Hi, good luck and got to say your brave that job must have been bad -) myself I tried most types of names but have to say your name has to be the one to go with. is not business about reputation? have a big business type name is great if your going to have people work for you but if your not then you are the brand.
if you start out self-employed and the go big you can always do a re-branding. its been a interesting xmas my wife still cleans for some of my old maid service customers and I still get gifts and cards addressed to me not the old business name. its you your customer remembers. BTW there is an old fact that keeping your name in front of customers keeps remembering you so if your sending marking out and its from you not a business there is a big difference.
exciting times for you, good luck, Respects Ian