My 10 year old daughter wants to change her name, but I’m sure she will regret the new name
A mother asked for advice after her 10-year-old daughter said she hated her name and wanted to change it.
The woman said her daughter’s name is Kylie Rae, but she hates that nickname so much that she chose another name that she prefers.
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Go to Redditthe mother shared the story and the new name which was criticized by many as “stupid”.
She wrote: “My 10 year old daughter hates her name. Should I let her change it or let her wait until she grows up?
“I have a 10-year-old daughter named Kylie Rae (I wanted either Kyrie or Kiana, but both were rejected by her father, so we thought Kylie was a good compromise).
“I had no idea who Kylie Jenner was at the time (2014) and that had no influence on the “name.
“Rae was her middle name, named after my late good friend Rachel.
“She now hates her first name and wants to change it.”
The mother said her daughter now wants to officially change her name to ‘Angel’.
She added: “I’m looking for opinions on changing a child’s name at this age, where her school, friends and family all call her Kylie, to something completely different.
“I told her to wait and change it when she’s an adult.”
Many people advised the mother not to change her name to Angel.
One wrote: “Chances are, kids being kids, by the time she’s 13 she’ll think Angel is stupid too.”
A second added: “You can change it socially; call her Angel and stuff but I would wait until she’s 18 to see if she actually cares lol.”
Meanwhile, a third noted: “My daughter went through the same thing all the way to university.
“Let her have Angel as her nickname. Chances are she will change it every 6-9 months like my daughter did. She ended up sticking with her first name.”
How do you change your name?
THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO OBTAIN A DEED: NON-REGISTERED AND REGISTERED.
An unregistered name change is a simple legal statement stating that you have changed your name.
You can change your name yourself if you are over 16 years old.
With a registered deed of transfer you have your new name publicly registered. For this you must be over 18 years old.
All government agencies, including HM Passport Office and DVLA, will accept both an unregistered and registered name change certificate as evidence of your name change.
A 16 or 17 year old can change his or her name using an unregistered name change deed, but he or she will need two adult witnesses.
If a child – someone under the age of 18 – wants to apply for a registered deed, he or she needs the permission of anyone with parental authority or court order.
If everyone agrees, you can complete the forms on the gov.uk website and pay the fee.
But if you need a court order, that will cost an additional £215.
Are Unique Baby Names Worth It?
Fabulous’ deputy editor-in-chief talks about the problems she had with her name as a child.
As a child, I wanted nothing more than a personalized keychain with my name on it.
But it wasn’t. The closest I could get were Rosie, Joseph (not so nice for such a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, a French first name, and I’ve been in my twenties without ever meeting anyone with the same first name.
When I try to introduce myself to people I get called all sorts of random names like Tracey and Stacey and it can be quite annoying.
Although I’ve met a few Josies in the past year (there are a few around my age), it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends’ names.
Overall I don’t mind it, at least it’s not crude or spelled weird.
And that means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just calling myself Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my last name. It’s not considered cool or feminist these days. I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths because I always just say ‘Hi, I’m Josie’ when I call a friend.
I like being unique and I will definitely try to achieve this when naming my own children.
You have to watch out for the crude names, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I will definitely avoid them.
