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What would YOU like to be called...?

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typsical · 16/05/2011 20:01

Is there a name that you wish your parents had called you instead of your actual name...? Would you like to be something a bit more unusual, more ordinary...?

DH wishes he was called 'River'.

Think I'd quite like to be 'Nell'.

:)

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GetOrfMoiCase · 17/05/2011 00:08

I'm called Kirsty and I hate my name.

I was nearly called Regan, I was born when the Exorcist came out Grin. Think they saw I had potential.

I would like to be called something elegant like Minerva or Cressida.

Checkmate · 17/05/2011 00:10

My mother wanted to call me Clara or Verity, and I would much rather be either of these than the boring compromise name they found instead.

But it could have been worse - dad wanted to call me Stephanie or Dawn, and I'm much more suited to the boring compromise name than either of those!

messymammy · 17/05/2011 00:11

I wish I were a Laura,I'm not... :(
dd1 is Eve and dd2 is Sarah :) dp vetoed laura, I vetoed Brigid.

ChaosTrulyReigns · 17/05/2011 00:11

Although I'm really not keen on mine, I can't imagine not being me.

So, I'll stick with my unloved name.

Sad
makemineapinot · 17/05/2011 00:20

getorf - my dd is a Kirsty Sad hope sh liikes it!! never liked my name - would love to have been a Kate/Katie but agree with chaos above. I wanted dd to be Eilidh but XH wouldn't allow it cos he couldn't be bothered to learn to spell it! In the 80s I wanted to be called Jackie!

jordannarikki · 17/05/2011 08:52

Lions, I'm a Beth Smile

serendipity16 · 17/05/2011 08:54

Autumn.

I really don't like my name or the shortened names for it either. I tended to be called M now which i prefer.

themildmanneredjanitor · 17/05/2011 08:55

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kreecherlivesupstairs · 17/05/2011 09:12

I'd like to be Betty or Maggie. I'm not. Alternatively, Peggy, Ruth, Nell, Lucy or Aurelia.

BalloonSlayer · 17/05/2011 09:15

When I was a little girl I LONGED to be called Julie or Karen. I thought they were the most beautiful names ever.

Now I think I would like to be a Kate or a Zoe.

aStarInStrangeways · 17/05/2011 09:19

When I was 5 I desperately wanted to be called Fairy or Tina Grin Thank goodness no one listened as I love my name now and wouldn't want to be anything else. Especially not Fairy or Tina.

MsChanandlerBong · 17/05/2011 11:37

I have always wanted a name with a good nn (my name is quite common and doesn't have any easy nn's). When I was younger I was particulary keen on nn's that were boys names - eg Charlotte/Charlie, Antonia/Toni, etc

Although I'm not in love with my name, as an adult I do really appreciate that it is the kind of chameleon name that fits with any situation I find myself in (from drinking in a working mens club to having a meeting at the Foreign Office IYSWIM).

bambiandthumper · 17/05/2011 12:15

I think i'd be a good Eliza, but i'd love to be a Pandora!

MamaLazarou · 17/05/2011 12:59

Fairy or Tina! Grin

I like my name very much. It is Rebekah. It suits me.

oohlaalaa · 17/05/2011 14:05

I'm a Jane, and I love my name. My cousin is Kate, and she loves her name. We had this discussion one day, how we both like our short names as adults, although as youngsters we'd have prefered frilly names.

Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 17/05/2011 14:10

Elizabeth, like others, for its potentials.

As a young girl I thought Lucinda was the most beautiful name in the entire world ever. It's probably due for a comeback, now.

HopingForAZoo · 18/05/2011 04:43

I have always loved my name and never wanted to be anything else. Although I did go through about 1 year when I was nine wanting to spell it Aimee instead of Amy.

HopingForAZoo · 18/05/2011 04:44

If I wanted to be anything else it would be Anastasia.

lljkk · 18/05/2011 05:02

I did change my name (long story why parents let me). From one of the "timeless classics" to something that sounds completly dated now (bit like Sharon or Tracy). But I'd never change back.

nooka · 18/05/2011 05:13

I don't think I've ever wanted a different name, but when I was a teen I did long for a nick name. I think that was more about wanting to be popular (popular kids having nns in my mind).

BeattieBow · 18/05/2011 05:44

When I was a child I wanted to change my name to Sarah.

I don't mind my name now

CheerfulYank · 18/05/2011 05:59

Aurelia is beautiful

Annie would suit me

I'm a Megan, called Meg. Don't mind :)

UrsulaBuffay · 18/05/2011 10:01

Almost anything other than my name, which has been described as the female equivalent of 'Darren' Hmm and my parents couldn't even be arsed to give me a middle name.

Bert2e · 18/05/2011 10:07

My name is typical 70's - I wish I had a more classic name like Charlotte or Hannah or Anna or something more unusual like Hebe or Xanthe!

DownyEmerald · 18/05/2011 10:35

I wanted to be Natasha when I was little. I just thought it was wonderful. Now I'm glad I'm not. And someone has mentioned my actual name as something they'd like which is nice.
I like my name, I loved it's unusualness when I was younger (actually quite common now!). And I like that the actual name and the nn have totally different feels so I can be "name" at work and feel automatically professional and "nn" to everyone else.