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If people frequently change their names to things that have nothing to do with their birth names, and Queen is a name that exists and is in the world, what's so wrong about changing her name to that? I see no issue, especially since it's seemingly for her social media career reasons. Judy Garland would've felt uncomfortable if people started calling her “Francis Ethel Gumm” after changing her name.
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That mom has a point. I ask people to call me Emmy instead of Emily, my given name, and I often say, “My name is Emmy, like the award." Does that association with a prestigious awards show make me grand or pretentious? Is there a big difference between being something that means royalty, like “Regina,” and being named “Queen?”
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25-year-old woman changes her name to 'Queen' to reinvent herself, gets uncomfortable whenever anyone uses her birth name: 'I asked if I can call her Q and she said no, my name is Queen'
Nicknames are often not chosen by the person who is nicknamed. I knew a girl growing up named Madeline, and when my friend group and I first met her, somebody said she looked like a "Barbara." That name stuck because despite being a typical 15-year-old girl, she looked like she was meant to be named Barbara. It's not like there was another Madeline in the group, and this was a practical thing: Barbara just persisted against all odds despite conventional wisdom saying she wouldn't.
The public is much more willing to accept a nickname than a brand-new name chosen by the named person. While stage names are common in show business, it's sometimes difficult for the people in that person's real life to accept a radical name change for branding. One person who couldn't accept their partner's friend renaming herself "Queen" took to Reddit to share their woes about the situation.
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