Welcome Leo and Janice.
Keeping your dolls (factory) name is not so strange especially if you think it suits them. My Elina (we celebrated our sixth anniversary in May) retained her name because I thought it suited her, Rosina was originally called Rose, I just took the first three letters from her (factory) name and the last three from Elina, so Rosina was born. Rosina incidentally was ...
Thank you for your reply — and for sharing your story!
It made me really happy to hear such a sweet little moment.
I truly believe we all put real feelings into our dolls, and whether it’s their original name or a new one, it always carries our best wishes and hopes.
I just hope my Janice can stay with me for a long time, too!