<p>an asian kid who was truely asian at my high school went by Roger, haha.</p>
<p>sorry Roger, you tigah now.</p>
<p>I really like Gianna too!!</p>
<p>I actually know someone named Deanna... I think it's a Polish name. </p>
<p>IMO, I don't think she should legally change her name (is that allowed? Possibly with a parent/guardian's permission, right?), but like someone said before, call her by her new name for a while, until she gets sick of it/changes it herself at 18.</p>
<p>no comment on name changing, but fwiw, i met an asian-american girl in college named deanna (pronounced dee-anne-ah). for reference since you're concerned about image in california, i go to college in california, and this girl is in a sorority.</p>
<p>I definitely understand your daughter's desire to change her name (I have always hated my name and seriously considered going by my middle name in college), but I have to wonder if making a legal change is the best choice for a fifteen-year-old. I guess since her name was given to her by the adoption agency, she doesn't have such a strong connection to it, but she might feel different later. It may not be loaded with happy, family emotions, but it is part of her past and part of who she is. In three years she might come to accept it. But in the meantime, I would say let her pick whatever name she wants and just have her introduce herself that way and tell her teachers to call her that. A fifteen-year-old is smart enough to realize that you can't change your name like you change your clothes and she will have to keep it until she goes to college. If she tells everyone to call her Dreann and decides in two years that she hates it, she'll only have another year to deal with it and will be less likely to give her children ridiculous names (Apple anyone? Audioscience?).</p>
<p>But this is all just my perspective as a stranger. If it was my name in question, I would probably see the situation differently.</p>
<p>How's she gonna deal w/ the change at school? She's gonna be like "Hi, Bobby, don't call me Giang. I changed my name. It's Deanna." Just like that? And what about teachers?</p>
<p>i never heard of a hooker with the name 'giang'</p>
<p>I think Gianna is a really pretty name! And it's quite similar to Giang, so it won't be a huge change.</p>
<p>De Anza is the name of our local community college.</p>
<p>keep her name</p>
<p>Keep it or change it to something normal like Diana. Going halfway just doesn't sound good.</p>
<p>I know several girls named Deanna. I didn't know it was uncommon.</p>
<p>Anyway, letting a 15 year old choose a new name just sounds like ****ty parenting. Choose a nickname for now, I know tons of people by names only to find out their real name is something completely random/different.</p>
<p>this is a joke</p>
<p>Adrianna is nice</p>
<p>Teenagers are stupid.</p>
<p>I say keep her real name</p>
<p>1.) Which of the above names would you prefer. I like the suggestion of Adrienne from one of the other users. Has she looked into baby name books and exhausted those possibilities? </p>
<p>2.) Does the first (Dreanne) really sound unprofessional/unsucessful? Yeah, it does. I agree with some of the connotations that the other posters mentioned. Deanne sounds the best from those three. Classic names like Elizabeth, Victoria blahblahblah = professional/successful. Misspelled names or strange spellings also seem more unprofessional and are hardly unique. (Names chapter of Freakonomics, anyone?) </p>
<p>4.) Any names you think will work for her (open to opinions!). I think a better place to post this question would be the Parents Forum/Cafe.</p>
<p>Is she a Nguyen? Tran? Le?
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Also, in our area names like these are not really considered unusual, but we are moving to CA so the image of the name is important. She wants a rough sounding name but It's a teenager phase probably.
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Hmm... perhaps she can keep her original name... go with whatever she wants to be called at this point... and change it legally once she ends high school and moves to college?</p>
<p>what does this have to do with college life?</p>
<p>The OP is asking for advice from college students about appropriate names and is considering the transiency of name selections esp. at age 15:
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In this case we would also like to ask college-aged kids as I have exhausted my supply of young adults that I know.
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<p>Why doesn't she just go by Gia? That is a pretty normal name that matches her ethnicity much better- her chosen names seem weird. Deanna is a real name, warrante,d but Dreanne? I'm pretty sure she made that up, and it sounds like it.</p>