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Who is the most relevant person in your life who has the same first name as you?

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OneUmberJoker · 03/11/2025 17:13

There childhood friends

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Enko · 13/11/2025 19:24

I have never met someone with my first name. So noone. I am mid 50s btw.

Speckson · 12/11/2025 00:48

Didn't know there was anyone in the world with my name until I joined Facebook years back and did a search. There are a few, but I haven't found any in the UK - though there was a racehorse many years ago! My aunt put a bet on it (IIRC it was a works sweepstake) and despite being an outsider it won 🐎

Iwouldratherbemuckingout · 12/11/2025 00:36

My best friend who I love dearly, and is one of the most important people in my life

Eareye · 12/11/2025 00:15

I have a very common traditional name very popular on MN but I have only met one other person with my name. My children don’t actually know people with their names …1 very common name 2nd we have yet to meet the same name and 3rd didn’t meet anyone with her name for 20 years ,until about 5years ago and now everywhere .

IdaGlossop · 12/11/2025 00:04

Mine is a biblical name which is very recognisable. I have always loved it although I do find it odd that my parents chose it because my father's only sister had the same name and died at 18, and my mother had a daughter from a previous marriage who lived for only five days. While phantom aunt and ghostly half sister aren't 'in my life', I think of myself as the third in a line with them. My father's mother was very forceful so I suspect she wanted the name and my mum felt powerless to resist.

GetToHeaven · 11/11/2025 23:56

I have the same name as one of my mum’s best friends, though she met her after I was born.

TheLivelyRose · 11/11/2025 23:02

I don't know anyone with my name.

beasmithwentworth · 11/11/2025 23:01

My son’s girlfriend’s mum. And it’s a very uncommon name. We are known as Beasmith 1 and Beasmith 2 by them!

Arlanymor · 11/11/2025 22:59

No one in my life has the same first name - although I have met one other person with my first name in my life (the sister of a former colleague about 10 years ago). I have never met anyone with my middle name - or heard of anyone with it, although it is a name, it's just very uncommon.

noonames · 11/11/2025 22:47

My builder, although he spells his differently.

EmotionallyWeird · 11/11/2025 22:37

DH's cousin has the same full name but usually goes by a different short form.

Closest person who usually uses exactly the same version is a not-very-close friend who shares about 3 interests with me, so I see her in various places fairly often. At the interest I took up most recently, there's at least one more of us too.

BatsInHibernation · 08/11/2025 22:01

Two people at work. I don't have anyone in my personal life with my name.

squashyhat · 04/11/2025 13:05

A puppet character who drove (or was driven in) a pink car Grin

Zen · 04/11/2025 13:03

My stepmum, it can be confusing as our surname is quite unusual. I don’t mind being referred to as young zen but she’s not so keen on old zen! My dad used to call us zens.
My best friend’s mum also has the same name and I have a good friend with the same name too, we met through our children’s hobby where there was another mum also with the same name, so the mums were zen, zen, zen and Sarah.

Radiator981 · 04/11/2025 12:36

Literally no one I know has my name

lljkk · 04/11/2025 08:26

An Old friend... was a very popular name in our generation.
I have one cousin with same name but no regular contact with her.

Giggorata · 04/11/2025 08:24

No one at the moment. Someone at work, years ago. No one in childhood or early adulthood.

Myoldbear · 04/11/2025 08:01

At present it's someone in my book group.
A few years ago it was my vicar.
(Not very common name.)

RaraRachael · 04/11/2025 06:59

Onefortheroad25 · 03/11/2025 18:10

I don’t know anyone with my name who is even slightly relevant.

Me neither. I was the only person in my school with that name. A former work colleague is the only other person I've met who has my name.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 04/11/2025 06:54

The HR lady at work.

Westfacing · 04/11/2025 06:47

My best friend of the past 39 years - we were school mums, both with two boys of the same ages.

muddyford · 04/11/2025 06:42

My godmother. In the same significance bracket as my parents and sister. I have spent a week's holiday with her the last two years and it was absolutely brilliant. She's 20 years older than me and it really doesn't matter.

tinytemper66 · 04/11/2025 06:39

No one really. My name is Welsh by very uncommon these days.

PlummyDog · 04/11/2025 06:27

A bloke at work and one of DH’s childhood friends. Haven’t met another woman with in since I was in sixth form.

DancefloorAcrobatics · 04/11/2025 06:23

I only know 2 people with the same name as me. My primary school teacher and a very famous children's book author.