Smith

So I was thinking about the name theme and I realized just how hard it actually was even though I think about different names everyday.

I think about what I would want to change my name to a lot actually, I was never fond of the name Sarah. I think it has a little to do with how common the name is and there being four in my class alone. I've also heard people say that names can define where you end up in life (not that I believe this) and with Sarah being so common, it makes me want to have been named something else.

I'd change my name to something uncommon but not so uncommon that it's ridiculous, I'd also want to avoid something that would make me sound vain. For a while I thought about Eliza, when I realized I'd just be using the first half of my mother's name, Elizabeth, and since she goes by Beth I thought choosing Eliza would lead to bad jokes.

I think I'd change my name to Avera Smith. I like the name Avera, it sounds nice to me. And because I don't believe names can define who you are I'll ignore it means 'transgressor'. Actually, I think this one might be "so uncommon that it's ridiculous". And the last name Smith because I'm too lazy to think of a real one, but also because Smith is a common name I can deal with.

In conclusion, that's the name I'd choose if I ever had to change my name.