I've been considering changing my name for a while now and I'm trying to find one that feels right to me and defines me better as a person and means something to me. And I cannot tell you how good it feels to hear other people share their own stories. I don't really relate to my name at all, it was just the name given to me by my parents. I don't mind being called by my name by others but I feel no confidence in saying it out to people and announcing it as my name. It's almost like I was given the wrong name. I don't relate to it much like someone who doesn't relate to their assigned gender at birth. It just feels wrong, like it is not the identity I want for myself. I'm just going to go through the process of finding a new name that feels right to me and I'll see how it goes. I don't know if I will go through with it, but I want to at least go through the process and see if I really want to change it or if it's just a phase.

In the philippines theres a kid named "Drink Water"

Tommy Lee Kirby looks like an actor. Like someone, who is famous. And he reminds me of Chris Pratt

That's interesting. The ones on the thumbnail are Kirby and Hal. Kirby is a Nintendo game that was developed by Hal Laboratory.

Joy Sunday... what a beautiful name, and story, and everything. she's beautiful

Joy Sunday sounds like a really cute name also she's so pretty! And the name Hal is pretty cool.

When I’m old enough I’m changing my name from Indiana to Clementine 💕

I plan to change my name.. partially because i don't like my name.. and partially because i dont think i fit it.

I've legally changed my name, the people from my past don't know about it as I've cut them out of my life. The situation I was in, I had no choice, for my peace, safety and freedom, I legally had to change my name. Being honest, I never liked my old name, and my current legal name is one I like to think the universe gave me. When I hear my old name or meet people with that name I'm reminded of the old me, the past version of myself or factors behind why I had to change my name. I've made peace with why I had to change my name, and there's people out there who still go by my old name. For a while, I wanted to hide it, but I'm now accepting that I shouldn't hide from my past. I don't feel bad or triggered when I hear my old name, I know my truth and why I had to do it

"you just gonna find yourself" ❤️

There are so many reasons for changing your name out there and I really appreciate the different perspectives. Our name is one of the most important things we have in life, that usually gets taken for granted, and it's really inspiring to see these people making it their own and so special to them.

tommy is such a handsome man, and also I wanna hug him; he has sort of a emotional tired look idk

I LOVE THIS So Much! As someone who has also changed their name this is a huge validation. My given name is Laura, but the name I choose is Spence. It's my family name, the name I was called in the Army, and later in college as a DJ. It fits me better.

As a young-ish Barbara, I’ve thought about changing my name as long as I can remember. Now that I’m in my 30s, I feel like maybe I’m too old/established, but I still cringe every time I see it. I think I’m going to take the plunge. I’m tired of everyone assuming I’m 80yrs old.

I'm changing my last name from my fathers to my mother's maiden name. My father was never really around and when he did decide to he would just kind of make everything about himself as to why he couldn't be a parent. So I decided on my mothers maiden name as a way to embrace my Irish heritage and as a way to show appreciation to the people who help raise me

initially i was joy sunday and now you can call me joy sunday? so what changed

My name is technically Sophia but when I turn 18 I'm going to legally change it to Sophia-Catherine. So now I'm watching videos of people who have changed their names...

Finally, a topic that makes damn sense, on the internet. Yup! I will watch more topic discussions as such. Hi, five! to all that contributed to this reality! this chapter will be positive for all. Hugs

Currently changing my name from Barbara to Brooke. I’m in my late 30s so some ppl think I’m crazy. It’s going to be hard since I’m so established in life and work. But I’ve never felt like my name belonged to me. I cringe when I had to say it…almost to the point of embarrassment. Every resume I put graduation dates so they wouldn’t assume I’m 80. I have zero regret other than wishing I’d have done it much sooner!

Watching this made me emotional. I want to change my name but after telling a few friends and hearing their reactions, I got scared. I'm going to do it anyway though

Fridolf is my middle name. All of my relatives find it ugly and don't want to associate with that name. It's a name passed down so many generations as a middle name in our family that we don't know its origins. Although I know Fridolf is not that uncommon today. I personally like it after all these years having to explain my weird middle name, it makes me who I am.

I’m non binary and youth, so legally changing my name isn’t it gonna happen for a long while. However, in school my parents agreed to allow my name to be changed in the register and now I’m trying to figure out what I want my new name to be. I have a few ideas: Charlie River Rowan Hero Jessie

The Thumbnail. 😂😂😂 Kirby... Hal... *Is Dying* Kirby is made by Hal Labrotories. 😂😂😂

Names are just labels...sure, you were given that name since birth but remember, it's your choice to change your given name to something that matches you perfectly, but be wise about it too, just look up any meanings of the names you like...if there's one name you like change it to that, whether it'd be your middle name, or other names you want to go by then do that .

When I'm old enough, I'm going to change my first name from Jayceoreana (My real first name) to Jaycee, which is actually the shortened version that I go by.

my name is so common and everytime i look in the mirror, i don't feel like it suits me. It doesn't even suit my aesthetic or personality. Ugh i hate it haha i wanna change my name to a unique name or an exotic name

I stopped using my birthname a decade ago but people still use it against me so I decided to legally change so I don't have to keep dealing with it moving forward.

Not me watching this after finding out that being called Sock gives me seratonin

Joy Sunday starring on Wednesday

I wish it was as easy to change your name in my country. Our laws regarding names are very strict so most people have to learn to live with their name, even though it might hurt them in some way...

My name was Sinead O'Connor, my ex father in law was James Bond and my uncle is John Kennedy. No Joke. Causes me alot more grief than you'd believe.

Joy Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This only has 75k views and guess what shes on one of the most popular shows on netflix right now

Such a lovely video!!

The reason for why I want to change my name is kinda embarrassing. I have a speech impediment and block extremely hard on my name 😩

This is so cute oh my gosh

I've never asked my halfbrother but I was wondering if he ever felt confidence issues because he found out later on in life who his father is, he changed his last name to mine and got married couple years later which seems way too fast

This is really helpful for me. Today I had a bit of a breakdown because I was wondering why I felt so much better by being called my preferred name vs my current name. I’ve gone by D, my preferred name, for four and a half years now and that’s almost 1/3 of my life. My parents were talking about it though and they didn’t understand why I changed it. Ended up getting incredibly upset with the conversation and now I’m having a bit of an identity crisis because I’m unsure why I feel such a burden of being called my old name. I just don’t like being called it because it doesn’t feel like me. I can’t tell if that’s a good enough reason. Do I need a reason other than that? I don’t want to be called my old name. I want to legally change it. I’m not old enough though and I can’t without parental permission. I never liked my old name as a kid and as soon as I entered middle school, I started going by D instead. I chose that because my friend called me DD. My old name also started with the letter. If anyone has advice or anything, I’d really appreciate it. I’m sorry for ranting.

Thanks for sharing your experience. A movie ruined my name and my name became a slang to design a certain type of person where i live. Resulting in verbal and physical abuse all my childhood. Now im happy in life but still i cannot stand my name anymore so im changing it. I need to turn a page of my life.

Loving this style!

I did not know i needed this but i did. This is so cute

I can not wait for my new name. Jerry Todd Coverstone will always be a part of me. But Ariel Jenifer Diamond is who I was always meant to be.

I hate my name so much a lot of ppl bullied me because of my name i hate it since i was a child, now am 33 yrs and still having the same issue Am scared how ppl will think about me They will think i don’t have self confidence, honestly I don’t know what to do but i hate my name so much.

I could literally feel Tommy Lee’s emotions through the screen. He didn’t need to explain what he went through. You could see it in his eyes

This is awesome! It really hits home with me.. growing up with the name Jan is hard for a boy, it’s even harder as a man… I’ve wanted to change it for a LONG TIME but can’t find the courage… it’s a double edged sword, on one side I hate my name and on the other, I’m scared of not being excepted by something other than the name I was given. Any advice or encouragement to make the change? Any good names? Thanks 🙏🏼

Can’t wait to change my name. Never liked it and people always hear another name other than the one I introduce myself as.

My name right now is Carrington, but I feel like it doesn’t fit me. I REALLY want to change it to Lottie:)

Even that simple name that we think its just a name has a story bheind it

why do comparies ask for your prefered name and then refuse to call you by your prefered name? I changed a derogatory female name to a non- derogatory female name. several very large companies ignored my request and argued with me that I cannot change from a derogatory name.

I’ve been wanting to change my name since forever. It has always felt wrong to me. Think of it like someone asks for your name, and you just blurt out something that someone else told you to say. There was this one time the counsellor at my school asked me and my friends for our names. Then she got to me, I say my name, and it just feels so SO wrong in every way. I wanted to say something else, but I just couldn’t. I sat on the floor and almost started crying at how wrong it felt to me. I couldn’t relate to the name whatsoever. And I still can’t. But me and my mom looked through our family tree recently and chose a name we both liked. We have talked about changing to that, and I would be so happy if we did. So now I’m hoping for the best.

I want to change my name from Lily to Anna. My full name is Liliana but I don’t like my full name and there’s too many people named Lily at my school 🥴

my birth name is Alaina, but it doesn't fit and i really want to change it to Parker but i haven't talked to my parents. it's really weird when it's not a transition or other gender change, but my moms cousin changed her name from Kaylee to Violet and if she can do it then i can :)

I loved this video! thanks to everyone for sharing their stories. I've never felt a connection to my given name ever since I was five, the name I chose for myself is Dolores, I've used it exclusively since 2019. I can't wait to change it, I love introducing myself as Dolores, it fills me with joy and happiness. I also feel it's a way for me to start over after some traumatic events in my life. This video gives me confidence to change my name. Dolores

I can relate to the name change because me and my boyfriend are the only one wanted to be removed because we have been going through a rough years with our own parents

Huayin is a feminine sounding name. The hua in huayin means flower, right?

I went from Benjamin John Miller to Khahzjhahrahlee Zjhahwku Rahjeuwgah and I feel like a new man. Healing my childhood trauma 1 step at a time. 😢

I changed mine because I got so invested in a character in a book with that name.

I live in the US, and I'm considering changing my name legally to a Mexican name since most of my friends are Mexicans. We communicate only in Spanish. My real name is not easy to pronounce, and I don't like it anyway. My fear is what if changing my name legally to a Latino name will cause me to lose my social benefits or, worse, racism.

I've been wanting to change my name, I don't know what too but I still want to keep my current name and have two middle names. My current name is Bria, and I love the name and it's also a family name, my great grandma's maiden name was Bria and I still want to keep it. (also Bria is my first name.) I just want to relate to my name personally, not because I'm changing genders or something.

I've never felt like an Alaina, and for a couple years i really loved and felt like i would feel more like myself as Sawyer (female) but then my cousin was born and named Sawyer and I still love the name but it's too odd to choose that now. Still haven't found a replacement, if anyone has a good name-finding site or method, let me know :)

Joy Sunday that's beautiful when the time feels right I think I'm going to change my first name to star as I feel it fits my personality better and make my other first name a middle name instead and keep my surname the same :)

I’ve changed almost all parts of my name at this point, but I don’t want to get rid of the love and care put into my name by my parents. My first name is a shortened version of my birth name, my first middle name is my own choice. It’s what I want to identify with, but I don’t want to lose my history, so I go by both. My second middle name is what my middle name was going to be before my parents changed it. It’s a shortened version of my dad’s name, and my mom chose it. And my last name is still the same. My old middlename is going to be one of my children’s names or middlename. I think names are beautiful, and I love mine!

My legal name is Mya but I have never liked my name. Its too popular now, it can't be a nickname and I don't feel the meaning is for me (it means mother). I have wanted to change my name instead to Alexandra (strong/warrior). But my family is not supportive and the actually hates the idea. I want to be true to myself but not at the cost of my family. Any help?

This is a weird reason but I swapped my first name and my second name because I always stutterd with my first name and it gave me social anxiety so I just avoided people to avoid the embarrassment and I just couldn't do it anymore so my first name is now my second name😂

My name is Makayla, but I want to change it to Yoonah or Kyung Mi I love everything about Korea so I wanted to have a korean name :) Korea is very special and personal to me. I can llegally change my name. I want to. I have no reason other than my parents over use it for negative things.. so I have negative reminders when my name is called... is this a good reason? can I do this?

My parents wanna add a second name but im not sure. I want it i guess but is it the right decision idk HELP ME

my father’s name is sunday too. joy’s sunday has a beautiful story.

When I move out for good, I’ll change my name to Rena then I can be who I really am instead of just referencing myself by my username. 😁

i was born kristen marie its now christian kathryn sue i changed it cause i hated being called kristen and cause we felt my so called dad was about to or thinking of signing me up for a bunch of credit cards and loans taking the money and leaving me in debt and sadly its vary believeable cause when i was 10-13 i lost my disablity check and insurance due to him gambling the funds away and bragging to his friends about doing so

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I'm about to change my last name because my mother didn't know who my father was so I got the last name of the guy she was with and they split when I was three and he wasn't around and an alcoholic. I have to begin my own lineage.

I’m indifferent to my first name and although have some sick names I could see myself with, I would never change it simply because it would be too weird. My surname on the other hand, i definitely will. I’ve always hated that children automatically get their fathers surnames at birth and considering that my mum did the majority of raising us I’d love to either change my name to her maiden name or hyphenate both parents.

I remember watching this video back then, crazy to know that I’ve watched joy in Wednesday now

I changed my name because I was given a unisex name and I HATED it. So I changed it to my regular feminine middle name.

I just hated the sound of my name Jordan. So i changed it too my middle name and threw that awful name Jordan where it belonged in the trash.

I changed my name too. When I was born, my parents gave me the name Yoanna, which means God-anointed, and I was named after Queen Yoanna of Bulgaria .But due to bad memories with this name (bad relationship with my parents, bullying at school) I changed it to Yana which means river.

I want to change my name for a new start as a nobody so maybe Sophie or Marina or Mira just calls me

Joy sunday..wow

Which of these names is your favourite... Golden Master Champion Paragon Obelisk Treasure Sceptre Sapphire Palace Throne

i wanna change my name cause everyone i meet forgets my name. they always mistake it for something else, everywhere i go. and i want it to be more neutral.

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i'm changing my name to sam when i get older.

my name is beatriz, but i wanna change my name to coco. it is a simple name but it has a meaning behind it. Both of my parents would call me "bebe koko" which is in tagalog. bebe meaning baby and koko, "ko" means my. so the literal name would be mymy baby. but to me it meant that I was their kid and I would always would be theirs.

I'm wanting to change my name to Dae, but it has taken a lot to feel like that's okay

I am of African ancestry born, raised in the west and given a western name. I am looking for an African name I can connect with.

I changed my name as well. Interesting to hear people’s reasons behind it

I’ve been wanting to changing my name since I learned how to talk. My name is Chantal (not going to say my last name so I changed it to the name I want) and I prefer to go by Annabelle Melrose. I told everyone on Facebook and social media and I’ve been going by Annabelle. But close family. I haven’t talked to them about the change in my identity. They still call me Chantal but I noticed that my aunt and my uncle is accepting so I’m happy. My sisters are totally supportive but they still call me Chantal. It just. I can’t change that. I’m Chantal with them. But now. I’m Annabelle to myself and to everyone else. My ex best friend didn’t like the change. That’s why we’re ex best friends. I supported her and I realize that she won’t put any effort in our friendship so I kinda distant myself. Now we don’t talk anymore. My current best friend is actually my step brother. His father is with my birth mom. Don’t know what’s going on with that but to us. We still consider family. We’ve been family since 2015 so he know who I am and I know him. We just never got to know each other because of the way we lived our lives. But the traumas we experienced helped us bond and become close. It was so good to have a friend in the family like him in my life. And I’m so happy to call him my best friend. Also, he knows that I don’t like to called Chantal and the name I used to go by for about half a decade didn’t seems like a good name for me. We wanted a name that’ll make me seems more like me. I’m a elegant, shy, quiet person who has a hint of destruction. I’m also very adventurous and a daydreamer. So Annabelle Melrose was born. I picked Melrose because I wanted to keep my last name initial the same but also make it more beautiful. My favourite flower is rose. I know. Cheesy. But yeah. I picked Melrose. Picking the name Annabelle was hard, because I wanted to have a name that I can pronounce. And I always loved the word Anna so I asked, “what about Anna?” He looked at me and said that it’s too modern so I asked, “Annabelle?” He loved it. And I added, “I like to go by Annabelle, Annie, Anne, or Anna.” Even now. I’m still happy with my new name. I even might add “Belle, and Bella.” lol

That Kirby Guy Is Going to Get Sued By a Video Game Company.

I want to change my name from Ava to bee, there has been so much trauma and hurt to the name Ava it never suited me and I’ve wanted to change it for years but I’ve only started talking about it over the past 2 years, another reason is that I was named by a person who has no right to be in my life anymore and who I would love to forget about. I have no reason why I have typed this out but yeah

I'm thinking of changing my name from Hali to Rae (Rae is my middle name so it wouldn't be completely different)

I saw Kirby and HAL, so I clicked lol

I don’t like telling people my name, but I’m planning on changing my first name to my middle name and changing my first name to either Robert or Johnathan, I haven’t decided yet. There’s lots of reasons why I want to change my name to either

I've been thinking about changing my name for a while now because I feel that it just doesn't suit my appearance nor my personality at all (my name now is Ava Aurora; though, I don't mind my middle name, it's just my first name that I hate). I also hate the way it sounds; people say I have a very pretty name, but I hate it. Every time I hear someone call my name, it's like nails on a chalkboard assaulting my ears. It's also way too popular. Everywhere I go, there's always like three other girls with my name, and I'm sick of hearing it. Even as a little girl I've never liked my name, and introducing myself to people with my birth name makes me feel uncomfortable and I'm not confident in it at all; so, I just introduce myself with a different name to avoid feeling insecure. I told my mother that I want to change it, but she gets mad and says she doesn't want me to, even as an adult. My father, however, is completely okay with it and even gave me some examples of names that I could choose from. I've been looking into many names for a long time that really suits me as a person, and I've finally decided that I want my name to be Parvati Hel. I feel it suits me so much better than my given name and it really describes me well. I don't care what my mother thinks, I'm going to change it because it's my name and my life. I don't want to live the rest of my life having a name that I hate. I can't wait to change it so that I can actually feel confident and proud when I introduce myself! I apologize for how long this is, I just had to vent haha.

I plan on changing my first name to my nickname... And since Im aro ace, I can't change my surname by marriage... Thats why, I will also be changing my surname... I dont what it will be yet tho...

I want to change my middle and last name

My middle name was changed when I was adopted.

i never liked the name megan its not me i wanted to change it to my middle name violet since i was a child and then my cousin took the name for his daughter the others were willow and freddie which now i have cousins called that any other name i like i cant connect to the same how did you all find the name that fit you

I'll change my name because it has a negative connotation. It is Osama. I am changing it to Sam or Milan.

My first name is Bailey and im male. should i change it?

I never really loved my name I wanna change to Maxiene short for max.

If I started to live in the USA or UK I would chage my name to Madison, i think it sounds so strong and beautiful at the same time, I love my birth name but I also would love to be named Madison 😆