Identity Crisis

If I googled why would you want to change your name this is the response I get ;

• if you get married or enter into a civil partnership, or you want to take your partner’s name
• if you get divorced, dissolve a civil partnership, or end a long-term relationship
• to take a double-barrelled name after you marry, or enter into a civil partnership
• to feel more part of a new family, for example a step-family
• to honour or recognise another person, for example a family member or ancestor
• to restore a family surname that has been changed in the past
• as part of a change of gender
• because you dislike your current name
• to separate yourself from a particular person or a time or event in your life
• to stop a former partner finding you
• to anglicise a foreign name, that is — to change the form or spelling to make it more understandable for English speakers
• to de-anglicise a name that has been anglicised in the past
• to identify with or fit in with another culture, country, or religion
• to change the spelling of your name
• because your name was registered incorrectly (e.g. your forename and surname were registered the wrong way round, or with a spelling mistake in one of the names)

or

• changing your name for a bet
• changing your name on a whim
• changing your name for a humorous reason
• changing your name for purely commercial gain
• changing your name at the same time as a group of other people for a joint purpose — known as linked applications

The reason why I have chose to write my first blog about this is really to introduce myself and to explain to the people that already know me why I have suddenly overnight become ‘Betsy’.

This is not for fraud reasons or to avoid the old bill  ,or that I simply don’t like my name that could not be any further from the truth  as growing up I felt very lucky being given the name ‘Erica’ whilst my twin sister was given the name ‘Joanne’ .  The truth is I got offered a job at Cruise.co.uk but before I accepted I was informed they would need to check if there are any other people called ‘Erica’ working there   and low and behold , even though I have spent most of my life never being able to even buy  a cup or a badge with my name on ,here at Cruise.co.uk  there is already a lady called Erica working here.  I ask myself do I follow my passion for selling cruise and  change my name and the answer is YES !!!

So Betsy Davies was born !!

Would you change your name to follow your passion ??