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Re: Do you like your first name?
I have never minded it, though I envied friends who had names that could be shortened into a nickname.
I will say that it was not until high school that I had another Laura in the class. Oh and for a while I wished my name was Lauren. lol
It's i-ight.
I would change it to one of the names I wanted as a child:
Crystal
Rhonda
or
Misty
You might need a new career to go with some of those names
Yes, very much.
Although when I was little, I didn't like it at all, and wanted to be one of the 184 Jennifer's in my class. Instead, every Barbie and Cabbage patch doll I owned was named Jennifer.
no. it's snoresville.
funny enough - I have no idea what I would change it to.
My name is Tory-I didn't like my name as a kid because my sister had all these fun things with her name on it (same as Tamb) but I had this weird name with an even weirder spelling. Now though I love it....it's becoming a little more popular but usually spelled differently. It's usually Tori because it's a shortened version of Victoria.
I do get annoyed with people assuming my name is Victoria (it's one thing to ask) but I've had people say "Oh hi Victoria" after I introduce myself. I also never get my name spelled correctly on anything. Oh well, I still like it.
No. I always wanted it to be something soft and feminine, like Julie or Julia, lol.
Oh and Anna told me the other day that she wanted a pretty name. I said "I picked Anna because I thought it was the prettiest name ever" and she laughed and said it was not beaaautiful at all, not like Amelia, or Camilla, or Emilia, or Alana, or Arlyssa (where did she get that one? I'm worried I'll end up with grandchildren with you-nique names). WTF? lol
So maybe nobody likes their name?
lol
I wanted to be Caroline, as in Princess Caroline, and Caroline Kennedy (we are of an age) they were always in the paper when I was a kid and my name is close, but no cigar. Two of my aunts think my name IS Caroline, and I get notes from them sometimes addressed to Caroline,and it secretly pleases me no end.
Mines is Rache. I like it. It was a very common name growing up, but now not so much.
I also like that the bible story that goes with the name (from Wikipedia):
During Jacob's stay, he fell in love with Rachel and agreed to work seven years for Laban in return for her hand in marriage. On the night of the wedding, the bride was veiled and Jacob did not notice that Leah, Rachel's older sister, had been substituted for Rachel. Whereas "Rachel was lovely in form and beautiful," "Leah had tender eyes"[3]. Later Jacob confronted Laban, who excused his own deception by insisting that the older sister should marry first. He assured Jacob that after his wedding week was finished, he could take Rachel as a wife as well, and work another seven years as payment for her.
This is also the reason that in obersevant Jewish weddings, the groom sees the bride before the ceremony and puts the veil over her head. So he can make sure no one substituted anyone else for his bride.
I like my first name. I got a hot chick name. No complaints here.
I was NEVER a big fan of my name...It felt like everyone from elementary school through Highschool had my name! EX: There where four girls with the same name in my 5th grade class alone!
I would always make people call me by my middle name, cause I didn't know anyone else by that name. In fact until recently I have never met anyone with my middle name, now I hear it all the time.
LUCKILY: I have grown to love my name, I feel like it gives me character and I feel it fits me as a person.
It's ok because of the story behind it. My sister (who is 4 years older than me) thought of it because it rhymed with my twin sister's name. It doesn't quite rhyme, but she was a preschooler at the time so she was close.
It was popular in the 1920s so more 80+ year olds have it than 20+ year olds.
I like my name. It does bother me more than it should that I am continually correcting people on its spelling, but I think it suits me.
As a kid, I also loved the names Samantha (and, yes, I did have the American Girl doll) and Elizabeth.
DH is another who's often called by the nickname for his first name which he never uses, not even amongst friends. He will introduce himself as James and still get called Jim right back. He is so not a Jim.
If I ever have a daughter, Lindsey is on top of the name list. I'm glad to hear that you love it!
Weird, my name is Anna too and no one has ever tried to call me Anne or Annie. Maybe because I pronounce it the non-English way, so Ahh-nuh instead of rhyming with banana. I am very much an Anna too.
It's really bothering me that everyone is talking about their name but hardly anyone is revealing what their name actually is.
As a kid I was touch and go, because there are SO MANY nicknames that people could come up with. Plus - I was always getting asked if I liked green eggs and ham. I'm a Samantha but typically go by Sam.
Samurai, Spam, Spamual, Sam-antha.Sammy Seal, Sam I am, Sambo, Sami and so many more. I hated Sami the most. Only my IL's call me that, because when I first started dating H I felt weird asking them to not do it. They're the only ones allowed though.
And yes, I have a Samantha doll. I wanted a Molly though, becuase I hated that people assumed I wanted Samantha because of my name even though I loved all her books the most. I was weird.
EDIT - darn typos.
I've never liked my name, but I don't think I could ever change it to something totally different.
I have often thought about changing it to what it was supposed to be, which is a longer version of my same name. My mom was one of those who tried to deliberately pick names without nicknames, so at the last minute she changed it to the short version instead (which can be a standalone name as well) but the result is that I've always felt like I had a nickname without a real name.
Whenever I hear Chesh's IRL name I think "Scissor" --MontereyBride