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Do you like your own name?

132 replies

LetThereBeRock · 11/05/2010 16:35

Do you? And if not what would you like to be called?

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differentID · 11/05/2010 23:11

Dastardly, My teasing involved particular teachers singing "how do you solve a problem like MAria" at me if I forgot my homework, which the kids then took up if I even raised my hand to answer a question.
Also, my maiden name was the surname of a family in a very popular series of the 90's with Catherine Zeta Jones. So everyone would ask me about MA and PA ad nauseum.
Then, just out of my teens came that fucking Blondie song.

WombFrootShoot · 11/05/2010 22:01

I'm a Sian

Hated it as a child (Lived in England - therefore it is not common) Love it as an adult.

(Despite the Sharon? Shane? Siobhan? which has plagued every mention of it - although the most memorable being a letter addressed to Larne Surname. LARNE? and as a baby my parents got a letter addressed to STAN surname. )

DastardlyandSmugly · 11/05/2010 21:52

Horton it is definitely her. She likes floaty chiffon clothing and blue mascara - yes?

mebythesea · 11/05/2010 21:52

ive got a very hippy dippy name and have struggled with it for years, people taking the piss, not knowing how to spell it etc. When i was 13 i very nearly changed my name by depol to Tina, i didnt though, but sometimes i still use that name to make life easier!

BicycleBelle · 11/05/2010 21:42

I absolutely hate my name - harsh sound, associated with old ladies, ageing and ugly. However, my middle name is Isobel, which I think is elegant and pretty. I've always wanted to use it as my first name but never quite known how to go about it - do you just announce one day that from now on you wish to be known as a different name? Always wished I'd done it on my first day at university, as its the only time when I've moved away and known nobody.

Horton · 11/05/2010 21:38

If she has fake copperplate handwriting and loves the colour green, then yes, that's her, Dastardly.

pixierara · 11/05/2010 21:38

In the 70's NOBODY had my name, I longed to be called Debbie, Sarah, Lisa, instead, I had a very unusual name that is now consistently in the top 5 since about 2000! I can't get away from the fact that in the playground I hear people calling my name and assume it's me they want as I didn't meet ANYONE with my name growing up!! Now, they are EVERYWHERE!!!

MunchkinsMumof2 · 11/05/2010 21:35

I love my name and loved that my first, middle and surname all had the same amount of letters!

DastardlyandSmugly · 11/05/2010 21:30

Ooh Elise Mercy Parker is a psychic who lives in New Orleans surely?

boodleboot · 11/05/2010 21:26

ihave always loved being the only leanna in schools and workplaces...much more popular in america apparehtly....especially pornstars it would seem...ah well....

would love to be called Genevieve....just sound so sultry and romantic...

SoMuchToBits · 11/05/2010 21:15

I love Elise Mercy Parker!

Horton · 11/05/2010 21:13

I wanted to be called Elise Mercy Parker and used to practise her handwriting obsessively. Children are mad.

Lovethesea · 11/05/2010 21:12

Yes, I love the meaning of my name and middle name - and their histories. There were a fair few of us first names in the mid 70's but my mn is unusual so I still felt special.

SoMuchToBits · 11/05/2010 21:12

Lol, I just liked it - and it's green (my favourite colour)

DastardlyandSmugly · 11/05/2010 21:08

Somuchtobits I think we've bonded over a shared love of Playmobil and shit names

I do need to ask why Jane Greenwood?

SoMuchToBits · 11/05/2010 21:05

I used to want to be "Jane Greenwood" - not nearly so glamorous.....

DastardlyandSmugly · 11/05/2010 21:03

I know it's shocking isn't it? There were some books about girls in US high schools I used to read and loved 'Merry' from those. I alsways thought Goldsmith sounded really glamorous!

SoMuchToBits · 11/05/2010 20:52

lol at Meredith Goldsmith!

DastardlyandSmugly · 11/05/2010 20:38

Ooooh differentid what was your teasing? I'm also a Maria.

DastardlyandSmugly · 11/05/2010 20:37

Bizarrely I like the way ot looks written down but hate the way it sounds.

I always wanted to be called Meredith Goldsmith

marriednotdead · 11/05/2010 20:34

I detest my name and always have, it is very old fashioned and anyone I've encountered with it is at least 40 years older than me. Mum didn't even use it- I've always been called by my middle name (a sensible Ann) so what she was thinking I don't know I've never been able to find a name I'd prefer to replace either otherwise I would have.

ZZZenAgain · 11/05/2010 20:26

no

larrysgal · 11/05/2010 20:25

Yes, I love it. There are no others on google, which I like rather.

helyg · 11/05/2010 20:23

I hated mine as a child, but as I've got older I've grown to like it.

It is Welsh though, and nobody outside Wales can spell/pronounce it properly!

KayHarker · 11/05/2010 20:20

I grew to hate my given name so much I changed it to my MN name.