Do you love your name?

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When i was growing up, i hated my name because i was the only child in my family without an english name, i made up names for myself and yearned for one, my dad felt pity on me after much threateningbegging from me that he gave me one when i was 7, i was not impressed[
there were 3 girls i already knew with the same name but it was the best catholic name he could find, i shortened it, it suits me and i love it,used it from that day

As for my traditional name, it happens to be one of the most beautiful unusual names in my country and my father couldn't have done better, and now that i live in europe it is exotic, i thanked my dad last time i saw him,so, if you had to choose your own name, what would you have named yourself?if you are happy with the one you have,fine..

Well, Norman is obviously lovely!

However, my alter ego is called Heather. What a disaster of a name! It's like a heavy cushion falling to earth! Who would want it????

:o Norman you would be surprised, i know one who is gorgeous and i liked it because of her, if my dad had given it to me i would have taken it,,but i do not look like a Heather,,

All these names you say you don't like were some of my dream names i came up with,,i would have given anything to be called Pearl, which incidently my husband calls me now as a pet name,

Diana coming from where i come from,whats not to like?however i do get where you are coming from notjust.

Tyson i love Noah and Isaac, but i have seen that MN do not like Noah, where i live my baby would the only Noah i konw, Norwegians have their own names, they are very few Noahs around,

Dashiell, any info on the name?

thnx and i think Lucy is a lovely name.
Bruno for a girl is def unusual Taff, only know of boys,

No, I dont - I hated it as a child and would often ask my (poor) mother why she named me this and pretend I was called something else.

Oddly enough though I think I would love it if it was slightly different - Im Nicola which I hate but love Nicole . Im known by everyone as Nikki though, and I like that.

I think Diana is beautiful.

I love my name, I'm a Sophie which I think is quite classic and doesn't age.

Heather is a lovely name!

I love my name, although I wanted to be called Rikki when I was younger .

I am Manon.

My name's Kate (Katherine) and I do love it.
I have used Katherine as middle name for my DD. She has an unusual first name and more traditional middle name.

I do like my name, it's not common but it's not unusual enough to stand out too much, it's Shelly-Ann tho I'm usually just Shelly

I 've noticed there's not a lot of love for hyphonated names on here :o but it was only because I'm named after my aunty and my parents wanted some kind of distinction, I like it anyway

I'm Anna which I think is quite classic and class-less. I like it.

I've always been happy as a Harriet, unless it gets shortened to Harry, which I don't like. (To clarify, I like Harry as a name for a boy, I don't like it as a nn for myself). The only nns I allow are Hattie and Hettie.

However, although I'm a happy Harriet, my twin sister is called Violet and I think she got the better name.

growing I adore Kate. This ones a Kate if baby is a girl...

I'm love my name as there's not many of us around (Vanessa). My DD's are called Lucy and Sophie which I absolutely adore.

Oh no, Hatterbox, Harriet is definitely better than Violet.

My twin sister is a Hilary, which I don't like any better than my own name.

I would liked to have been an Isabel, but I think the name which would have suited me most would be Jane.

I'm a Cassie (Cassandra only used for official documents, etc.) and I love my name. It's quite rare to meet another one, but most people have heard of it and it's easy to pronounce.

I named after a Beach Boys song. There's little to love tbh. Never met another one although there is a MNer with the same name.

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Norman - thank you. I just see Violet as being more 'exotic' than Harriet, but I suppose on the positive side, my name has better nicknames.

Oh and I really like Heather and Hilary. I know two Heathers, neither like their name either, but I don't get why.

so far so good, haven't heard a bad name at all,
really liked Nicola too,

Violet not keen and i think Harriet is better,

Cassandra love love,especially Cassie as a nn.

Blessed, I'm intrigued - any chance you could divulge what name your father gave you?

I hated my name when I was growing up (welsh name) but since living in england i've grown to like it and it's nice being a bit different

no problem tomato you might want to watch out for your tongue,,is Chengetayi,,can you pronounce it?

i promise you ,there are not many people with that name here in Europe and i love it, family call me Chenge, sounds more lovely when DH says it with his accent. :o

cool! I would pronounce it with a 'ch' as in cherry, so

chengeh-taaee

am I close?

where's it from? I would guess maybe somewhere in Africa? (probably completely wrong - south east asia?)

Show, now I've got that song going through my head. At least it is a much cooler song than the Gilbert O'Sullivan song my sister was named after

I love my name and my Mums! Shes Coral and im Mikaela and I do end up spelling it ALOT!
But worth it in a school full of Susan's, Kayleigh's and Hannah's

I love the unusual or different so been taking my time thinging of a name for baby due in May.

Will do my favs but dont have 5 of each:

Girls
Harmonie
Felicity
Hermionie
Melody (but a no as dont want a Mel!)

Boys
Sebastien
Louis
Xavier