Would you have chosen the same first name for yourself as your birth name?

[glovestrains]

no for myself

Yes, my name suits me and I love it.

Never met anyone with my name, ir was chosen because it works in both English and German, my mother's nationality. It was given to a character in a comedy that was popular in the eighties.

It always surprises me how few people change their names. If you really dislike it, why keep it?

I have changed mine legally to the diminutive I have always used. The longer version (my birth name) is hideous.

Yes love my name! So sad to see so many people don't.

Mine is a little unusual but in a good way, got complimented on it all my life and still do. My parents did good!