Do you like your name and why do you feel that way?

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At a family gathering we discussed our names and whether we liked them or not so it got me thinking. I was born in the fifties and was as school with several Jane’s, college with more and taught in a school with three of us. So a popular name back then. I taught a Jane back in the nineties but since then have not come across any.
I love my name it’s simple, has associations with famous people and now not common.
So what is your name and do you like or dislike and why.

No. It was never popular. There's a few about now but I was the only one at school and college.
Teachers used to laugh at it!. I use my nice normal 80s middle name these days.

I dislike my name, its a made up name, and has no meaning behind it. To me sounds like a strippers name. Born in 1963, it peaked in popularity 2 years later, and then declined to almost nothing.

I was born in the early 70s. My name is Essie, short for Esther. I hated Esther as a kid but grew to like it in the end.

I still use Essie, mainly because Esther makes me feel like I'm in trouble. It's the only time i was ever called it growing up. 😁

I am not fond of my name. It’s probably typical of the decade I was born but not the most common. It’s alliterative with my old surname, which I hated, and I did change my name when I got married. People can’t spell it even when it’s right in front of them in an email (it’s not hard to spell), people get it wrong and call me by similar but different names. The shortening is ok but a bit girly-ditsy. My middle names weren’t really a viable alternative either so I’m kind of stuck with it.

Born 1960s and very happy with my name. Elizabeth. I also like the simplicity and grace of Anne and Jane.

I absolutely love my name and always have.

It is a “classic” name like Charlotte or Alexandra.

Born in the 60s. Four syllable name. Rarely get called by it as it has many diminutives. Love the name on other people. It’s timeless and elegant.

I was born in the 70s and my name is Emily, I’ve always loved my name. It’s not too short or too long, it’s classic without being old fashioned, I like how it sounds and it’s not that common amongst adults my age.

I hated my name as a child but I quite like how it's adapted as I grow older.

I was a Jenny.
Now a Jennifer or Jen.

Proper of it's time name though, there are loads of us in our late 40's.
I'm waiting for it to have a mass comeback along with with Sarah & Clare when I'm old.

Had this conversation with my sons , Both love their names , which I.m so glad about as I hate mine , it’s very common in all ways .. and no second name , gave both my children middle names

I changed mine by deed poll 42 years ago when I turned 18 I hate it that much

Claire - meh. Born 1980 and went to school with loads of them. It’s ok I guess, very much of the time, and I don’t personally know anyone younger than me with the same name….although I do remember a few years ago hearing someone say my name and I turned around to see a mother calling out to her toddler - and I thought that was unusual

My name is Harriet. I love it. It's not so unusual that it raises eyebrows, but I have only met a couple of others in my life, so it doesn't feel overdone. It's classical and elegant.

My middle name is Louise (like every other woman born in the 80s...) which is fine. Harriet Louise is a bit of a mouthful but I never use the names together.

I also had a double-barrelled surname until I got married. I was relieved to be rid of that, it was cumbersome.

I lived in England for a while and people pronounced my name differently to the Scottish way - they stressed the first syllable rather than the second.
I hated it but never corrected anybody.

No. I don't like the way people add 'the former Prince Andrew' to it. 😉

I had that too. I was in a shop in a nearby town and in a clothes shop (Topshop, I think).
I looked around but didn't recognise anyone. Then I saw a little girl and her mother said something like 'There you are, [name]'.
It's quite an unusual name and I only l know much older ones and one about 8 years younger than me.

I like my name though I hated it as a teenager- it's unusual and quite posh - I've grown into it

Don’t like my name. I often see it on here when discussing horrible names that are going to die out.

Mine is pretty unusual so I won't say what it is, but I desperately hate and despise it and always have. It doesn't feel like my name. I hate even having to say it out loud when introducing myself to people. I hate the sound of it, it doesn't shorten, and despite being very short I've had a lifetime of people getting it wrong.

No middle names I could use. I wish I'd changed it when I was younger but it's too late now and I think I'd hate having to explain the change hundreds of times to everyone I know nearly as much as the name itself.

I have a long and ridiculous Gaelic name (Ma was Irish). I do not live in Ireland or indeed anywhere with a significant Irish population so nobody ever gets my full name right. Thankfully, the first letter sounds like it could be a name in its own right and that's what I tell people to call me.

Don't like mine much. It's dull dull dull. My parents made up for that by giving me a monstrous middle name, though.

Love my name! Throughout school no one had the same name and have never worked with anyone with my name. I occasionally hear of other people with my name and always think ooooh nice 🤣. My DS has a similarly not popular name, no one at school or his work. You would
be familiar with both names but I love that they are both rarer names in the UK.

I really dislike mine. I was born in the 70s but with one exception everyone else I have ever met or heard of with the same name is at least a generation older. For all my life people who have heard my name before they meet me have told me I'm much younger than they expected. My name gives the image of a rather matronly older lady. There are no shortened versions/nicknames for it and it is not a name that has come back in to fashion. My middle name is of a similar style so would not have been a useful alternative to use. As an adult have actually considered changing it legally but I live in a small town so I suspect I'd forever be called '[newname] who used to be [frumpyname]'. I know my mum considered it timeless, and didn't to give me a name that would be fashionable at the time and fall out of fashion later. My siblings have similarly awful names.

My DC both have names that were relatively popular when they were born and have several shortenings etc that they can choose if they wish.

My name was unusual back in the 80s but has become more common and though never been in top 50 probably seen more commonly now and in last 20y.

I love my name. Very grateful my mum thought out of the box! I couldn’t be a Sarah or Laura or Emma now though they are fine names.

I don’t particularly like my name and always use a shortened version. It’s not awful, but it’s a typical 1960s name (which is when I was born). All my siblings have classic names and I prefer theirs!

I blame my father as my name was his choice.