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Jesaroo
is not the girl you knew
Member since 5/05 14266 total posts
Name:
Jes
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Has Anyone Here...
or anyone you know....
legally (or not) changed their first name?
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Posted 7/2/07 8:01 PM  |
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Wendy
Wheeee!
Member since 5/05 13736 total posts
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My mother's birth certificate says Margaret ... but I believe the story goes, she was baptized Elizabeth.
She's gone by the name Betty all her life but all her legal things (her work ID/SSN, non-DL, credit cards) are Margaret Lastname.
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| Posted 7/2/07 8:14 PM |
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Jesaroo
is not the girl you knew
Member since 5/05 14266 total posts
Name:
Jes
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
i know a few ppl who go by hteir middle names actually (alittle different)
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| Posted 7/2/07 8:19 PM |
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Goldi0218
My miracles!
Member since 12/05 23902 total posts
Name:
Leslie
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My grandmother did. Her name at birth was Frieda. She had it legally changed to Lillian. She died before I was born and I was named for her with the "L" initial and her Hebrew name.
DH's grandmother had her first name legally changed too.
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| Posted 7/2/07 8:21 PM |
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MissJones
I need a nap!
Member since 5/05 22150 total posts
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My uncle dropped off his last name and goes by his middle name as his last name. IE: Robert Jackson Clark became Robert Jackson
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| Posted 7/2/07 8:26 PM |
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MsMBV
:P
Member since 5/05 28602 total posts
Name:
Me
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
yes. my name was hyphenated with my middle name (how 70's  )
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| Posted 7/2/07 8:49 PM |
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Phyl
R.I.P. Sweet Mia ♥
Member since 5/06 28918 total posts
Name:
The Mystical Azzhorse! ™
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
Posted by MsMBV
yes. my name was hyphenated with my middle name (how 70's )
Ha ha So true! I knew a lot of hyphens back in the day! 
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| Posted 7/2/07 8:51 PM |
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
Mom mom changed her first name during childhood. She hated her name and my grandma must have agreed.
I know a lawyer who handles name changes in the city. He loves what he does. He has represented aspiring actors, models, transsexuals. He loves that each person who does a name change usually has a story.
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| Posted 7/2/07 9:50 PM |
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Gertyrae
Peace out Homies!
Member since 5/05 20046 total posts
Name:
Gerty ®
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
A very close friend of mine found out right before her wedding that her name on her birth certificate was spelled differently from the way she had been spelling it her whole life.
So she had it legally changed to the spelling she had been using.
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| Posted 7/2/07 11:20 PM |
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Gertyrae
Peace out Homies!
Member since 5/05 20046 total posts
Name:
Gerty ®
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
Posted by Wendy
My mother's birth certificate says Margaret ... but I believe the story goes, she was baptized Elizabeth.
She's gone by the name Betty all her life but all her legal things (her work ID/SSN, non-DL, credit cards) are Margaret Lastname.
My Ex's name was John Timothy and noone knew it...everyone thought his name was Tim and he went by Timmy.
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| Posted 7/2/07 11:21 PM |
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mrswask
Pookie Love
Member since 5/05 20229 total posts
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Michal
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
When my grandpa came to the U.S. from Germany, he changed his first and middle names.
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| Posted 7/2/07 11:22 PM |
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Palebride
I am an amazing bakist
Member since 5/05 13673 total posts
Name:
Lori
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My grandmother changed her name from Elizabeth to Pearl....and then from Pearly to Mona.
She was a little wacky.
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| Posted 7/3/07 4:29 AM |
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SweetTooth
I'm a tired mommy!
Member since 12/05 20105 total posts
Name:
Lauren
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My mom used to go by her middle name when she was younger.
My grandmother was born in Russia and her name was Mania. When she came to the U.S. it was "Americanized" to Mona. When she met my grandfather he thought she looked like an actress whose name was Claire, so he started calling her that. All my life I thought my grandmother's name was Claire. I only learned it was actually Mania/Mona when I was around 20.
My dad also "Americanized" his name when he moved to the U.S. when he was a little boy.
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| Posted 7/3/07 7:10 AM |
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MrsBlueSash
Love my sailor
Member since 6/05 5793 total posts
Name:
Christian
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My mother legally changed her name when I was in 5th grade. It was Margaret, which she always hated, and she changed it to Marie. Her mom and dad were very hurt, but her mom went with it. Took her dad a little while longer to accept it. Personally I think it was a slap in the face to her parents and my mother is mentally ill (no kidding) so it was just another way for her to act out.
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| Posted 7/3/07 10:44 AM |
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CaseyGirl
Mommy to 3 Boys :)
Member since 5/05 19978 total posts
Name:
Jen - counting my blessings...
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
Anyone remember the King of Queens episode where Arthur tells Carrie that he traded names with her cousin - I think he lost a bet or something
I know someone whose name is Franklin Chase but he has always gone by Chase.
Eta: my paternal grandparents changed the spelling of their last name to "de-Germanize" it, since they were in the midst of WWII.
Message edited 7/3/2007 10:47:23 AM.
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| Posted 7/3/07 10:46 AM |
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eroxgirl
My Loves
Member since 5/05 15697 total posts
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Rebecca
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My great grandmother changed her name when she came here, but I'm not sure which name came first - Celia or Sadie. But she had both.
My grandmother changed her name 4 or 5 times, but never legally as far as I know. If you lined up my dad's birth certificate with his sisters', you'd see a different mother's name on each even though they all have the same parents.
And my cousin had her name changed as a small child to Bambi and then she changed it as an adult to something less porn-star-ish. Legally.
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| Posted 7/3/07 10:52 AM |
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BabyAvocado
Happy New Year
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My mother did.
I also know alot of people that go by their middle names.
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| Posted 7/3/07 10:55 AM |
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dgirl
LIF Adult
Member since 5/07 1079 total posts
Name:
Danielle
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My friend became really religious and now goes by her Hebrew name. It took her friends from Junior High (like me) a little time to get used to it but that's all she goes by now.
I am not sure if she changed it legally.
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| Posted 7/3/07 11:09 AM |
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babymakes3
Almost there!
Member since 7/06 7376 total posts
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My aunt was named "Casey" but my uncle (her younger brother) couldn't say it correctly. He always said "Kiki". Her whole family started calling her that and she legally changed it a few years ago, after about 35 years of the nickname.
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| Posted 7/3/07 11:10 AM |
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Jesaroo
is not the girl you knew
Member since 5/05 14266 total posts
Name:
Jes
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
Posted by ssdbk
I know a lawyer who handles name changes in the city. He loves what he does. He has represented aspiring actors, models, transsexuals. He loves that each person who does a name change usually has a story.
do you know about how much this costs?
i just want to drop off the "sica" at the end of Jessica and just be Jes.
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| Posted 7/3/07 11:18 AM |
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jozieb0925
Double Trouble!
Member since 5/05 4358 total posts
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Josie
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
No, but I have to do this as well...my name is legally under my Italian name..I have been putting this on hold for a looooooong time..
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| Posted 7/3/07 11:24 AM |
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mommy2bella
Where does time go?
Member since 12/05 9747 total posts
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Kelly
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My DH has one (more ethnic)name on his SS card and birth certificate...but his CC, passport, and driver license is another name.
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| Posted 7/3/07 11:31 AM |
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
Posted by Jesaroo
Posted by ssdbk
I know a lawyer who handles name changes in the city. He loves what he does. He has represented aspiring actors, models, transsexuals. He loves that each person who does a name change usually has a story.
do you know about how much this costs?
i just want to drop off the "sica" at the end of Jessica and just be Jes.
FM
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:19 PM |
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Jesaroo
is not the girl you knew
Member since 5/05 14266 total posts
Name:
Jes
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
cant wait thanks!
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:21 PM |
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J9-13
We're gonna be big sisters!
Member since 6/06 14887 total posts
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J9
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Re: Has Anyone Here...
My grandmother was born Carmella and had it legally changed to Mae 
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| Posted 7/3/07 2:57 PM |
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