Comment on I'd like to change my last name and want suggestions
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe find a historical figure with the same first name and take their last name, then if anyone searches you it gets drowned out by information on that person
YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
That is actually a really good idea because since I am the only person in the world with my exact name when you google me the police blotter about me being arrested is one of the top results. It sucks because I didn’t do it but the stain is there. If I wanted to pick a famous person I’d have to have the last name Tubman or Beecher-Stowe and I don’t love those, aesthetically.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Based on the last names you listed, there is a fictional character with your first name and the last name Winslow, though the spelling of the first name may differ. It would probably still be sufficient for the tactic to work, though of course you’d probably have to deal with people going “Oh, like the character from [show]?” which could get old pretty quick.
YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
I love that, it sounds so classy. I don’t mind if people say things that get old. With my first name, I learned a long time ago to not get annoyed by it, because I would always get “like the spy?” I secretly think a little less of people who say that. Then again, I knew a guy, absolutely beautiful in a gay mysterious way, and told him he looked like a Twilight vampire, and he gave me this withering look and was like “Yeah, I’ve heard that.” So I was the annoying one to someone else with the same problem ahshhahhfhhahhbhhhhhh