Should I make a new character to main if I want to RP?

[Miya_Carbuncle]

I transferred to this server quite a while ago for the population and RPing, but my character's name isn't fit for her anymore now that she's a lalafell. I want to stop procrastinating and roleplay already, but I'm nervous about how roleplayers will perceive me with a rather... unique lala name.

Should I just start over with a new character again, or stick with Miya? I'd like to stick with Miya because I'd like to keep my forum and character names matching and because I worked rather hard on her despite being behind. But as I said, I also want to try RPing...

Would it be hard catching up to Miya and end gamers with a new character at this point?

Sorry if this came out as me just rambling, it's 5 in the morning. x___x I'd love any advice. I also already have a lalafell hanging out in the Balmung character screen with a much more fitting name in case I make that decision, so I'm not worried about the difficulty in making a new character for Balmung.

Oh and I'm not interested in making alts for RP. I like sticking with one character to represent me. c: