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Do you like your name and why do you feel that way?

128 replies

Fiddlesticks1 · 12/07/2026 10:27

At a family gathering we discussed our names and whether we liked them or not so it got me thinking. I was born in the fifties and was as school with several Jane’s, college with more and taught in a school with three of us. So a popular name back then. I taught a Jane back in the nineties but since then have not come across any.
I love my name it’s simple, has associations with famous people and now not common.
So what is your name and do you like or dislike and why.

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BewareOfTheFakes · 10/08/2026 21:30

Victoria….born in the 80’s.

Hate it and its screams that my parents lacked imagination considering I was one of MANY born in that era.

Mumofgirls2017 · 10/08/2026 22:15

I have an unusual first and middle for the 80s, but it is very acceptable and liked now. I’m so pleased my parents were forward thinking!

GJMJ · 10/08/2026 23:25

Devilsmommy · 12/07/2026 22:01

I actually do like my name because it's not one you hear often. It's Joanna. I've met a gazillion Joanne's but only a couple of Joanna's.

That’s my little girls middle name, I love it ! It’s also my middle name and my oldest daughter’s first name combined.

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