Different Name... Different Life...

I am pretty sure that if I had kept the name my parents gave me I would be nowhere today. There was a huge battle in the family when I was named with some wanting one horrid name and others wanting another. So when I got old enough, I just changed mine to what I wanted it to be. Now that is who I am. I don't even know that other person. I don't know why people keep names they don't like.

People will be influenced by themselves. The name is just a signal, but the more important thing is that what is the good wishes for the given-named person. We don't have a chance to select our names when we are just babies. Of course we can do when we grown up.

But for myself, I will keep the name. Because it is a very cherish memory and it will never happen again. My grandfater named me when I was born but he is passed away now.

Hmm, I don't know. However I would have to guess it wouldn't make much of a difference, if any, so long as the name wasn't something drastically different where it might have caused issues for someone.

My parents planned to name me Kathleen June, because I was due in June. But I ended up being born in July instead so they named me something else. This name was still common enough so I didn't have any issues with my name growing up, other than it being a little plain. LOL

I am not quite sure in this fact whether a name can truly influence the life. atleast totally. i never liked my name. But i think having a nice name makes some changes in life. But there is saying that a name is name. by whatever nmae you call arose, it will be rose.

My name would also be different. My father has a different name in mind for me. It was not realized because he was away the time I was given my name. I think, there's nothing new actually if my name will be changed. I'm not also sure if there would be influences in it.

Hi there!

Well, I don't really feel the name would be so powerful. Only when I hear extremely strange names would I sympathize them. For example, one of my friends' friend's name sounds really like SPERM in Chinese. i just can't imagine how could SHE survive this, especially in traditional China.
And I also believe if she could survive this, she could survive anything else in this world.

So, don't deny yourself for a name, it's probably only a tag in your life.

Good day!

Hi aseretdd,

Hmmm....maybe we will have the same life..I am not sure either..LOL! But, the personality and attitude would be the same so most probably, it will still bring us to what we are right now because of the same traits...ANyway, I am also open for a contrary opinion..LOL! It's nice to talk about!
I have also that saint name which was insisted by my Grandma during my baptismal and they added it to my name, when I enrolled COllege, I had to remove it since it was not part of my name in my original BC!

I do not think so. We create our own destiny and it was not created for us nor affected by how we were named. We have choices, and these choices drew our paths we walked on.

You'll be amazed to know how much your name can influence your life. Parents sometime give the strangest name to their kid not knowing that it can have serious repercussions. I hope your name hasn't made your life difficult, if it did, you could change it for something else. Good luck...

Ohh yeah...

My given name was absolutely a horrible name. I won't even post it here! I was teased mercilessly and changed it legally when I was old enough to do so. I definately think I would have had a different childhood if I had had an acceptable name.