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Would you pick a name that was similar to a surname?

37 replies

WestCountryLady · 12/02/2020 16:01

Think for eg Tommy Tomlinson?
I have a name name I have always loved but first half is the same as our surname, is this weird or not?

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toffeeghirl · 12/02/2020 23:00

Lots of John Jones in my family. Also have Welsh ancestry and have Evan Evans, Peter Peters etc in my tree.
My surname is also a boys name.

MrsJoshNavidi · 12/02/2020 22:13

Freezer. I knew an Evan Evans, a John Johns and a Thomas Thomas in Wales when I was younger. Not so common now though I think.

I also knew a Jesus Thomas too, but that's by the by.

VerbenaGirl · 12/02/2020 21:43

I don’t mind it.

Mumoftwoyoungkids · 12/02/2020 21:42

My husband has a name like this. He loathes it and goes by his middle name.

(Yes he’s Welsh!)

Emijen · 12/02/2020 21:40

No I wouldn’t

Elouera · 12/02/2020 21:37

With SO many other names to choose from- WHY???

I went to school with a Theo Theophanis and a Mohammed Mohammed! Both of which I thought were very odd names, but no idea if they got teased for it or not.

WoodliceInSunderland · 12/02/2020 21:37
Grin
MrsCrosbyNRTB · 12/02/2020 21:34

I knew a Thomas Thompson years ago and I’ve only just twigged that his first name is massively similar to his surname.

God, I do wonder about myself sometimes Confused

SpruceTree · 12/02/2020 21:34

Like Boaty McBoatface?

Brevityisthesoulofwit · 12/02/2020 21:31

We ruled out Willow for this reason though we both loved it

FREEM · 12/02/2020 21:29

I find the ones who have a surname that couldn't be a first name who then use a first name that could be a surname worse.
e.g. Mitchell James

WoodliceInSunderland · 12/02/2020 21:26

We had a Steven Stevenson at primary school, I always found it bizarre but I'm not sure it was a big deal for him. He didn't get teased about it.

I assumed his mother had no imagination tbh.

paintfairy · 12/02/2020 21:22

I went to school with a Richard Richardson. I to this day question why his parents were so ridiculous. Yet it was over 20 years ago. So it's memorable, if nothing else?

NoSauce · 12/02/2020 20:01

If you love Thomas then you should go for it!

MikeUniformMike · 12/02/2020 18:49

There were several John Joneses at school with me.
Someone I know is called Steve Stevens.

Gill Gill is funny.

Khione · 12/02/2020 18:40

I was at school with a John Johnson, no-one bothered at all.

swansloveiceskating · 12/02/2020 18:32

I always find these names comical for some reason. David Davis is the first one that springs to mind first.

MikeUniformMike · 12/02/2020 18:12

I'm Welsh too and it's common in Wales.

John Jones, William Williams, Evan Evans, Harry Parry, David Davies are quite common names.

Quite often you would see names like Thomas John Jones, known as Thomas, or John William Jones, known as William.

FreezerBird · 12/02/2020 18:10

I knew a Kelly who got married to a Mr Kelly...

I once met a Gill (soft g) Gill (hard g).

Isitme55 · 12/02/2020 17:37

Yeah it's weird. Don't do it lol

TenThousandSpoons · 12/02/2020 17:36

*sat nav

TenThousandSpoons · 12/02/2020 17:35

Magnus Magnuson
Harry Harrison
I don’t mind these.
Tom Thompson is bound to get nicknamed Tom-Tom or say nav though

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 12/02/2020 17:32

Oh Millie Miller is so sweet. Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 12/02/2020 17:29

Yeah I would. Obviously you couldn't have Thomas thomas, but
Thomas Thompson is fab. Isn't there a,news reader or reporter called Nicholas Nicklby. It doesn't seem to have done him any harm.

sunfloweryy · 12/02/2020 17:11

Wouldn’t bother me.

I knew a Will Wilson and other than a few comments when people first met him nobody cared, he certainly didn’t get teased or anything. Thomas is a great name.

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