I once thought to start using my middle name, as my first name is so "everybodys mothers name". The first time somebody called me by my middle name, i was like, no, thats not me! So i agree with previous posters here, you want to hear it out loud from other people before you decide.

Some of my cousins have changed their names because they were given really lets say archaic? ethnic names, or to distance themselves (like hey im not junior anymore), and im not as good at respecting this as i should be.