Are you happy with your own name - do you think it dates you?

I have a hyphenated name which is never shortened. I think it is probably about right for the decade I was born in. Although I have never found it to be common and I don't think it particularly dates me.

I don't love or hate my name, it is just my name that's all[ grin]

Not keen on my given name. In its long form, it is dated but shortened, it is still fairly unusual and "stands out" which I am not sure I like.

My birth name, as I was adopted, is even more dated.

I HATE my name and have no middle to fall back on. Whats even worse is that the shortened version I use means I coudn't call DD my favourite name as nns would have been the same! (it's her middle name instead)

Nicole. Hate it. You probably already guessed I was born in the late 70's.

Also agree that Jane is a fab name.

I love my name, not too common, quite regal in fact! I even gave it to dd2 as a middle name. I spent years shortening it, but now wish I could reclaim the unshortened version. A bit difficult at this stage, though.

But I have a ghastly middle name which screams "1960s", it's Jayne-with-a-"y".

Thanks Bibbity - and Op!

I totally agree with you on the Katherine/Elizabeth being great names. My 7 month old DD is Catherine.

Its ok. Its pretty classic although I think most people called it were born between about 1940 and 1990 so its starting to date.

Its very common as well, I work with two other women in our small department with the same name which gets very confusing. I think its quite a sensible staid name and I would prefer something more feminine and less sensible?

I really love my initial though, i like the letter H a lot!

I did like being the only Olivia, made me a bit more memorable (although even English teachers would mispronounce and misspell it). My surname was fairly uncommon too so when I married Mr V Common-Surname I maded sure all my kids had relatively unusual names.

I disliked mine as a child and loved to shorten it, but prefer it said complete now. Biblical and solid name.

DS1 announced today he doesn't like his name and wants to be called Anakin (sigh).

P.S By the way OP, I love the name Jane - wonder if it's due a revival?

I don't particularly like my name - Alice. It is too feminine for me, and, in combination with my maiden name becomes "Alison" - a fine name, just not mine! IT took me until I was about 30 not to hate my name. DS has a very short, simple, traditional name. Top 10 for about 100 years. I love it.

I am happy with mine . It wasn't very common when I was a child, but is more popular now - so it's the only part of me that feels trendy.

I didn't really like my name when I was growing up because it was too different... which makes me wonder why us mothers are so dead set on naming our DDs something unusual!

definitly dates me.

i reckon at least 30% of al women born within 5 years of me have my name.

frikkin awful

I completely love the name Sarah .

I am 47 and the most common names amongst my friends are Jackie, Claire, Sarah, Kate, Paul, Tom, Philip, James.

One day all the little children named Grace, Ella, Maya, Oscar, Archie, Jack will be having this same conversation!

The only way you could have a truly unique name now is to go for Bernard or Beryl or somesuch.

Having said that, I do know an Ada and an Agnes, both 5 .

I am one of the millions and millions of Sarah's born in the late 70's!

I hated it when I was younger because there were always at least 1 other Sarah everywhere I ever went - and you could never buy rock/pens/keyrings/tat at the seaside with my name on because they'd always sold out! There's going to be a generation of Isobels/Olivias feeling the same in a few years.

Would probably be alright now though as you very rarely meet baby Sarahs anymore. And it means "Princess" which I always liked

Roffle! I'm the same as amazingbouncingferret and feedmenow. There's hundreds of us and it dates me very precisely because I was actually born in the era when Jackie O was a mega sleb.

Definitely. It's Alison.

In fact I have seen some stats that show that it was at it's peak in the late 60's and tailed off during the 70's, and disappeared in the 80s. I was born in '77 so that means it dates me to about 10 years older than I actually am.

I don't like my full name - it is a typical 70's name and a bit crap. I shorten mine and then I do actually like it. I am not saying what it is though. I like my anonymity on here

I have an unusual name in that it's two first names, which in my generation is unusual. Although the first part is like Sharon/Tracey and I loathe it. My father wanted to call me by the second half of my first name but my mother refused, she knew a pretty gilr with my name and so, foolishly, thought it was a pretty name.

I've never met anybody my age or younger with my name. They tend to be about 55 - 65. It's not a horrible name, nobody has ever laugh out loud or said yuk to my face, but it never comes up on the baby names threads either.

When I was younger, I think it helped having an older name on my CV, I was interviewed for jobs were I'm sure that they wanted an older candidate. Now i'm worry that I won't get an interview because people will assume I'm nearing retirement!

I love my name. It was quite rare when my parents gave it to me in the 1970s and therefore hasn't 'dated' much. I have only ever met two others with the same name .

I like my name - it's not attached to a particular generation, it's pretty, a bit difficult to say but I'm happy to correct people on their pronunciation (especially when they say it the american or chavvy way). It's also unusual and people always say what a nice name I have!

I am Katherine. I like it and don't feel dated by it.