Thread: How did you pick your name?

My name was given to me by a dear friend of mine. When she wrote letters and emails to me, she would address me as "La Divina" and I fell in love with the name. I used this name years before I got into burlesque. A few months ago, while listening to a great Maria Callas aria, I looked her up on Wikipedia and found out that "La Divina" was the pet name her close friends and dearest fans used for her!

Oops! Well, obviously, I CANNOT hold a candle to the divine Maria. I just hope she's not turning in her grave!

I was the merch girl for the Burlesque Ball in Brisbane. There was a fandance competition and I jumped up to give it a go. I was announced as "THE MERCH GIRL!!!!!" and it stuck!

i love the way all of these have so much behind them, i dont even know where to start!! problem i have is that i change my mind too often and get bored, so i tend to have names for my various personnas haha...
i seem to be constantly changing too so i need something which i can fall in love with every time i read it so i dont "grow out of it" =S
where do you start with getting ideas for names??
help! xx

...i'm stuck too....

i use dali for my modelling as i love dali and as he is really bizarre and mis understood, as i am... i opted for this but i dont think it works as a burlesque name, i'd love something really great and memorable or that makes me smile like i do when i read other peoples names....

where do you even begin???

ive been thinking about the whole what do i want to say about me when im onstage thing and i dont really know, i love fetish and strange stuff, but i also adore the vintage pin up style so i guess id be like some crazy split persona performer! end up calling myself schizophrenia or something lol....

though till i decide on a name looks like i'll never get round to performing, not that i have any routines yet either.... still thinking on that one too....

it is however the hardest thing ever..... its just as bad as naming your kids, and yes it took me ages to do that too!

grrr.... i'll have to keep my thinking cap on, that or ask to borrow Master Mifier's inspiration stick lol....

much love Dali xxxx

I picked my name by using a drink I used to make at my first and favourite work place that was delicious!

A Mocha Deluxe!

Expresso, Hot Chocolate and BRANDY!

Yummy!

Just like me, I am energetic, sweet, and can give you a numbed feeling like alcohol!... jks!

plus I am made up of different things being part french, polish, vincention and british as well as living in 3 different countries!

It was just me!

Big fan of the Beatles, however my least favourite song :daft:
Also I like birds, again :daft: So I thought "Meh, it'll do!"

I started off with Lady B, because i am Lady Brown. Then i liked Electra Fying, then Rose Garden which was a character i used to play, but when i did some research i found a drag act called Miss Rose Garden.

I stuck with the name Rose, for a few days and different names with Rose in them which i really liked and in repect of Gypsy Rose Lee, and settled on Rosey Lee. It also suits my routines which have elements of roses in them.

I chose my name very simply, I have a big bum or Booty, and I thought Das Booty was quite humorous. And I always liked the name Trixie.

I don't perform or anything, I use it in some of my photographs and such.

xx

Trixie