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Its already kinda the norm if you're a g*mer.

Many cultures have had people choose their own names - or at least getting another one - after some kind of rite of passage to adulthood.

I would name myself Tyrannosaurus Sex

In Worst Korea at about 10 or 11 years old kids choose their "English name" for foreigners to use. This is terrible in theory because of the colonial nature of refusing to pronounce Korean names properly, but hilarious in practice because it means you meet kids with names like "chocolate" or "cake" because it's something they like.

Yeah it would be cool if once you reach 18 you have a party where you chose a new name or something.

If only babies could chose their own names, would make life so much easier

mrw I read the roster for my 8th grade class, and I see my students are "Abundance Of Onslaught, Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints, I Blame The Parents, The Usual But Etymologically Unsatisfactory, Of Course I still Love You, Fine Till You Came Along, But Who's Counting?, Grey Area, Uninvited Guest, and Prime Mover"

My dad almost named me Jethro but my mom talked him out of it. I got a green thumb and I listen to folk music. It would've been perfect.

No, my son is also named Bort.

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The only people who call me my birth-assigned name are my parents, governments, debt collectors, etc lol

It's not even gender-related or anything. I just don't identify with that name at all

Doesn't even have to be a one-time thing even. People change a lot throughout their lives. If someone wants to change their name sometimes to reflect that, that should be okay

This was how magic the gathering introduced their first trans character, and it was pretty cool. She was like from a tribe where they choose their names after their first victory in battle, so when it's her turn and she's like "I'm naming myself after my grandmother" everyone is like "ok yeah that's cool, you just killed a dragon who are we to question this"

Lol yeah. I hated my given name my whole life, even before I decided I was trans.

Having to change the paperwork is a bureaucratic nightmare and should absolutely not be the normal.

Trans comrades get a pass as well as anyone who actively cares enough to change it but it is a mess of paperwork for everyone.

Catholics stay winning.

At what age should you choose though? I'm not sure I'd appreciate the name 1 year old me might pick for myself.

One given name for identification from birth onward

One self-selected name around adolescence

One surname for patriline

One surname for matriline

One surname for clan grouping

What happens on the playa unfortunately does not stay on the playa. How’d You Get Your Playa Name?

I don't think the phenomenon of people bestowing a nickname on you will ever go away. And the concept of names in general is funny to me. Sure, I have a legal name that's tied to my professional name, but there are people in my life who don't address me by that name at all, and I would consider it an affront if they do. And I'm not talking about just having a shortened name or a different name. If someone in my life exclusively addresses me as "darling" or "honey" or "kid," is that not my actual name to them? My parents, like countless parents before them, refer to themselves as "mom" and "dad" when addressing their kids, and like many parents, they have gotten used to it so much they start to call each other "mom" and "dad" even when their kids are not around. I don't think I've ever heard my parents say their "actual" names to each other. As far as I'm concerned, my mom is named "Mom" and my dad is named "Dad." The names on their driver's licenses is just an identity of a life that is not relevant to me. They will always be "Mom" and "Dad" to me.

I think this is surprisingly agreeable with a lot of people (well, not like the ) on account of "why the fuck would the state get to decide what your name is"