# How to pick your witch name **URL:** \ **Category:** Q&A\ **Tags:** witch-name\ **Created:** [October 2, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/how-to-pick-your-witch-name/14678 "2021-10-02T20:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![BryWisteria](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/brywisteria/32/1632_2.png) [@BryWisteria](https://forum.spells8.com/u/BryWisteria)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/how-to-pick-your-witch-name/14678/9 "2021-10-04T05:50:16Z")
Congrats on graduating from witch school, @aileen! 🥳 You’ve got some great tips here 👍 I’m afraid I can’t offer any personal advice on this one- it’s been years and I’m still on the lookout for my witch name! 😆 I do the same thing with tattoos- I want one, but I’m worried that as the years go by the things I choose to represent me now won’t fully represent me in the future. So I hesitate 😅 If your witchy name is out there, I am sure you will find it when you are ready ❤ Here is a guide that may help you in your search! > [@Magickal Names - How do you choose?](https://forum.spells8.com/t/magickal-names-how-do-you-choose/501): > > The idea of choosing a magickal name - or craft name - has a history shrouded in mystery. There is no historical reason for people to choose a magickal name, but some have speculated that it was due to Christianity and persecution. This makes sense because, when captured and tortured for practicing witchcraft, you would be made to give up the names of your fellow witches. But what if you all only knew each other by your craft names, and those were names kept from everyone else? It would make it … Good luck and blessed be! ✨ --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.spells8.com/t/how-to-pick-your-witch-name/14678)._