I've changed my name many times and each one seems to result in better clients.  Do not believe your agent's patent lies that switching agencies is a bad thing.  For them maybe!  Businesses change their names all the time, and at the end of the day you aren't an escort or a prostitute, but a business.  Any clients you may wish to retain will respect this business decision. 

I think a name change can be an excellent thing! It's like a spring clean. When you change your name, you can get rid of old stuff you didn't like (like an old agency, or a weird old client) and get some nice new things (new pics can be fun, or new rates!).

Also, if this is your first name change in your year of working, then I don't think you'd be labelled as a 'serial name-changer' (I guess punters think those women must have something to hide? Tsk. They're probably all just trying to get rid of stalkers and clients who threaten to take them to court for providing a good service because they are mental).

Anyway! I think you're right about the fresh start idea. The good thing about escorting is that you can make your new 'persona' wonderful, using your experience so far to change whatever you want to make the ideal type of escort that you want to be, while still keeping on the old one for a little bit while you switch. My agency persona is dwindling because I'm sick of the way they work and only occasionally take bookings from them, but it's good to have in the background while I try to establish my indie self. So I think for any wg, that can reduce the stress of "reinventing" yourself!

Yes ive read opinions on Punternet where guys have said that the only reason a girl would change her name is to get rid of a bad reputation typical male thing to say,im sure it wouldnt cross their minds that it might be to shake off a creepy,stalker client etc! grrrrr it makes me mad.

Well my reputation is fine,i have good feedback from my clients and quite a lot of return clients with my current agency.
Even if i kept my name though im not sure my current clients would follow me to my new agency as it charges higher rates and doesnt do the half hour 'quickies' that my current agency offers (another reason im thinking of changing over,bit fed up with feeling like im on a 30 minute man production line )

And yes i do think agencys say things like moving from one to the other makes you look bad purely to keep you working for them. Trouble is im finding that with most of them after 6 months tops i start to get fed up with the way they are running things etc and want to move on. Hopefully to find my 'perfect' agency which clearly doesnt exist.

Im considering staying with my current agency with my present name and joining another one with a new persona and see how things go. Its definately encouraging to see that most of you have had positive experiences from changing your names.