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“Hey Rhys,” my recently received text message read, “it’s Sam*. My MSN name has changed, could you change it too…”.
Her MSN address continued. Sam recently changed her name, just on a whim. And she is not the first of people I know to do so. A few of my mates, acquaintances and friends of friends have changed their names, and not for the two good reasons in my eyes.
The first good reason is marriage. Call me old fashioned, and feminists would scream at me, but I always believe that marriage should mean that the woman adopts the man’s name, and none of this hyphenated bollocks. What happens if a double barrelled name marries a double barrelled name? Do they become a quadrupble barrelled name?
The second such reason is if you’re born with a stupid name, like the head of the World Anti Doping Agency (you’d think he’d call himself Richard, wouldn’t you?). I think it’s justifyable – the playground can be a cruel place.
But Sam is neither of these, she’s just changed her surname. She still has a good relationship with her parents so it can’t be that, it’s just peculiar.
Anyway, if somebody pointed a gun to my head, I’d think I’d go with something a little fun, like Johnny Invincible.
What would you change your name to, if you had to?
*Name ironically changed to protect the girl, as she doesn’t read my blog
Comments: 12 Comments
Rhys Wynne, the author of this blog, is a 20 something web designer from Colwyn Bay. 
I used to hate my name when I was a kid. By the age of about 11 I started loving it. i wouldn’t change my name at all now. I love both my names. In fact one of my biggest reasons for not wanting to get married is because of changing my name. I wouldn’t be unique anymore. This is of course unless Percy Montgomery came a-knocking. I love him. I think it’s because he looks like Heman. I always loved Heman.
Miss Scarlett.
I read that as Herman! I was thinking: “What? Munster?!? I know Celeste has a strange taste in men **cough**Guy**cough**, but Herman Munster”
I then reread it as Heman.
But still. Percy Montgomery?
Guy: Love you dude! (not in a gay way)
I’m not sure you need to be a screaming feminist to question the concept of taking your husband’s name on marriage – how would you feel about changing your identity just because you married someone? [As it is, it just marks change in ownership of a woman from the father to the husband, sort of like sheep trading.]
I know a bloke who is seriously considering changing his surname to ‘Incredible’. Yes, you read right, that would make him – Mr Incredible.
He also has the superman ‘S’ tattooed on the back of his neck.
As I said, I’m old fashioned
I am actually not that bothered if the future Mrs. Wynne keeps her maiden name, just not hyphenated (Wynne is **so** easy to hyphenate). I’m not becoming Wynne-anything!
As a mate with questionable logic skills told me: People with hyphenated names are bisexual.
I also fancy Wynand Olivier and Francois Stein. MMMM big muscley South African men.
I personally like when “Ultimate Warrior” legally changed his name to that…he was on Fox and they addressed him as Mr. Warrior. Talk about an ego boost haha. I like Johnny invincible but would go with Matty Millions
Imagine if her surname was Forther.. she could hyphenate it as Forther-Wynne.
Get it? FTW – for the win?
OK, sorry, that was lame.
Lame? Yes. Made me spit out red wine over the keyboard? Oh yes!
The Hulk.