A mother asked for advice after her 10-year-old daughter said she hated her name and wanted to change it.
The woman shared how her daughter is called Kylie Rae – but despises the nickname so much that she chose another one of her own.
Taking to Redditthe mother shared the saga and the new name that many people considered “dumb”.
She wrote: “My 10 year old daughter hates her name. Should I let her change or wait until she is an adult?
“I have a 10-year-old daughter named Kylie Rae (I wanted Kyrie or Kiana, but they were both rejected by her father, so we thought Kylie was a good compromise).
“I had no idea who Kylie Jenner it was at the time (2014) and that had no influence on the “name.
“Rae, your middle name was in honor of my close friend who passed away, Rachel.
“She now hates her first name and wants to change it.”
The mother shared that her daughter now wants to legally change her name to “Angel.”
She added: “I’m looking for opinions on changing a child’s name at this age where school, friends and family know her as Kylie, to something completely different.
“I have been telling her that she will need to wait and change this when she is an adult.”
Many people advised her mother not to let her change her name to Angel.
One wrote: “Probably because kids will be kids, when she’s 13 she might think Angel is dumb too.”
A second added: “You can change this socially; call her an angel and all that but I would wait until she’s 18 to see if she really cares haha.”
Meanwhile, a third commented: “My daughter went through the same thing until college.
“Let her have Angel as her nickname. It will probably change every 6-9 months. like my daughter did. In the end, she kept her given name.”
How to change your name
There are two ways to get a deed poll – canceled and registered…
An uninscribed deed search is a simple legal statement that states you have changed your name.
You can change your name yourself if you are over 16 years old.
Although an inscribed deed search means you are putting your new name on public record and you need to be over 18 to do so.
All government bodies, including HM Passport Office and DVLA, accept an uninscribed or inscribed deed as proof of your name change.
A 16 or 17 year old can change their name through an unregistered deed vote, but will need two adult witnesses.
If a child – under 18 years of age – wants to request a vote by registration deed, they will need the agreement of all holders of parental responsibility or court order.
If everyone agrees, you can fill out the forms on the gov.uk website and pay the fee.
But if you need to make a court order, it will cost an additional £215.
Are unique baby names worth it?
The Fabulous deputy editor reveals the turmoil she faced with her own name growing up.
When I was a kid, all I wanted was one of those personalized keychains with my name on it.
But no joy, the closest I could find was Rosie, Joseph (not very good for a girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, which is a French name, and I managed to reach my 20s without ever meeting anyone who shared it.
When I try to introduce myself to people, I get all sorts of random things – like Tracey and Stacey – which can be really annoying.
Although I’ve come into contact with a few Josies over the past year – there seem to be a few of us around my age – it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends.
Overall I don’t mind it, at least it’s not rude or poorly written.
And that means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just referring to myself as Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my surname, as it’s not seen as very cool or feminist to do so these days, but I explain to them that I’m not as attached to Griffiths as I always said’ hi, it’s Josie’ when calling a friend.
I think it’s good to be unique and I will definitely try to replicate that when naming my own children.
It’s the rude names you have to watch out for, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist, I’ll definitely avoid them.
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