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/lit/, have you ever wanted to change your name? Embody that worldly literary character you always wanted to be? I was thinking about it - and I don't have particularly strong family ties, so I was thinking of changing my last name too. What are some of your favorite last names?

Do you, when meeting someone/reading a book, make predictions on their personality? I just met a woman named Katherine recently - and she was unbearably rude and shrewd, which was hysterical to me and made her presence much more bearable (Taming Of The Shrew).

I think I'm partial to names like Wintermere or or Byron or Verdant (or maybe Vermont? my name translates to this roughly). I think the first two are a little too canonical for me to pick, though. What do you think?

Pic related, one of the greatest names of all time.

>> No.3110077

What's your name right now, OP?

>> No.3110081

>>3110077
This is maybe a little personally identifiable, it's not too common. It's Moriyama.

>> No.3110110

>>3110081
Pretty nice last name, OP. Don't see why you'd want to change it.

>> No.3110115

It sounds like you prefer English names to Asian ones. Might as well go with Vermont, if that's what your name is once you Anglicise it.

>> No.3110124

>>3110110
Thanks, I was only thinking of changing my last name, my first one I certainly am (not going to post that though).

I was curious if you guys heard any really great ones as well, for writing's sake. I'm surprised how many people have names they loathe but never choose to change them, when people could quite easily choose a more vibrant one.

>> No.3110126

How do you know that the author isn't using that name ironically? Like when some people call a bear-mode guy tiny

>> No.3110130

I'd like to change my name. I'd go by my middle name but it's a huge hassle to change everything now.

>> No.3110133

>>3110068

>have you ever wanted to change your name?

Yes.

>Embody that worldly literary character you always wanted to be?

No. That is lame.

I'd rather actualize my own potential.

>> No.3110134

I've been wanting to for a long time. It's a huge hassle though, so I'm taking my time. I just constantly use aliases, each more boring than the last.

>> No.3110137

>>3110126
Sometimes that's the fun of it.

>>3110130
I already started going by a pseudonym in real life, it feels liberating. I haven't done the legal work yet, though.

>>3110133
Care to elaborate? I mean choose a name that represents or maybe describes you.

>> No.3110141

>>3110137
If I do get it changed I think I'll change it to Daniel. My middle name is shared by my father who I want to remove any ties with (including why I want to change my first name) and a real life acquaintance as well.

>> No.3110142

Always liked Atticus

>> No.3110144

>>3110142
agreed, but the association with TKAM is very strong

>> No.3110145

There's a good passage in Waugh's The Loved One where an actress says how once you change your name you will want to keep changing it as your tastes change

>> No.3110148

>>3110141
If you are fine with every asshole in the country calling you "Dan the man" everyday for years, go right ahead.
Source: Daniel by birth.
On topic, I would change my name to (middle name) Cash. I just like nondescript, traditional, rootless names. Nothing that sounds like you are naming a WoW toon.

>> No.3110149

I've recently started really liking the name Percy.

But that's probably because of Percy Shelley.

>> No.3110155

asking your parents why they chose your names can be pretty humbling, like a flavor of the month actor/ess.

>>3110149
nice name, but very English. I feel like American normalfags would not accept it.

>> No.3110157

>>3110145
Since I started blatantly lying about my name to every new person I meet, I've got through at least 15 names. They mean less and less each time, to the point where names are completely pointless anyway.

>> No.3110159

>>3110157
This sounds like a great semiautobiographical novel

>> No.3110165

>>3110148
My current name is a synonym for friend. I hear it all the time and always think they're speaking directly to me.

>> No.3110170

>>3110165
I have a name like that too. I get that feeling of surprise when someone calls your name for so many things and it is really annoying and unsettling

>> No.3110204

>>3110170
Bitches love my name but I hate it. I don't even know what's appealing about it.

>> No.3110286

>>3110204
What is it?

>> No.3110291

My name is awful, so for a while I have been thinking about going by my last name. I just moved to a new city a couple months ago and don't know too many people so in theory I could probably pull it off. For some reason I would feel like i'm deceiving people though.

My last name is Davenport by the way. I think it sounds cool in a sort of old distinguished manner. Sort of like Heathcliff. I'm a pretentious ass though right?

>> No.3110294

>>3110291
No, that's definitely a good name. Apparently it's a type of sofa.

>> No.3110297

>>3110291

What's your first name?

>> No.3110298

If I ever move countries, I'm going to call myself Peter.

>> No.3110300

I always use psuedonyms. Hearing my name shouted by the crowd of girls: "Hey ****", whom I regaled the night before in drunken ecstasy, running fearfully from them disgusted by my own antics, in the gaudy light of day.

>> No.3110301

>>3110297
Don't want to be giving that out on 4chan (even with lit's mostly harmless nature) but rest assured it's a terrible name, a synonym for a penis in some runs, and given to me by my parents because they wanted me to be a professional football player...So yeah.

>> No.3110303

>>3110301

Johnson Davenport?

Richard Davenport?

Dickie Davenport?

Rod Davenport?

Am I getting close?

>> No.3110307

>>3110303

Wait, it's Roger, isn't it?

Roger Davenport?

>> No.3110310

>>3110301
I'm going to imagine it's Dick Davenport. That's pretty bad. Sorry. Davenport is nice of course.

>> No.3110321

>>3110310
it's none of them. It's not a commonly used name for a dick but it is certainly used in some countries.

>> No.3110332

>>3110321

Well, if you change your firsst name, make sure it's to something monosyllabic.

>> No.3110331
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3110331

>>3110068
>being named after a greek god
>mfw

>> No.3110338

>>3110159
Well maybe all those lies will be good for something after all.

>> No.3110341

>>3110332
I don't plan on it. I think I'm just going to go exclusively by my last name socially. Legally nothing will be changed.

>> No.3110342

When my novel's published I'm dropping my last name and using my middle instead. Has a much better ring

>> No.3110356

>>3110342
When my novel is published I'm dropping my whole name and will be known my a symbol like Prince.

>> No.3110358

>>3110356
im changing my name to the concept od solemnity.

>> No.3110367

>>3110358

I'm changing my name to big black cock

>> No.3110401

if you're changing your name because you hate your father it's weird to change it to something that's a translation of his name

i hate my father too, but i've decided that it's my fucking name, he never did anything good with it. i suggest you do the same.

>> No.3110610

Boss pic of Hekotormos you got there OP.

>> No.3110614

ha ha

hate my father
no he said to me I should change my nae
and disinherited me

but I knew that wold always be the case because I am my own and, and have different idea to him