What does it mean when someone uses your name a lot?

[lionjay]

There's a guy I see every so often going to/from work he does shifts, so it varies. But we only see each other for a few minutes at a time and familiarised ourselves to be cordial and say hello/how are you.
At my work over Christmas, we had various other offices visiting so we were all given name tags with our name and role. Due to never wearing them, I'd forget to take mine at the end of the day. Fast forward a few months later in March, and I saw this guy often within those months, one day he said "You alright, /name/" and it threw me, I looked at him for a long second wondering if I had forgotten a whole conversation where we exchanged names, I said "pardon?" and he laughed, he said "your name tag, it's a good thing I don't wear them", the next time I saw him after that he said my name again, and gave me his name.
We still see each other, and he always says my name. I feel it's often unnatural "Good morning, name", "hello, name", "good afternoon, name" and when I respond it feels unnatural to me to use his name but I do so as a form of acknowledgement.
What impression do you get/what does it mean to you if a guy says your name often?

I think you're reading too much into it tbh.

Some people do tend to use names often, others don’t. I guess that’s just why

is he interested in you? perhaps he'd like more of a conversation? personally when i use names a lot its because i'm desperately trying to remember them!

Is he Australian? 😆 They say your name every 6 words!!

In this particular example, it's got nothing to do with how he usually is. I doubt he says everyone's name like this. It's your 'in joke' - it's meant to sound almost unnatural.

Possibly he is flirting. Possibly he is just outgoing and friendly.

He likes you!

This. Or it’s possible he’s a ‘one repeated joke’ type of guy.

He probably took a business workshop, pick-up artist course or NLP class at some point which instructs people to use names more often to build up trust. Have also seen this tip used a lot in social media clips from communication "gurus".

I think you're over thinking it

It means he's an irritating twat.

My husband always says people's names when he greets them, he says it's rude not to and that he was brought up that way. So much so that he gets in a mild panic sometimes when someone we know is approaching us at an event and he can't remember their name. I do use names as well but don't worry if I forget.

I bet he's been on a work especially if you are customer facing they drill it into you to use names.

He thought you're reaction was funny when he first used your name (because of name badge) so now it's just a thing he does when he sees you, really don't think it's that deep tbh

The people who do this I've found have usually been on an NLP course. I hate it and do it back to them, they stop soon enough.

Yeah I find it's a bit of a forced thing, a trick to get you to like them subconsciously. Some people do it with everyone, it's a way of trying to curry favour and win positive attention. I think it's obvious and annoying!!

I've had salesmen do it and I've told them I know what my name is, you don't have to keep using it. It is a sales trick and it comes over as forced matiness.

you're absolutely right @MrsDanversGlidesAgain in fact I'd go so far as to say I agree with you @MrsDanversGlidesAgain

do you agree @MrsDanversGlidesAgain ??

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😆

It really was like that.

Is he Irish?

We have a friend who was convinced that a new fellow teacher 'fancied' her because he looked at her every time they passed in the corridor.

He probably worked in a foreign call centre prior to this job. The constant use of your name must be ingrained in the training protocol.

I find it really moronic.

It probably helps him to remember what people's names are.

I've got a couple of people who do this to me. I know they are doing it because they want to get me to notice them and like them, but all it does is rile me beyond comprehension because it sounds so unnatural.

I'm assuming it's something they're 'taught' by pick up artists.