Changing my last name. Suggestions?

[More Than A Feeling]

My first name is Jacob (but I go by Jake), and my last name is long and hard for other people to say and write.

[carpetbagger]

1. Ramone.

Jake Ramone.

[bbernardini]

2. Horglefurgen. Or Lumpy.

[gmoney]

3. Kickass... Jake Kickass

(props to Bart Simpson)

[Hepburn]

4. Jacob is such a beautiful name...

....I am sure it will go with anything you pick. Only suggestion I have: Is there some way to just shorten your last name? Maybe use just a part of it? I have a friend and his family name was Katzenbach. He changed his last name to Katz. BTW: Good luck with this!!

[More Than A Feeling]

9. Thank you. I thought about that.

but unfortunately, there are no shortening possibilities.

[bbernardini]

5. Storm!

Jake Storm.

[Corgigal]

6. Hemingway

Then you can either be a kickass arist OR a drunk. It's for you to decide.

[jukes]

7. Jukes

Jake Jukes. don't you love the alliteration?

[Paragon]

8. Diesel.

:silly:

[Fenris]

10. Power! Steele! Hardcastle!

[philosophie_en_rose]

32. Jake Power. The name you love to touch.

"but you musn't touch... his name sounds good in your ear, but when you hear it... you musn't fear because his name can be said by anyone"

-Homer Simpson

[More Than A Feeling]

11. I should mention that I hope to run for office someday.

Opinions on whether or not changing my name would have any effect on that?

[kevinam]

21. keep it.

Granted I don't know what it is, it could be something like Urinal Cake, and that could be tough. Kidding of course. I would suggest keeping it. Again, I don't know anything about you, or your family, but I kinda take pride in my family, and who they are and where they came from. It can be interesting to learn about the meanings of names and such. My last name means something along the lines of the people/family that lived near/by a lake. I love water, so I think it works. Oh, and Welcome to DU!!!!!!...Kevin.

[Momgonepostal]

28. Bravo!

Great response, Kevin, ITA!

If you want to go into politics and people hear you've changed your last name will some try to paint you as sneaky or ashamed of your heritage? Just a thought.

[Bunny]

51. **snarf**

Jake Urinal Cake! That's funny!

[Rabrrrrrr]

62. Especially if his middle name is "Jake The"

Jake Jake The Urinal Cake!

[maveric]

12. Just keep your last name. Are you not proud of it?

Unless its Hitler or something like that.

[candy]

15. Hey,Hitler wasn't even his real last name.

[More Than A Feeling]

18. No its not Hitler

I am not sure what you mean by pride. Am I proud of my family? Absolutely, couldn't be more so. Its just that I could have a last name that is A. More convenient and B. More fully represents me, so to speak. If that makes any sense.

[jmm]

55. Even though you are proud of your family

changing you last name will give the appearance to many that you are ashamed of your heritage and/or are very shallow. Any opponent you will face if you run for office will bring this up. Not to say that I don't understand why you want to change your last name. My name was changed when I was about ten for family reasons. If you run for office I think changing it will cause more harm than good. Didn't Tsongas run commercials where he tried to get people to pronounce his name when he first ran for Senate? His constituates managed to get past his difficult to pronounce name.

[fameless]

13. Thesnake.

n/t

[Beware the Beast Man]

14. Sladder

Ugh...It's bad pun day for yours truly.

[Gothic Sponge]

16. Body By

;)

[Paragon]

17. Hunt.

:spank:

(Actually, I knew a Jake Hunt in high school.)

[UrbScotty]

19. Jake Supercalifragilisticexpealidocius (nt)

[candy]

20. Could you use your mother's maiden name or another family name?

If you aren't married,get married,and take your wife's name.

I think a name with meaning would be better than one just chosen for no particular reason other than simplicity.

[More Than A Feeling]

22. No, I am not married.

You make it sound so easy:)

[candy]

26. How about a family name then-mother etc.

Even the name of someone who was important to you,such as a teacher,doctor,or even a neighbor.

Choose a name with some meaning to you.

[More Than A Feeling]

27. You are absolutely right.

Its like getting a tattoo, except you can cover up a tattoo. You have to be absolutely sure, to avoid buyers remorse.

[Dagaz]

23. O'Lantern nt

[Flaxbee]

24. Hmm. I changed my name, but it was more socially

acceptable b/c I'm a woman who took her husband's name (and my maiden name was difficult, too). You might get crap for changing it if you do run for office (esp. anything more than local or state office). Take all the letters of your name and see if you can combine them into something you like...

[More Than A Feeling]

25. Didn't Clinton change his name?

but on the other hand, so did Spiro Agnew, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin and V.I. Lenin. Interesting company.

[Insider]

29. D'Mann.

works for jacob or jake.

[chaska]

30. Wu.

[zelda7743]

31. Here's an idea....

Change it to Cougar then Cougar Mellencamp then just Mellencamp.

[testing123]

33. Riviera

[HawkerHurricane]

34. "Hurricane"

"Jacob Hurricane"...

[HEyHEY]

35. sladders

[yellowcanine]

36. Jacob Bocaj - then your name would be a palindrome. How cool is that?

If the j is silent, it would be pronounced Boca.

[Blue-Jay]

37. How about "Jake Rockhammer"

You'll be an action movie star!

[LynneSin]

38. I have one of those long, hard to pronounce last names

But it's something my father gave me and I won't part with it. (my father died when I was 14).

BTW, the reason I'm LynneSin is because the first 3 letters of my long last name starts with Sin

[pagerbear]

39. I have a long and hard one, too

.....or not. ;-)

[LynneSin]

42. YOu better be hanging out with me when I come to NYC!!!

We'll go checking out the guys!

[pagerbear]

66. Woof!

[Westegg]

40. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt---his name is MY name too!

[LynneSin]

45. WOW, whenever we go out, the people always shout!!!

:D

[Westegg]

47. LynneSin, why do we even KNOW this insane tune? From childhood???

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

57. There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!

:D

[JVS]

41. Jake Miyov has a ring to it

[Westegg]

43. I have a friend named Jake Stake. It's no joke...

His full moniker is Jacob Tristram Stake. So maybe: Jake Shake? Jake Rake? Jake du Lac (Jake of the Lake)---obvious referece there to Lancelot du Lac... How about Jake Shakeitdon'tbreakit? Sorry. I can't be serious today for some reason.

[Burma Jones]

44. X

No wait, that's been done.

How about Stonebreaker

[CJCRANE]

46. I changed my last name to...

Adam, because Adam is a Christian, Jewish and Muslim name (i.e. easily recognisable by at least 3 billion people, which is half the world's population).

However, some people got confused and thought that was my first name, so I changed my surname back.

But you could try something like Jake Adams...

[Commendatori]

48. Carville or Begala.

[phillybri]

49. The Snake

:evilgrin:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

50. Jake Suave-Debonair-Bonvivant-Man-About-Town

[VelmaD]

52. How about X...

Jake X.

I had a friend a few years back whose maiden name was Schlichtenmyer. Her husband's name was equally difficult to pronounce and spell. I tried for months to convince them they should both change their last names to X.

[Capn Sunshine]

53. Slatter

the subterranean biblical reference would be caught only by the literate. Oh wait, the fundies would love it.......

[Butterflies]

54. Flowers

I always loved that last name (usually in Spanish though: Flores). I realize it's more feminine sounding than "Diesel" or some of the other suggestions in this thread, but . . . :eyes:

[St. Jarvitude]

56. Jacob S. Ladder

:shrug: It's the cleverest name I can think of in my sleep deprived state.

[slackmaster]

58. Marley

You could be named after a Charles Dickens character!

[Cheswick2.0]

61. jinx

you owe me a beer.

[Rabrrrrrr]

59. Sankappanavar? Or perhaps just "Jake" with no family name at all

Or Van den Langenberg. Went to school with a few of those. Also know a Sankappanavar. I love the Indian and Thai names. Friend of mine married a woman from Thailand, and I just HAD to count the letters in her name - 15 for her family name; one less than Van den Langenberg.

[Cheswick2.0]

60. Marley

!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

63. Hawk....

Say it really fast with your first name...Sounds really fun. lol
Duckie

[CO Liberal]

64. Whatever You Do, Don't Change Your Last Name to "Off"

Then you'd be Jake Off.

:-)

[More Than A Feeling]

65. Wow, still up the next day!

You guys are awesome. For those of you who think I should choose one with meaning, what do you all think of Jacob (Jake) Gardner (or Garner)? This would be the literal translation of my name.