Do you like your name?

I hate my name, it's literally the most boring plain name ever.

I love my name. I think it's a classic. It was in the top 10 when I was born but I haven't met another since school.

I know of a 21 year old Hebe but she's the only one I know of apart from HebeMumsnet It's a lovely name thank you for the £5

No, I hate it. I was named after someone very prominent at the time, against my Mum's wishes.

The shortened form is more awful than the full one and the name sounds stuffy. I've always thought it was a name for a middle aged woman!

I like my name but hate the Y in it. I really wish it was spelt Jane. Classic and traditional. I get sick of always having to say ‘Jayne...with a y’ when being asked. I would always stick with the most common spelling of a name.

I can’t complain about mine- it’s one that is often suggested on threads here too. It’s one of my dd’s Middle names too. Short, not flowery and not overly common when I was growing up.

I hate my name and always have. Can't use the middle one as it's no better

DM told me it was DF who'd insisted on my ghastly moniker. She wanted to call me Melanie which I much prefer. I reckon I'd be a great Mel

I love my name now, Olivia. I was born in the 80's and I've met no other Olivia's until recently thanks to the boom in popularity.
I hated it growing up as I wanted to be like all the other Sarah, Rebecca and Louises in my class.

I don't hate it, it's very classic, but I think 90% of girls who were born the year I was were also given the name! I went to school/worked with a lot of them..

I'm a Lucy. I don't like it. I was one of three Lucys in my class at secondary school. Nobody ever calls me Lucy; it's either Luce or Lu. It's a little girls name that sounds a bit ridiculous now I'm in my thirties. I was serenaded with 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' on a daily basis at primary school.

Mine is okay but I much prefer the 'a' ending over the 'e' ending I have, I think it's less clunky.

I do love my shortened name tagged together with my surname though, it sounds pretty cool

I hate mine. It's very much of it's time, the 60s and early 70s, and my parents chose it because it was popular and meant that I wouldn't stand out.

This should be a lesson to all those who claim popularity doesn't matter. I think lots of kids and especially adults would prefer not to have a popular name that eventually sounds dated and that they have to share with lots of others.

I've grown into the contracted version of my name, my original name was a classic but I was cursed with a made up spelling which was ditched by use of a deed poll.

I like my name, Carly, it’s not very common but also isn’t weird or out there. I do struggle to say it though. I think as I’ve gotten older I’ve become conscious of how it sounds with a northern accent and struggled with it 🙄 I like that it can’t be shortened too!

beanaseireann no, that was my best friend .

I don't like my name. 3 reasons: it sounds terrible with my surname, it was extremely common in my birth decade, and I hate the obvious nickname that most people immediately shorten it to.

I like feminine but not fussy or frilly strong sounding names. Known but not common. And most of all to sound good with the surname. Even though I'm an older person I'm considering changing my name to either a variation of my original name or to a completely different name. Friends and family can just continue to use my old name as they do, but in new situations - work, study etc - I can feel much more confident about my name.

I hate mine. It's very much of it's time, the 60s and early 70s, and my parents chose it because it was popular and meant that I wouldn't stand out.

I can't even use my middle name (Gail) instead as I hate that too.

I love my name. It’s quite pretty sounding, and springlike. It’s unusual enough to remark on it if I meet another one. My Dad chose my name. My surname is unusual in spelling, spelt slightly differently it’s a brand name so I automatically spell it when I say it. If I get married I will keep my maiden name, it’s mine, and I’m the last and youngest in my extended family with it, so I feel that I don’t want it lost.

I hate my name (Katie), it just feels too boring and common and hasn’t aged well on me; but I hate Kate just as much. My last name was also very boring, one of the most common last names in the world. Thankfully DH’s name is very unusual and I love it

I love my name and my maiden name. My married name is rubbish and I wish I'd have kept my old surname!

I don’t mind mine at all, it’s inoffensive, pretty timeless but with 3 of us in the school mum group of friends, I don’t think it particularly bothers any of us though. (Emma)

Don't like mine.
I'm one of many, but the others are usually at least 15 years older.

My name is Elizabeth and I absolutely loathe it. It's too long and too formal-sounding! I go by one of its many, many shortenings.

I love mine it works both long and short.

Alex and Alexandra.

I also love my middle name is I feel it all sounds nice together.

Alexandra Jayne.