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Started by Joe., February 25, 2013, 01:23:29 PM

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Joe.

For a long while I thought I was sure with Joey as my name. It fitted but now it's starting to remind me of my old name too much. Not many people know I was going to be called Joey so I can easily change it. I was thinking Josiah and Joey for short but I have no idea. I've read countless baby names websites but nothing fits and I'm getting worked up over this. I'm a guy, so why doesnt a name fit me?

Joey
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natastic

I totally share your frustrations, as I've gone through the exact same excercises (trolling name websites, feeling too connected to my birth name, feeling like *nothing* fits me).

And I still don't have an answer.....I've bounced around from Nat (given name, unisex enough to keep if I want) to Natalie to Caitlin to Lisa to Leah back to Caitlin to Catriona.....ad nauseum.

And nothing really feels right.

Currently I'm chewing on "Meredith" and for no rational or quantifiable reason, I like it.  I suppose what I'm learning is that no name will magically feel like it fits, at least in my case.  I just have to pick a thing, say it over and over again to myself, practice signing it, and either tell people to call me it, or simply toss it on the heap of discarded names.

Seriously, though, I feel ya man.  Re-naming oneself suxxorz.
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Joe.

It's horrible. I feel like I have no identity because I can't choose a name. I know I am using joey for now, but I now realise that that probably isn't me. And I really need to find out what is me.

Joey
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Mohini

Being patient really helps, and just let it play.

My legal name is quite a mouthful, and for long I went with my first name, Mohini.

Then, for about more than half a year, I tried going as Raquel.

Then I tried as Raquel-Mohini. Mohini-Raquel...

Most of my friends got quite upset with me changing back and forth, and so I'm just sticking with Mohini now. I only used Raquel to please my own grandmother, AND my mother strongly disliked 'Mohini'.  :P
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JulieC.

I know this isn't really any help but you look a lot like someone I know.  His name is Casey. 



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