Naming Names

As we prepare to adopt Munchkin and Kidling, the subject of names has come up. We are considering changing the girls’ names. Their real names, not the code names I use here.

Kidling’s name would be changed very little, along the lines of changing to Kidleena. Munckin’s name would be changed a lot more, like changing to Kentucky, with an intermediate phase of calling her Munchkentucky to get her used to the sound of it.

We haven’t made up our minds completely yet. We don’t want to introduce any additional emotional problems into our girls’ lives. But if we can, we would like to change the names to ones that we like better. I wish I could find someone whose name was changed before the age of three, and how that affected them.

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