Going by a different name in college?

maracoolidge
Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:36:58 +0000

My name is super common and I’ve never really liked it, but I don’t plan on changing it legally. I’ve also had a really bad time in school so far and want to kind of rebrand myself, so I want to go by a different name in college. Thing is, it doesn’t really have anything to do with my actual name. I want to either go by Mara or Rae, or put them together for Mara Rae (which is going to be my stage/work name since I’m going into the film industry anyway). I’m just not sure if this is a weird thing to do- the only way they kinda connect to my name is that my middle name is Marie and they can sort of be a nickname for that (the relative I got that name from went by Mar). Do you guys like Mara or Rae better? And is it better to go by one of those or just by the whole one? Also, is this is a super weird thing to do?