(light-hearted) inspired by another thread .. do you like your given name?

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Does it cause you any problems?
If you could pick a name what would it be?

vampirethriller please say they didn't name you Fifi.

Nope, definitely not a fan of my name - Winnie :). I am always asked if it's short for Winnifred, Winnet and don't get me started on hi Winn are we winning aaarrrgghh!

Eleanor is a lovely name

Mine is a proper old fashioned style name but not in a trendy way... i dont love it..

Think "Pauline"... im in my late twenties.. but it is what it is!

Apparently i was going to be called Tammy... which i like but cannot imagine being called!

No but we had a cat called Fifi!

@feistymumma .... I love Winnie I wanted to call my daughter Winnie but dp said no ... I use it as a nick name now tho more people use it than her actual name ... Hallé

I love mine - it's pretty, timeless, simple, only one spelling and pronunciation so I never have to spell it. I used to hate my surname but fortunately DH has a gorgeous quite posh sounding surname so I took that.

It's very nice and as far as I can remember I have always loved it.

I love my name, although I am slightly jealous that my younger siblings each have 3 names and I only have two.

I like mine. It is very similar to another name that was popular for girls of my age. It would often get misheard as the popular name when I was growing up. I think my less popular name is far prettier though. And it's aged better.

@rabbitheadlights thank you

@maudebegone I’m the same, but a plastic paddy so can’t pronounce less well known Irish names as people expect me to @EmeraldShamrock - I bet that was a right giggle. I find Gaelic names quite an ice breaker.

I really like mine now (Hazel) - growing up no one had my name and I wanted to be a Phoebe or a Sophia. I love it now! A girl at work tried to tell me it was "common" the other day and it irrationally pissed me off. I've only ever met one other Hazel but about 10,000 what her name is (not bitter at all 😂)

Yes, I love it and feel very lucky to have it. It has become very popular in this century, but was unusual when I was born.

I'm not especially fond of mine and very few people call me by it. Just one of my parents (I have 4 parents as both re married when I was a child) plus people at new workplaces until I tell them to shorten it. I'm known by the shortened version.