Do you like your name?

Nope. I've never liked it. I think it's boring and bland and what you call your daughter when you can't think of anything else. It's one of the four standard names that practically every girl between 1975 and 1985 was called.

Yes I love my name. It's not extremely unusual but never been in the top 10 either. You wouldn't be able to guess my age from it. It's a so-called royal name (although not one belonging to any current senior royals) and I usually see it described as classic or timeless etc. I'm very lucky my parents chose well!

Don’t mind it, and was often the first one someone had had met, although it’s not that unusual or unique. Seems to gaining popularity on the baby name threads.

No, mine is a well used name, not very pretty or interesting. Think Sarah, Louise, Niamh , Aoife, Claire, Jenny , Deirdre

One of a few in my class all the time. Just a bit of a non descript name

I love my name and always have - it’s a bit unusual and the shortened version sounds rude , but even when I used to get teased sometimes at school I still loved it…

If my name wasn't mine name, it would have been on my list for daughter. But don't know would I actually use it, since I like different names from my own name. It was also slightly dated when I was a kid. Name was used in multiple different EU countries few decades before, it's royal name (Greek family) and there's a song for it, but nowadays it's not even remotely popular.
I'm from small EU country.

Same ! I love it, too.
I was born late 60s so in primary and secondary, I was 1 of 3 in a class. At least. It never bothered me though.
Everyone else, yes, their middle name.

Hated it as a child, it’s unique but same again with how my parents used to screech it.

but since becoming an adult with friends, DH etc and how gently they say my name I now love it and get so many compliments on it!

I don’t mind it but prefer the name I almost had, which is a slightly different version of my name. My parents didn’t use it as it had the same initial as my sibling.

Yes, I do now but I mostly go by a shortened version. It's Lucinda so well known but not super common. I've given my daughters uncommon names as well and they love them

No I really don't like my name at all. I wish I'd changed it when I was 18. My brother and sister have really nice names so not sure why j was given such an awful one.

It's affected who I am I'm sure as I got bullied at school because of it. So I became a withdrawn and shy child who had no confidence.

I love mine. It's a foreign name because my parents are both European but it's easily said in English. It's unique without being difficult and I always liked being the only person being referred to when it was used.

Yes! It's an easily recognised classic but relatively uncommon. It's not loved on MN mainly due to the perceived unpleasant characteristics of those with the name!

I love mine

Mine is so boring. It was very popular in the mid 80s, so I always had tonnes in my class and now it really dates me. I feel sorry for today's Olivias and Evies!

Mine is Louise (middle name Elizabeth). I like it! I don't meet many other Louise's as it was mostly a middle name in my era.

I think it's timeless and pretty.

No, hate it. Most popular name for about 8 years running - 3 or 4 others in most classes when i got to secondary

Indifferent to mine, as others have said. Very common for my birth year, always others with my name so I am first name and an initial. As a name itself it is quite nice I suppose but it's so common in itself it is boring.

Well, it's OK but I'm called Lily May Surname ...

And I'm in my 50s.

So of course everyone I meet via work or whatever expects me to be about 18 and do a double take that I'm not

I've asked my mum if she actually saw to the future when every girl was called Lily May and she assures me she didn't

Why don't you change it?

I like my name but I did legally change it to the 'short' version I was mostly known as. The name on my original BC I hate.

I love my name!
It has historical significance and I was always the only one at school/work with it. Its become more common in recent years, but still uncommon.

My parents gave me a more common middle name, because if I didn't like my first name, I could use that instead. My middle name is similar to Victoria, Elizabeth, Rebecca- so could be Beth, Vicky, Becca, Liz etc. I prefer my actual name though.

I don't really think the full version of my first name suits me at all. It took a while to settle on a short version that feels more like 'me'.
If someone were to call the full version out to me I wouldn't turn round, unless I was in a medical setting as I don't really recognise it as my name anymore!
Also people sometimes annoy me a little if they don't know me, here me saying it and ask 'is that short for.."Roberta'?' I'm always like, 'yeah, that's it.' Even though it isn't?! It's like I don't want them to know. Weird of me I guess.

I love my middle name as it really unique and cute.
Part of me wishes I'd just used that as my normal name from when I was a kid. But if I changed now people would think I was having a severe identity crisis!

Mine is a beautiful classic name but I don’t think it’s ever suited me