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How many people with your first name do you know?

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Joey1471 · 17/02/2018 17:21

I went to school with 5 others with my first name
Also know another so that would be 6

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WaitroseCoffeeCostaCup · 24/02/2018 13:13

tabular My Daughter has a classic Greek name! They're my favourite!

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Crunchymum · 24/02/2018 07:31

I only know one. My sister's SIL, so my sister's kids have 2 aunts with the same name.

tabulahrasa · 24/02/2018 00:25

I’ve never met anyone with my name, or anyone who’s met another person with my name and only 2 or 3 in my entire life that have heard/read it before (it’s from Greek mythology)...

lecossaise · 24/02/2018 00:22

I've met three (all in Scotland, it's anglicised Gaelic), but often get emails meant for people of the same name in Australia where I think it's more popular

PandaCat · 24/02/2018 00:09

I have known 2, but both 10+ years older. I've never met anyone my age or younger with my name!

whywontteenswearcoats · 23/02/2018 23:14

Met one on a work course years ago, have a distant cousin in Australia with same name but have never met her.There's a very rich one that's sometimes in Hello and there's one I see on tv credits. That's it.

RhinestoneCowgirl · 23/02/2018 23:08

As a child I never met another person with my name.

As an adult I have met about two, but am linked with a few more on social media.

LuluJakey1 · 23/02/2018 23:06

None. I met one years ago.

glsgow107 · 23/02/2018 23:04

None

Sophisticatedsarcasm · 23/02/2018 23:04

I personally know five... 2 I went to school with.

bridgetreilly · 23/02/2018 23:00

No one that I'm in any kind of regular contact with, though I've come across a handful over the years.

TallulahBetty · 23/02/2018 18:23

Not a single one. Never met one

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BattleaxeGalactica · 23/02/2018 18:20

None.

Lucky fuckers Angry

Oysterbabe · 23/02/2018 18:10

I am friends on Facebook with 8 people with the same name as me.

WaitroseCoffeeCostaCup · 22/02/2018 20:04

Only one-my Nan! Have never met another.

BrazzleDazzleDay · 22/02/2018 20:03

None!

Tiddlywinks63 · 22/02/2018 20:00

Three or four possibly?
None spelt the same way either.

Trailedanderror · 22/02/2018 19:54

None! I've had friends with sisters the same name, but can't think of anyone I've known. Which is weird. It's very common and you'll definitely know 'samenames'.

FoofFighter · 22/02/2018 19:51

Never met another.

AthenasOwl · 22/02/2018 19:50

I went to secondary with 2 others who shared my name..iv not met another one to my knowledge since I left school that's 21 years ago! Just realised how old I am lol

Summerisdone · 22/02/2018 19:46

I’ve personally known 2, one was a neighbour when we were both 8 and the other was in my class at college. I have heard of a few others over the years but not many. My name’s not unusual or anything, just not very common ether though

DryIce · 22/02/2018 19:44

I've met the odd one over the course of my life, but right now don't know any

Chillywhippet · 22/02/2018 19:43

Sarah. It’s so common it’s not even outing, in top 20 from 1960-2000.

I have an unusual surname which helps, as middle names are no help. We are mostly Sarah Louise or Sarah Jane

In my peer group we get called Sarah P, Sarah T, American Sarah etc

My sister in law is called Sarah and changed her surname when she married DB. It’s weird seeing stuff at their house with my name on, like a TV licence on the notice board.

My DC have names not in top 100 the year before they were born but actually did make the list later. They have been at school with one other in whole school or none.

My cousin thought I was being snobby but I was trying to find names that were sensible names but wouldn’t condem them to a lifetime of turning in the supermarket/street but then realising the person saying your name doesn’t mean you Blush