Do you like your name?

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I absolutely can’t stand mine! I think it’s because my parents used to screech it so much on a regular basis and teachers would both mispronounce it and mock it.

Does anyone like their name? I don’t think many people dislike theirs as much as I dislike mine but it’s probably because I have had no end of hassle with it in my life!

I hate mine. It’s weird really as I have hated it since I was about two and I’m not sure that many two year olds care what their name is, but my hatred for it has always been really deep. I can’t even imagine how it must feel to like the name you were given. I’ve always felt envious of people who like their name. I use a diminutive but I can't get away from it at the doctor’s or hospitals and I negatively react inside every time it’s called even all these year’s later.

May I ask why you didn’t change it - when you changed school or went to uni for example?

I didn’t used to but it’s grown on me. I can’t imagine being called anything else now. It’s a biblical name which I like because it means it has history behind it and isn’t one of those names that is popular for a short time and quickly becomes dated. I gave my son a biblical name as well for the same reasons.

I’m Laura, it’s a classic 80s name.

There were only two of us at school but now I’m an adult I know so many Lauras. I work with loads of Lauras and several of my ‘mum’ friends are also Lauras!

I love my name. I hated it when I was a kid because it was an 'old lady name' and I wanted a cool, modern name like my mates. I really like it now, though. It's Eleanor.

I like my name, it's a nice normal one, but really dislike having a middle name. My brother wasn't given a middle name and it seems so pointless having one. I was careful to give my daughter a fairly timeless name, rather than an embarrassing trendy or made up name and she is so grateful that I did so.

No. I always wanted to be Kate. Mine is a v dated 70s/80s name. There were five of us in my class at school.

I was confirming details over the phone after an email & the woman said I need your proper name, this will be a legal document.
I replied that IS my full proper name.
I just got an "oh". I suppose at least she didn't change it like your "helpful" admin person.

Loathe mine. I like to think I could pass as a bit younger than my age but my name absolutely screams that I must be in my 50s! I sure no baby has been called my name since 1975

Yes, it's classic and pretty without being fussy. It not that common but familiar enough that almost everyone knows how to spell and pronounce it. It's used in other European countries either with the same or a slight variation in spelling so it not unusual for non native English speakers.

No, I changed mine.

I think it was hearing it being said repeatedly in a certain tone in my childhood that made me dislike it so much. It was when I knew I was in serious trouble.

Weirdly, now that it's been years since I've used it, I actually think it's not that bad and suits other people perfectly.

No, I've got 3 names on my birth certificate, my first name was quickly abandoned as my older siblings couldn't pronounce it ( it's not difficult or unusual) so my second name was used by family, but then when I went to school I had to use my first name & it caused a lot of confusion with my many cousins in school using my second name, constant questions about it 🙄 When my friends would come round to the house, my mother used to call me by my first name in a pretentious mocking manner stretching her neck and sneering when she said it, (I can still hear her mocking tone, yet she chose it! ) so I began to really hate it and never use it now except on official paperwork.

Love mine. It's quite unusual and I always tell my dm I'm glad she picked it over the two other names she liked - Grace & Louise (they are quite common in comparison)

My name is an older ladies name, which has never had a comeback, unlike a number of similar names! My name is openly loathed by most (on here definitely!!) on those threads about worst names that will never make a comeback 😂 and to make it worse, my middle name turns me into a popular 60s song! However, I managed to play a blinder when I married and took my husbands last name, and now I sound like a 1930s movie star, and people nearly always comment on my lovely name! So now I do in fact love it! ❤️

No. Mines a shortened version of a nice name, but it's really chavy

I love my name for being easy to live with - easy to spell / pronounce, familiar and fairly standard name but not too overused. Nice and simple two syllable name that isn’t generally shortened. This was my set of criteria for all of my children’s names.

Not particularly but I don’t give it much thought. It’s a very English 70’s name. Think Sharon, Michelle etc. I’m Irish so there wasn’t a lot of my name in school.

My mum took it very personally that I didn’t like my name. I first broached the subject about seriously changing it when i was around twelve but had voiced my dislike of it for many years prior. There was much wailing and hurt feelings 😖 I did change it to a shortened version but it’s really never felt like me (but better than the full version). I do regret not standing my ground just before I started senior school but I didn’t have an alternative name chosen and zero support from my mum about changing it. It might sound silly but I used to think I might have been more confident with a name I loved. By the time everyone got used to my shortened version I didn’t feel I could change it again.

I so want to know what it is 😁

I love the name Kate. It’s strong but still feminine.

One of my aunts named her children 'Tom' Bob' and 'Kate'. Those are their official names, not shortenings and they have had no end of trouble with it.

One of my colleagues has an incredibly exotic combination of names- it's so unique that i can't say it on here as she is instantly google-able. She said she loathed her abusive parents and when she went NC she decided to change both her names. I think I would do the same tbh. I love the idea of reinventing yourself. I never thought I would change my surname upon marriage but DH's surname is really lovely so I use both his surname and my original surname fairly interchangeably based on what i feel like at the time. I have good fun with it (and bank accounts in both names so no issues there).

No I don't because it can't be shortened. That's why dd has a long name.

On a good note, you can't really get my age from my name as I know 90 year olds and teens with it.

Yes I love my name. Didn't like it as a child as it's very classic, not very trendy. But its a totally timeless elegant name and I wouldn't choose anything else.

I love the name Louise ! I only know one and think it's such a lovely name and hardly anyone has it.

I like mine - very international and timeless. But with a foreign spelling it always gets misread and i want to scream. If you don't know how to read a foreign spelling of a name maybe don't shout it out loud?