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threeplusfireThe last name I currently used is my married name. I didn't change it back after the divorce for a lot of reasons and one of them was vanity. I love this name. It suits me. I love to roll the Slavic vowels out, and I like to be able to introduce myself in Czech or Russian with a reasonable sounding name. It was my joke for awhile that I got married only to get that name. I can't figure out if it is more or less funny these days.
At some point in the future, I'll probably change it. It is a little strange to go on and on with a family name that belonged to someone I can't deal with anymore and represents a life that is not mine now. There's no going back to my maiden name, because I'm not that person at all anymore so it feels unwieldy to do so. So another name may be needed in the future.
I think if I were to change my name, just on my own, that I would like to do for something very serious and real to me. I'd take the name of someone who has influenced my world, like one of my favorite Czech authors or even my professor Hana. I'd like something like that. Having gone through the tedious process of changing my name once before, I'm better equipped for a second go round through the bureaucracy.
(No, I'm not going to change my name to Dostoevsky no matter how tempting.)
At some point in the future, I'll probably change it. It is a little strange to go on and on with a family name that belonged to someone I can't deal with anymore and represents a life that is not mine now. There's no going back to my maiden name, because I'm not that person at all anymore so it feels unwieldy to do so. So another name may be needed in the future.
I think if I were to change my name, just on my own, that I would like to do for something very serious and real to me. I'd take the name of someone who has influenced my world, like one of my favorite Czech authors or even my professor Hana. I'd like something like that. Having gone through the tedious process of changing my name once before, I'm better equipped for a second go round through the bureaucracy.
(No, I'm not going to change my name to Dostoevsky no matter how tempting.)
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Date: 2006-12-22 04:46 am (UTC)Names are more than just a collection of letters or sounds. That come with them an entire identity. I could not readily change my name to Poe or Shakespeare without drawing an obvious comparison. But I happen to know someone who changed their name and was always the happier for it.
You are who you are today by choice, my dear friend. Why not choose your name while you're at it?