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Do you think your name helps or hinders you in life?

111 replies

BrickPoet · 01/04/2024 19:14

Hindered in primary due to too many with the same first name

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dizzydizzydizzy · 01/04/2024 19:31

I have always felt hindered by my name.
If is an old lady name which often comes up in here as a name which isn't going to come back.

BridgeOverTheRiverWye · 01/04/2024 19:31

Hinders. Too unusual and the pronunciation and spelling aren't obvious.
I don't really like the sound of it as 'firstname surname'.

Echobelly · 01/04/2024 19:30

I like my name, it's unusual in my peer group, but it's not weird or obscure (seems to have had a bit of a revival for kids in last 10-15 years). I don't think it has any negative associations - it's the sort of name you might associate with sexy women which is funny as I am not at all foxy!

LizTruss · 01/04/2024 19:27

No. I can't see why it ever would. 😇

WetBandits · 01/04/2024 19:27

TammytheFaceGhost · 01/04/2024 19:18

I don't see how that would actually hinder you though? It might have been annoying for you I guess but have you actually had significant failings in life because you shared a name with many others in primary school...?

I think very unusual names make you stand out, which can go both ways. The "imagine a High Court judge called Pixie Zoella or Rayzor Chelski" oft quoted on here does have some standing.

Completely off topic but I love your username!

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CreateYourOwnUsername · 01/04/2024 19:27

Helps - it's pretty classic. Combined with my married name I have a really common name which I love. I really enjoy the anonymity

Topseyt123 · 01/04/2024 19:26

I fine with my name, but I do wish my parents had made it my first name rather than deciding from birth that I would be known by my middle name.

I've had a lifetime of having to explain it so that's the hindrance rather than the name itself, which I do like.

DramaAlpaca · 01/04/2024 19:24

Mine is an underused classic and doesn't date me to a particular decade. I'm grateful for that, it's never been a hindrance.

My birth surname, on the other hand... Let's just say I didn't think twice about changing it when I got married, and my DC are relieved they don't have it.

Nc1424 · 01/04/2024 19:23

Definitely a hindrance for the opposite reason. Everyone gets it wrong and there are only so many times you can correct people. Hate introducing myself!

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 01/04/2024 19:21

Neither tbh. I've never particularly liked my name. I don't meet many people with my name, but not because it's unusual in a cool way - it's a bit frumpy, I've always thought. It was a bit more common in maybe the 1970s and I was born in 1971. But I seriously doubt it's had any effect whatsoever on how I've got on in life!

TammytheFaceGhost · 01/04/2024 19:18

I don't see how that would actually hinder you though? It might have been annoying for you I guess but have you actually had significant failings in life because you shared a name with many others in primary school...?

I think very unusual names make you stand out, which can go both ways. The "imagine a High Court judge called Pixie Zoella or Rayzor Chelski" oft quoted on here does have some standing.