I wanna change my name. My surname is Goswami. I had always wanted a french name - Reynard. Its a beautiful name, it means brave.Can I keep it with my surname? Or will it look too weird?
2007-01-14 21:11:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
CHANGE OF NAME IS COMMOM FOUND THESE DAYS.A FEW OF INDIAN SURNAMES DO GO WITH EUROPEAN NAMES.WELL REYNARD GOSWAMI IS PERFECT.IT DOES NOT LOOK WEIRD AT ALL SO DONT FEEL SHY AND GO AHEAD WITH THE CHANGE OF NAME
2007-01-14 21:37:12 · answer #1 · answered by JAY MEHTA 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From time immemorial it would appear that names were chosen with some significance ( as soon as they realized that names could be mportant). Many were related to your status or roots.
Today it's all different. There is hardly any distinction between a first or a last name. In some societies family or surnames still play a significant role. Smoe common Indian Surnames like Dhillon, Gill (Gilles in French), Virdi ( Verde in Italian), Airen, Shah or Shaw etc. are still in very common use.
But today some tradenames are slowly changing - Carpenter ( Charpentier in French ), Balcksmith, Goldsmith, Shoemaker ( is some times written Schumaker or Schumacher ), Greenwood ( Boisvert ).
You can say what's in a name or you can say a name can define your entire personality and outlook and it's with you for your lifetime and does not change with the seasons or ups or downs of life.
Perhaps its the reason some parents do spend a little time in choosing an appropriate name for their child.
2007-01-17 04:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mixing European and non-European names is really common nowadays and it's no big deal. It will definitely become more common in the future as the number of multiethnic people increases. I know of a few Indian folks with English firstnames and indian last names. Also a lot of Asian people in general. So don't worry about it, it's a fine sounding name and makes you unique.
2007-01-15 16:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiya Goswami Reynard does not mean brave...French names do not have any particular meaning attached to them.
Anyways What is in a name call a rose by any other it shall smell as sweet, just quoting the Bard!
2007-01-15 00:30:17 · answer #4 · answered by arun d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not, we have "Soledad O'Brian" doing the news in NY, she looks about as "IRISH" as "ARRAFAT" does ! Why don't you just go with "SMITTY", it's easier to remember for YOU, and for EVERYONE ELSE ! if you have to keep repeating a funny name that nobody can remember, you will be given a nick name that you don't like, we had a guy like that at work, he got the nick name of "SCHMOLTZ" which I think is Yiddish meaning a kosher food made from chicken fat, anyway, he hated it but, this is NY, and it stuck. I used to be fat, now I'm skinny, so my name at work is "BONES", it does'nt bother me because, it's better than being called "FAT".
2007-01-14 21:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no problem, use it if you want. there are many common first names like sheila and rita. my name is renu which is also a nick name for a french car called renualt. in india it means a particle.
2007-01-14 21:23:19 · answer #6 · answered by Renu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a freind who dated a guy named Francois MacGillacutty. After hearing that, I say call yourself what you want.
2007-01-14 22:04:04 · answer #7 · answered by Zarathustra 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-01-14 21:18:44 · answer #8 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should be able to choose any name for yourself that you like!
2007-01-21 16:15:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
look, its ur name, so if u like it, change it
don't worry about what people think!
2007-01-15 03:57:41 · answer #10 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋