Having a unique name

My name is kinda un common in the uk, but it's common in other places in the world so I'm not too bothered

Hi people,

I picked my username 'Lee Mills' because many people have that name. I can't use my real name because I have an usual first name and my surname is rare and French in origin. What I don't like is I am very easy to find online because nobody else shares my name combination.

Do you have a unique name and how do you feel about sharing your real name online? Do you use pseudonym instead?

You have qualms about being detected online by your name but are comfortable uploading pictures of your face...?

If someone wants to search for me online, then go ahead. I very much doubt that the majority of people that see my username on a student forum are going to be jason bourne with a mission directive to assassinate me, and if they did I wouldn't be too much if they were unfortunate enough to have to resort to this place in order to find me.

I'm sure many people derive my last name from my username as it stands

My name appears to be unique in the UK; my first name is the Italian spelling of a Biblical name, and my surname is Italian. A quick search of the birth records for 1996 (using my surname), on Ancestry.co.uk, suggests I was one of only three people born in the UK with that surname that year. And searching using both my first and last name (including the English/Biblical spelling of my first name), I appear to be the only person to have ever been born in the UK with my name.

(Of course, if I were to search Italian records, I'm sure I'd find a few others with my exact name!)

So yeah, I'm very guarded about revealing my real name online, I could easily be tracked otherwise!