Do you rename your dolls? I do just to try to personalize them.

I currently only own Pullips, so here are their names:

Gwyneth "Gwyn"= Oren
Emily= Chicca
Mercedes= Afternoon
Mei-Ling= China China

Hey!
Your China China is called like my cat!
For what i know, it means beauty^_^
And my Alice is called Alison (after Alison Goldfrapp).
Still to decide new Panda, Assa and Paja names!
M!

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Your China China is called like my cat

Wha..!? I though your cat's name was Micia!

ehr...^^
I do rename all my girls! Sometimes it takes a bit before I can find the perfect name, though.

Here's the name I decided so far:

Moon......Amelia (a name I always liked, and also the name of a Disney character...that beautiful witch, not sure if it's called in the same way in English)
Noir........Lenore (after Roman Dirge's character)
Alice......Alice (duh)
Wind.......Shirley (after Shirley Manson of Garbage)
Street #1........Crystal
Street#2.........Sapphire
Bouquet........Anthea
Fanatica........Isabella (after a ParaKiss character)
Principessa......Justine
Chicca.......Nana
Nero.......Neve
Squall......Emily
Panda.......Lavinia (after my best friend)
Oren........Gala

My Panda is called Stella.. I have not decided 100% for what to call my China China yet..

I considered naming my dolls (ones that don't already have official names), but I'd probably never remember them.

I considered renaming Nero - but I like the fact that she's Oren's twin! (And you know the names match)
And apart from the Rome is burning conitations its a great name!

Hmmm, maybe we should keep a running tally on this! Here's the name for my pullips and namu so far:

Arietta=Sally *customized*
Bianca=Bella
LRRH=Rhea
Wolf=Hunter
Nomado=Merona *side note: she was named quite appropriately by the last wonderful person she lived w/, so she keeps that name around here*
Venus=unnamed, I'm leaning towards Paris unfortunately. I think this doll was made to be paris hilton, and that scares me.

The ones that aren't here or are on preorder aren't named yet either. It takes me actually holding the doll to figure out names.

I have a brunette Barbie that I call Carole, and I have a redhead that I call Shawn. I call one of my blonde Barbie collector dolls Phyllis. I have to dig around my bin to see what else I have in there, though.

I don't think I would rename a doll unless I really hated its given name.

(Like with my ponies... I really can't stand the names Daisy Jo and Razzaroo)