Cherie Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I LOVE Barringer. It's pronounced "Bare - in - jer," right? I really like it. TBH, I'd love to change my last name, too. My current last name (married name) can have a pleasant, neutral, or really unpleasant connotation, depending on where you live. Most of the time, people aren't sure how to say it, even though it's pretty straightforward. It's not very pretty sounding. We want to add "ington" to the end of it, and then it sounds kind of regal. More power to you! Very exciting. A friend and her husband decided to pick their own last name when they got married, something different from his or hers. Now, almost 15 years later, she's changing her first name, too. Pretty cool. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm seriously considering changing my last name. Without benefit of marriage (gasp!) The plan would be to move my current last name over to be a second middle name and add a last name of my own choosing at the end. So I would be called by my own name. Not my (admittedly non existent) husband's name. Not my father's name. My Name. Some possibilities: Ponswinnecke (pronounced pons-WIN-i-key ... short i like igloo) - after comet pons-winnecke, a comet that comes around every 61/2 years or so and is responsible for the fantastic but finicky June Bootids meteor shower. Ponsgambart - after comet pons-gambart. this one is cool, because it was spotted and than lost for a hundred years. many people thought it was broken up, lost forever. big mystery. Then in 2012 it was accidentally discovered again passing by planet earth! It won't come around again for another 183 years . Barringer - after Daniel Moreau Barringer, geologist and engineer. There was this giant crater in Arizona. Once people found it there was heated debate about what it was caused by. Barringer said it was from a meteorite striking the earth. Most scientists thought he was nuts. He went bankrupt trying to prove he was right and died impoverished. He was vindicated -long after his death- in 1960, when scientists proved it was indeed a meteor strike, the first one proving that they were capable of impacting earth. The crater in Arizona is named after him and he has a crater on the moon named after him as well. Please make your choice and explain your rationale below. I will also entertain original submissions. My only requirements are that it not be cheesy or seem blatantly made-up (e.g., "Phoenix" ) and of course that it would not be offensive to God or men. p.s. if it helps you decide: My first name is Elizabeth and I often go by "Betsy" I've been thinking of changing my last name recently, actually. It's not technically a new name, I would just be reverting to my family's Irish name, Clements, which gets its origin from the Latin word "Clemens", meaning "merciful". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeCee Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Elizabeth Htebazile That way, you can read your name in a mirror and it would be the same. My vote is for this one :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Barringer is very distinguished and elegant. The other ones are just.... what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilllabettt Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 there are a ton of elizabeth barringers out there though ... and not a single elizabeth ponswinnecke or elizabeth ponsgambart. another one I thought of was "arendroland" (a-rend-roe-lahnd). thats another comet ... its french-ish sounding. it's not that I want a really strange last name. But when I google myself now I am the only one who comes up ... and it kind of annoys me the idea of a bunch of other people walking around with my name. seems like everybody and their dog is named elizabeth these days ... anyway ... idk does anybody have a different one they'd like to suggest. maybe a saint's last name. or a pope's last name that could be interesting. also consider famous writers, scientists, astronauts, etc. as long as they weren't pedophiles or ended up killing themselves .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not A Real Name Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 The H is silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 there are a ton of elizabeth barringers out there though ... and not a single elizabeth ponswinnecke or elizabeth ponsgambart. another one I thought of was "arendroland" (a-rend-roe-lahnd). thats another comet ... its french-ish sounding. it's not that I want a really strange last name. But when I google myself now I am the only one who comes up ... and it kind of annoys me the idea of a bunch of other people walking around with my name. seems like everybody and their dog is named elizabeth these days ... anyway ... idk does anybody have a different one they'd like to suggest. maybe a saint's last name. or a pope's last name that could be interesting. also consider famous writers, scientists, astronauts, etc. as long as they weren't pedophiles or ended up killing themselves .. I understand wanting to be different. Different is fun, and different is good. How about Elizabeth DeSalles? It's a rare name, and better yet, people will still have no clue how to pronounce it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 there are a ton of elizabeth barringers out there though ... and not a single elizabeth ponswinnecke or elizabeth ponsgambart. another one I thought of was "arendroland" (a-rend-roe-lahnd). thats another comet ... its french-ish sounding. it's not that I want a really strange last name. But when I google myself now I am the only one who comes up ... and it kind of annoys me the idea of a bunch of other people walking around with my name. seems like everybody and their dog is named elizabeth these days ... anyway ... idk does anybody have a different one they'd like to suggest. maybe a saint's last name. or a pope's last name that could be interesting. also consider famous writers, scientists, astronauts, etc. as long as they weren't pedophiles or ended up killing themselves .. Elizabeth Montfort? Elizabeth Guzman? Elizabeth Wojtyla? Elizabeth Ratzinger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Sarto. Guiseppe Sarto is one of the most beautiful names of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 And I could get behind Montfort. Very distinguished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilllabettt Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 i like montfort and sarto. ratzinger is still a little too fresh in the dailies I think. if one changes ones name to a fancy-pants name, does that make one a fancy-pants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 i like montfort and sarto. ratzinger is still a little too fresh in the dailies I think. if one changes ones name to a fancy-pantaloons name, does that make one a fancy-pantaloons? Not necessary if one is already a fancy-pantaloons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggyie Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Plantagenet, the maiden name of Bl Margaret Pole, English martyr...she was also the last of princess of that family, the line died out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggyie Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Doings of the Plantagenets: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Plantagenet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Gaston. Elizabeth Gaston. Imagine the possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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