choose a real new name for me

[fokse vektaire xeven]

you should look through the AD&D monster manual. there's some great names in there. Jubilex the Faceless Lord for example- though that sounds like some backpacker indie rapper

As someone with an unusual-ish name i'd go for something as utilitarian as possible. I've often thought about changing mine. names are magic- if you pick a strange one you kind of become it

Anyone remember that whole thing with the guy who changed his name to "Natwest Bank are a bunch of bastards" or something like that when he was in a legal dispute with them?

 

[mms]

how about Hugh Janus?

there was actually a teacher at my school called mike hunt.

 

[Leo]

maybe you should apply the "porn name" technique: your middle name and the street you grew up on (for example, if I were a porn star, my name would be dan langley). give it a shot!

also, i knew a guy with the last name zhao and he pronounced it "zow."

 

[zhao]

maybe you should apply the "porn name" technique: your middle name and the street you grew up on (for example, if I were a porn star, my name would be dan langley). give it a shot!

also, i knew a guy with the last name zhao and he pronounced it "zow."

no idea what street i grew up on... we moved a lot (sir move-a-lot?) your friend must be from Canton or Shanghai?

As someone with an unusual-ish name i'd go for something as utilitarian as possible. I've often thought about changing mine. names are magic- if you pick a strange one you kind of become it

don't tell me that's your real name. re: names are majik -- hmm... i suppose there is something to that. i've always thought of names as completely arbitrary and having no bearing on who someone is. but it does make sense that the connotations and subtexts and associations around a word you use to call yourself day in and day out must influence your self image or even behavior somehow...

 

[empty mirror]

My cousin named his kid Magic Kaya (with a weird last name at that).
I can't help but feel the kid must be doomed with that name in the middle of Ohio.

 

[Mr. Tea]

My cousin named his kid Magic Kaya (with a weird last name at that).

Your cousin needs a damn good slap.

 

[luka]

Luke Piehawker.

my name is luke and i actually am a pie hwker at present. i sell mince beef, chunky beef, and authentic ethnic treats scuh as thai chicken pie, tandoori chicken pie and mexican beef.

 

[zhao]

i like the name Luke.

ideally i would like to find something 2 or 3 syllabled, which is unusual but not too eccentric or anywhere near Burning Man territory... but maybe something that is not purely anglo saxon, which might be kind of Indian or Arabic or something.

my main problem with Leo is that it's too white. and not enough syllables.

 

[stelfox]

How about Barrington V Li? It's got a bit of everything, if you make the V stand for Vikram...
One question, isn't this going to be a massive pain in the arse for everyone, including yourself?
As you already have a name, I would assume that it will be very difficult for people to adjust to a new one.
I've always found name-changing a bit odd, to be honest, unless you are a criminal, a spy or a rockstar...

 

[noel emits]

Jubilex the Faceless Lord for example- though that sounds like some backpacker indie rapper

haha

 

[STN]

I'd recommend going with a Victorian virtue myself. Call yourself Temperance Wainthrop or something.

 

[noel emits]

Whatever happened to that confucius geezer?

 

[zhao]

Whatever happened to that confucius geezer?

oh i killed him off a long time ago. for while much of his teaching retains value, he nonetheless become not much more than a tool in the hands of the state.

One question, isn't this going to be a massive pain in the arse for everyone, including yourself?
As you already have a name, I would assume that it will be very difficult for people to adjust to a new one.

yes and no. i imagine those who know me as Leo will continue to use it, for some time at least. and when i meet new people I will use the new first name. and the process of a complete switch will be a gradual one. and it's not much of a big deal as i have only a handful of close friends in Berlin, and will surely make all new ones in London or where ever i go next.

but as of now I am about 75% sure i want to do this... if it's too much of a problem I'll just stick with Leo. it's fine i guess...

I'd recommend going with a Victorian virtue myself. Call yourself Temperance Wainthrop or something.

see this is why i decided to post this here. to get the british angle. but Temperance Wainthrop Zhao... no. keep going.

 

[fokse vektaire xeven]

don't tell me that's your real name. re: names are majik -- hmm... i suppose there is something to that. i've always thought of names as completely arbitrary and having no bearing on who someone is. but it does make sense that the connotations and subtexts and associations around a word you use to call yourself day in and day out must influence your self image or even behavior somehow...

i suppose was really thinking about birth names. if you call your child Tarquin he will grow up a different child to Thomas...and of course ritual magic is full of "naming"

still- its far from arbitary. if you choose your own name it takes on a different character to one conferred on you...

 

[Mr. Tea]

but maybe something that is not purely anglo saxon, which might be kind of Indian or Arabic or something.

Æthelweard Chandrasekhar?
Hrothgar bin Yusuf?

 

[STN]

Barnabas Collins?

 

[Mr. Tea]

That's too cool, I was thinking about the name 'Barnabas' just yesterday.

 

[Sick Boy]

My friend is in India right now and on his travels has actually met an American geezer by the name of Axel Rosen. Born BEFORE the formation of Guns N Roses.

Brilliant.

 

[STN]

One of my mates is called Axel. Tres rad.

 

[Mr. Tea]

So his name is an anagram of "Oral sex, ne?". Must go down well in Greek circles. (Lol, 'go down'.)