Granddaughter wants to change her name.

I’ve known a few people use their middle names over my lifetime. You don’t have to do anything legal, just call her what she wants, just sticking to her registered name for legal stuff, as henetha said.

Once she’s 18, she can change it herself if it bothers her that much. The danger now is changing it, then her wanting to go back in a year! Depending on which way the wind is blowing.

I still don't like my name. I've wanted to change it all my life but didn't want to hurt my DPs. Now its really a bit too late.

Snap NfkDumpling!

Our DS was known as Richard (from the Famous Five) for two years as a 6/7 year old. He recently (now 32) revealed that his full name - Nickolas- has been a nuisance when dealing with official forms as he is always known by as Nick. Apparently the 'olas' has given him all sorts of grief.
Go with the flow for your Granddaughter - she's being brave.

It’s happened quite a bit in our family, first my own daughter age 4 would only answer to the name….Janice! Lasted about 18 months to 2 years. Then my granddaughter who came to live with us decided she didn’t like her name and used her middle name. The others have at other times changed their surname to their mother’s maiden name. What do I do, just carry on using what ever name they were born with.

My GD uses her middle name at college, her first name is used at home by family, so far the 2 factions haven’t met…….
I hate both my names so I use an abbreviation that doesnt appear to come from any particular name, my parents were quite happy to use it too.

I use my middle name and have done for years so much so that I don’t recognise my first name if someone calls me by it.

My DD is like Henetha. In her case she uses a dimunitive, and she has changed the spelling of that, for everything except legal documents

In my late mothers family my mum and two of her sisters were always called by a different name than the name their mother had given them at birth. All through my childhood and growing up my mum was called this name by everyone even dad called her that name. I was about forty years old when I found out that she had a different Christian name that was on her legal documents and was her legal birth name.
Later in life I had great difficulty when mum was in hospital for several months and all nurses called her by the legal Christian name I would just smile at her and then call her this alien name to me and have to laugh.

I think you only have to be 16 DiscoDancer1975

eazybee

What do her parents think?

Tbh, I haven’t had a change to discuss it with my DD and SiL,
My DG only mentioned it when my DD and her called round to collect my youngest GD yesterday.
I’m sure they are fine with it.
I have texted my GD a few times today using her chosen name. ?