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.

Seems like your name is the wrong way round - Mary Louise sounds more right than Louise Mary.

I don't love my name. It's long, and can be spelled lots of different ways which means it is often spelled wrong. And the short versions are either very cutesy or incredibly dull, so I go by the long version which sounds a bit pompous.

I hate mine, mainly because I have a speach impediment and it starts with a sound I struggle to pronounce (To me fair, mum had no way of knowing that would happen when she picked it). It also has no obvious shortenings or alternatives, which would have been a solution with other names.

My name did the opposite to yours, in that it was virtually unheard of when I was a child (so people were unlikely to guess what i was trying to say) but is now incredibly common.

You're right, but I think Mary was considered incredibly old-fashioned when I was born and my parents would never have picked it. I don't think I've ever met a Mary of my age either.

I love my name, it's classic, a bit unusual but not so rare no one has heard of it. I went to an all girls school in the 80s and there was only one other girl with my name in 1200 students.

It's easy to pronounce, easy to spell and pretty without being fussy. It's also reasonably common in other European languages so it works in other countries too.

I knew a Mary a couple of years older than me but I was never entirely sure if it actually was her name or she just preferred it. Its a good name though.

There was another Mary but I'm 80% sure we only called her Mary because she was married to a Joseph and had just had a baby.

But she was known as Louise, and Louise was so overused as a middle name that it became normal to have it in the middle.
Having your known as name being the middle name is a PITA.

i knew of a male Rhien once, a kind guy

Oh that’s a new one on me. I like it though and glad he was kind. 😁

@Arlanymor He pronounced it exactly the same as the female name.

And what pronunciation is that?

As the Welsh or the English version? Sorry I should have specified, that's kind of what I meant as both are different. I like it though regardless!

RH-E-E-N pronounced as spelled. i didnt know there was different spellings or versions

I can't make sense of that. Is it like Ian with an R in front (Ree-un)?
The Welsh pronunciation of Rhian is Rhian pronunciation: How to pronounce Rhian in Welsh

I don't understand the phonetics you are trying to share sorry?

I can't either. The male pronunciation on that link is how I say my name. I think the female pronunciation isn't quite getting the 'Rh' part. That said when in England I just say - it's Ian with an R! Much easier!

Maybe the pp thought it was pronounced Araitchie-ee-en

My name is typical of the decade in which I was born. My father preferred one spelling, my mother the other. He registered my birth so I ended up with the less plain version which I’m pleased about.

Tracey or Claire?

I'm a 70s Sarah (with the obligatory Louise middle name). I like the sound of my first name and that when I apply for jobs, it's impossible for people to make snap judgements about me, based on my name. I don't love that it doesn't actually serve its purpose in identifying me - every school or job I've had, there have been at least 3 of us!
I gave my dd a more unusual name. She can use the more common abbreviation when she wants to blend, but has the option of her more unusual longer name then she wants to stand out.

You’re on the right lines as he added the letter “e” at the end like Ann/Anne.

Helene

I’m sad about my name because internet culture has turned it into a shorthand label for entitlement, rudeness, and racial aggression. I’m sure everyone knows what it is!

yes, thats it.