/184510>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 26, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-my-name/184510 "2003-06-26T14:07:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-my-name/184510/1 "2003-06-26T14:07:36Z")

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Okay, when I first joined this board it was only to post in one thread so I wasn’t to bothered about thinking of a good username, thus I choose a very bad joke as my username. Now my username is staring to get on my nerves, so what do the teeming millions think, should I change it?

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-my-name/184510/2 "2003-06-26T14:09:30Z")

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Why does it get on your nerves? I like it fine. And you’ll confuse people. I did change mine, but it was just to add “Cherry.” I was plain Ellen before. So, low confusion factor.

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**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-my-name/184510/3 "2003-06-26T14:10:32Z")

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It makes me sound like a west coast rapper.

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**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-my-name/184510/4 "2003-06-26T14:13:52Z")

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btw the name I am thinking of changing it to is[Aeschylus](http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/aeschylus011.html).

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-my-name/184510/5 "2003-06-26T14:26:42Z")

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I think it’s one of the few names that I remember, which stand out (to me at least). Keep it.

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-change-my-name/184510/6 "2003-06-26T14:32:05Z")

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That sentence went horribly wrong. I’ll clean up a bit:

Keep it, because it’s one of the few names that stand out well.