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

81 replies

Fiddlesticks1 · 12/07/2026 10:27

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.

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Odditea · 13/07/2026 22:48

Love my name. Not unusual or particularly special. Just a nice name really. It is popular among primary school aged kids now so at some point it might start to feel dated. Not sure I care though.

Hazeltwig · 13/07/2026 23:00

I have never met anyone with my name and it wasn't until the start of social groups (after 2000) like Facebook I found that there was anyone in the world called the same. Even so it's really rare. (It isn't a made-up word but not generally used as a human name.)
I've always loved it and it would be utterly weird to me to meet anyone else called the same.

familyissues12345 · 13/07/2026 23:07

Mines a bit meh, born early 80’s and have a very popular for that time name.

It’s very classic, but I just find it a bit dull?!

SquirrelGG · Yesterday 01:58

Hazeltwig · 13/07/2026 23:00

I have never met anyone with my name and it wasn't until the start of social groups (after 2000) like Facebook I found that there was anyone in the world called the same. Even so it's really rare. (It isn't a made-up word but not generally used as a human name.)
I've always loved it and it would be utterly weird to me to meet anyone else called the same.

I also have a quite rare, for a woman anyway, name and I love it too. It's quite nice being "different".

inmyowngang · Yesterday 02:19

I don’t like my name I’m mid 40s but don’t know anyone younger than me with my name.
It’s a unisex surname with dozens of different spellings and if you shorten it you get a completely different name from a generation above me, which can also be an abbreviation of another more outdated name.

GentleSheep · Yesterday 03:03

I didn't like mine when young as it's quite long, as is my surname, and so was a mouthful for a shy youngster to say. Then when older I met people from around the world and discovered my name is very melodic when said with a non-English accent, much nicer than how it's said in England. So now I like it, especially as the shortened version.

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