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How many people with your first name do you know?

163 replies

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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SoMuchToBits · 17/02/2018 22:35

I knew one other person with my name at primary school. None in my year at secondary.

At Uni I met maybe one other.

At work, I met 2 others with my name (this was about 20 years ago).

Since then, I know no-one closely with the same 1st name as me. It's not particularly rare either, for my era.

Sarsparella · 17/02/2018 22:34

I’ve never met a person in real life who has the exact same name as me as in same spelling.

I’ve met a couple with a variation of the spelling but not the same full first name

BillyAndTheSillies · 17/02/2018 22:24

Only met a few in real life but have spoken to many at work.

PushMyButton · 17/02/2018 22:24

And actually, I am the only person we can find in the world with my first name/surname combination... Although if I go back to my maiden name, that probably will no longer be true.

SheldonCooper77 · 17/02/2018 22:23

2 others at junior school.
Moved to different area and then none
Couple in different years at senior school and have 1 friend with the same name now.
Think it was a popular name but never heard of a child being called it since I've been an adult.

PushMyButton · 17/02/2018 22:21

None... I'm Facebook friends with someone who has one letter difference but that's it.

treaclesoda · 17/02/2018 22:15

None. I've met a couple over the years but I've never actually known anyone who I come into contact with regularly.

TriSarahTops · 17/02/2018 22:14

Lots and lots - I'd imagine I've met well over 100 people who share my name. It was the most common girls name the year I was born, and remained popular for a long time. I've always hated my name.

NewYearNiki · 17/02/2018 22:14

At the moment, none.

At school I came across two others over the years.

Whitelisbon · 17/02/2018 22:13

Loads.
They're all the same age as me, give or take a couple of years.
There were 3 of us in our primary class. There were only 6 girls in the class, and 3 of us shared the same name. In hindsight, I feel sorry for the poor teachers!

SingaSong12 · 17/02/2018 22:12

Sorry - not quite right - I was born in U.K. but parents from abroad.

JennyOnAPlate · 17/02/2018 22:12

I've met two others in my life.

I was the only one with my name in my massive 7 form entry secondary school. I would rather have had a more popular name to be honest.

Maverick66 · 17/02/2018 22:11

Loads.
I'm 51 there were four in my class at school both primary and secondary.

SingaSong12 · 17/02/2018 22:11

Leiaorganashair
None with my given name in the U.K. About a billion in the country I was born in!

This for me too, though my parents chose an unusual spelling.

megletthesecond · 17/02/2018 22:10

Too many. I work with another three.
It's still fairly popular for little girls.

demirose87 · 17/02/2018 22:10

None. Never worked with one or went to school with one and I don't have a very unusual name.

Lucked · 17/02/2018 22:10

I have an unusual name, I have had one patient once with the same name but different spellings (she spelled it correctly) and there was a celebrity who had there 15 mins 20 years ago with the same spelling as me but I have never met them.

Meandmy4 · 17/02/2018 22:09

None !

nancy75 · 17/02/2018 22:08

I met 1 a few years ago but don’t know any others, my name really is Nancy and in the last few years I have heard a couple of small children called it

positivepineapple · 17/02/2018 22:05

None, a few with amended spelling of one of the many abbreviations. I hated my unique name when I was young, now I like that it's unusual, although very few manage to pronounce it correctly.

franke · 17/02/2018 22:03

No one personally. One girl in my primary school in the 70s. According to mn my name is akin to Brenda/Sandra Confused

lorisparkle · 17/02/2018 22:00

I have a fairly uncommon first name, have met a handful over my life but I have a very common surname. This means there is someone with my first and surname living in the same village. I have had a few unusual issues with hairdressers surprised to see me and with post going to her house. She also has a personalised number plate which I quite fancy!!

Anxiouschild · 17/02/2018 21:59

3, although one of those is the person I was named after. The other two are a similar age to me (mid thirties).

Mrsknackered · 17/02/2018 21:59

Personally, just one.

I've heard of a few really young ones though, it's had quite the surge in popularity in the last 5 years.

Leiaorganashair · 17/02/2018 21:58

None with my given name in the U.K. About a billion in the country I was born in!