I'm sure that there are a few DA members who, when they were thirteen years old, decided to give themselves a name like Spongebob352Coolio or something and have regretted it after they had their account for five years and grew out of that phase in their life.  I'm sure that DA's new policy about name-changing comes as a great boon to those people.

However, these are few.  For the rest of you, if you would like some advice: DON'T change your name.

I'm sure that it seems like a great idea right now, but the problem is that I (and many others) will have no idea who you are.  Sure, your closest friends may recognize you, but when I fail to see someone I recognize in my devwatch, chances are I may delete your journal, your artwork... everything... because I don't recognize you anymore.

Yes, yes, I'm sure that you think I should have all your artistic nuances memorized and be able to simply glance at a pic and say, "Why, of course, that's a [insert your name here] if I ever saw one."  But I don't.

This rash of name-changing is asinine.  Stick with what you have.