Do you like your given name?

[Katzpur]

Most people I know don't like their names. I'm okay with mine (Kathryn Ann). It's not my favorite, but it could be a lot worse.

Also, do any of you commonly go by your middle name as opposed to your first name? My husband does, as does my sister and my daughter.

 

[Bishka]

I like my name.

I can go by a few different variations of Rebecca

• Rebecca
• Becky
• Beck
• Becca
• Reba (I would never use this one)

My middle name is also that way, my dad said they named me that so I could have several different names to pick from if I wanted to.

Several of my roomates went by their middle name:

Dorthea Brooke
Deborah Allison
Brianna Justine

 

[Circle_One]

I actually just recently started to like my given name (Joanna), however I still don't go by it all the time. I use it as a stage name (Joanna Jaguar), but most commonly I'm known by everyone as an old nickname, Blayze. I respond to either though.

 

[Mike182]

my actual name is Michael, which i don't mind, but i'd love to have been named Vincent :drool:

Mike is what people commonly call me, it's short and snappy, but i sign with my full name, as it flows a lot better on paper .... that makes sense to me, at least

 

[standing_alone]

I don't mind my given name (Alyssa Anne), I guess. I get frustrated with my first name now and then because people often mistake me for saying my name is Melissa or if I'm in the same class as a Melissa, it's easy to cause confusion. But my mom wanted to name me Brittany, so I could have ended up with a hell of a lot worse name. My middle name is kind of bland and boring, but since it was chosen to "honor" my dad's sister that died as a child from the measles, I guess it's kind of nice for that sake.

 

[Katzpur]

I don't mind my given name (Alyssa Anne), I guess. I get frustrated with my first name now and then because people often mistake me for saying my name is Melissa or if I'm in the same class as a Melissa, it's easy to cause confusion. But my mom wanted to name me Brittany, so I could have ended up with a hell of a lot worse name. My middle name is kind of bland and boring, but since it was chosen to "honor" my dad's sister that died as a child from the measles, I guess it's kind of nice for that sake.

Yeah, Ann (my middle name) and Anne are kind of "boring." But at least not ugly.

 

[Draka]

My name is...okay. My family calls me by my whole first name, Jennifer. Most my friends and co-workers and Tim call me Jen. Which I kind of prefer. Though, I think I could just as easily legally change my name to Draka and be happy. Most everyone I know both online and off know I go by that name as well.

 

[darkwaldo]

I like my first name, Zachary, but I wish my last name, Miller, was different.

 

[Katzpur]

Several of my roomates went by their middle name:

Dorthea Brooke

My daughter is named Natalie Brooke and goes by Brooke.

 

[Booko]

Oh, I'm fine with Sharon as a name. As a Baha'i, it has a certain irony to it as well.

 

[Katzpur]

Oh, I'm fine with Sharon as a name. As a Baha'i, it has a certain irony to it as well.

Why is that?

 

[Revasser]

Well, I don't hate my given name (Joshua Paul), but I'm not overly fond of it, either.

I don't dislike it enough to put the effort into changing it, but I do often wish I'd gotten something better

 

[jewscout]

when i was growing up i didn't like my name, but now i really do : )

i mean, who else in the world is named "Huff":sarcastic

 

[evearael]

I'm happy with my name. I have a strange first name and a hopelessly boring middle name. My parents were hippies and my first name is numerologically equivalent to John Lennon's name. It was the only name my father didn't veto. I haven't a clue where they got my middle name. My husband goes by his middle name because he's a third and we are currently debating what to call our first son, who would be a fourth. I tend to prefer traditional names and names that honor our heritage and history.

 

[Green Gaia]

I like my name, Amy Elizabeth. I liked 'Elizabeth' so much that's my daughter's middle name. I must say though, that I hated it until 3rd grade when I could finally spell it. I've always liked 'Amy', it's short and to the point - kinda like me.

 

[Bishka]

I like my name, Amy Elizabeth. I liked 'Elizabeth' so much that's my daughter's middle name. I must say though, that I hated it until 3rd grade when I could finally spell it. I've always liked 'Amy', it's short and to the point - kinda like me.

Hey! We both have the same middle name. :yes:

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

My father was William Terence but known as Terry
I am Terence Anthony, as a boy I was known as Anthony (in full)
As an adult I am known as Terry ( people found is less confusing)
As to liking them... I'm kind of used to them.

 

[CDRaider]

I don't like my name. :no: Its Christina Marie. I mean first off, how unorigional can you get??? Lol, secondly... Marie is so run of the mill.

The true reason I don't like my first name is because its mistakable. I get

*Christine
*Christin
*Kristin
*Kristina
*Kristine
*Kristy
Ect... ect...ect

P.S.-:cheese: I'm in the mood for cheese.

It gets aggrivating. I've sworn never to name any future children with a name that is easily misspelled or misspoken.

 

[Djamila]

Overall, I like my name.

I'm proud that it's very distinctly Islamic at a time when most parents gave their children religiously-benign, communist names. I'm pleased that my family spell it in its old-fashioned form (Djamila) instead of the more common, modern equivalent (Dzemila).

I like the most common nickname that comes from it, Mila (Me-la), which is what most of my relatives and friends call me.

The one thing I don't like is that when a Bosnian meets a Muslim woman named "Mila", they automatically assume her full name is the very common, Muslim name Amila - which I do not like at all.

 

[Buttercup]

Meh, my name is kind of boring....Rhonda Marie. I would much rather have the name I gave my daughter, Lauren Arielle.