I am thinking a lot about changing my nursery name. At first, I tought it was cute and funny. But now I feel uncomfortable with being associated with piercing in most of Google search 
I want a name easily understand in French and English.
I am almost invisible in social media, so not a big deal for that. I sell on reborns.com, but I am far from being a well known artist, and my website is an embryon.
Worst is my email address, Etsy site and username in some sites, also my domain name. It would be a assle to change it all.
I suppose itâs better to do that before beginning to being known, even if itâs mean throwing away my ton of business cards!
Is it a good idea ? Those who have done this, how does it went ?
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Iâm in the same boat. I donât like my nursery name (Katina Lee Babies.) I originally wanted to call my nursery âChickaboo babies.â Then I started hearing âsurely she isnât going to call her nursery that! 
â. Turns outâŚmy childhood nickname that I had since I was 3 days old in 1972 is now a derogatory term. How dare they steal my name. 
AnywayâŚI couldnât think of anything after that. So Katina Lee Babies it was. 
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That sounds like a cute little name. What do people think it means now?
Nursery name changing⌠people do it, but I am too lazy. Lol It is just too much work to switch everything over. What is your nursery name now, @Leabelle?
I donât know. Online when I google Chickaboo it seems fine. But people around here cringe. I think they confuse it with Jigaboo which is an offensive racial slur.
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It is sad, to me, some of the things that are so ugly today that were beautiful in the beginning when they were first used. Crazy how humans mess things up sometimes. I think your nickname is cute, too.
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Itâs Bellybutton reborn dolls.
@Katinafleming Chickaboo is really cute ! But Katine Lee babies is just right, straight to the point, simple. I wish my own name wasnât so common.
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I am french Canadian, I speek french, but majority of my customers are english. I have to be careful with the meaning of english terms, as they donât always mean the same in french ! Itâs hard !
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I will admit if I was a customer I would pass over dolls from Bellybutton⌠or Kittycatbutt
The names just donât sound âcute and cuddlyâ to me⌠I wouldnât want to answer the âwhoâs the artist?â question.
Is it something people call you due to your name being Isabelle?
My youngest is Isabella and I call her Isabelly and Isabeasle when we are making up rhymes with her name. Isabella, Izzy and Is the rest of the time. 
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In french, that sound very cute, âbouton de bedonâ ! âNombrilâ is less cute ! I used to kiss my kids there when they were babies, and that make them laugh.
Like I said, sometime english and french donât match !
I have realized that some time ago and thatâs why I want a new name.
I never had a nick name, except Isa. Nothing original !
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In addition, they are two Belly Buttons nursery on RebornsâŚI would change it.
May be you can change it to something Canada specific like âMaple Leaf Nurseryâ - that would definately distinct you from USA artists.
@Leabelle Your babies are beautiful!
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Thank you !
Maple leaf is over use here, but I will play with the idea !
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A year ago or so. A local news caster used the term âjigabooâ she didnât mean no harm n didnât know that it was a Racial slur. It didnât bother me. The news caster she worked with is African American. He knew n said she didnât mean anything by it. But, she was suspended for a week. Or forced to take time off. My nursery name is momma pats nursery. My mother was called Pat, short for Patricia. I know my mother would have loved reborn dolls. So I named my nursery after or for my mom.
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@Leabelle I didnât mean in in direct âMaple Leafâ way, but youâve got an idea.
I like @Amethyst suggestion to play with âsweetnessâ which all babies represent.
May be âMaple Sweetness Nurseryâ, âQuebec Little Maplesâ or something like that.
What other things represent Canada the best? Unfortunately I am not familiar with Canada culture.
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Glad you smoothed that over @Msmimi04 I was waiting for some fangs to come out, lol. That caught me off guard @Katinafleming 
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Lol, no fangs.
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I think about Lea Lys reborns Nursery or something like that maybe. Lea was the name of my grandmother and the second name of my daughter. Lys is a Quebec iconic flower.
I just want to be sure if changing name is worth it.
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If you are unhappy with the name of your nursery then in my opinion a change of names would be worth it after all you need to be happy with it as well .
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Hum, a lot of Lea Lys on FacebookâŚ
Maybe Snowy Owl nursery ?
I like the âmaple sweetenessâ idea, but there are so much nurseries with variations on the theme.
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Bellaâs or Belleâs Buttons?
Bellaâs (Belleâs) Buttons Reborn Nursery?
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