Are you comfortable with your given name?

[mr_hat]

I'm a Marc. I've never felt like a Marc.

You?

[Breezy du Nord]

1. My names are Briana Rose

Which I always thought was alright. Not too common or too blatantly odd.

[Radio_Lady]

38. Briana Rose is a beautiful combination!

My granddaughter is Gabrielle Shoshana. I wish the second name had been Rose (Shoshana is Hebrew for lily or rose, but people here in the west think it's "Shoshone" which is Native American!

[arcane1]

2. eh, I'm indifferent to it

and not too crazy about my surname...

[Skittles]

3. I think Susan is a nice, sexy name

I wish it would become popular again :D

[Placebo]

4. I want my last name shortened.

It's too long and throws too many people for a loop when trying to pronounce it. And besides, if I ever get a novel published or one of my films released, I don't want my last name to be all long and perplexing. ;)

I already put my name on all my papers and reports and films in the shortened form, since my professors know who I am and know I want my name changed. I'll make it legal and official someday.

[trotsky]

9. It's so easy to do - don't feel like you need to put it off!

Here in MN I changed my last name, I just needed two witnesses who knew me and who had nothing to gain from my name change to appear with me before a judge. That and I think about $100 and it was done.

[Placebo]

13. It's $400 here in Chicago.

Blech.

[Radio_Lady]

37. We changed our last name from Polish/Russian sounding one...

... to an Americanized one in 1973. We are second generation Americans, born in the USA. My husband also changed his first name, which was Alvin (changed to Allen). We've never been sorry; my stepson uses our name, however, my stepdaughters still use their original name.

[NV Whino]

5. You bet.

But that's because I changed it to suit me rather than my mother.

[Piperay]

6. I didn't like it when

I was younger, it seemed so different but I like it now...it's Faye. :-)

[huskerlaw]

7. Ehhh...

It's Lisa...I don't love it, I don't hate it.

[WildClarySage]

8. I like my first name. It suits me. I wish though that I'd kept

my maiden name when I married. I just didn't have the courage of my convictions back then to be the only one in my fundy family who did. Now I feel like I sort of 'betrayed' my identity to conform. And I wish I hadn't. Even though I like the sound of my married name better.

[Padraig18]

10. I am now.

When I was younger and going through the usual,teen-aged 'conformity' phase, I loathed it, but now I rather like it.

:)

[flamingyouth]

11. I'm Lisa and I think it suits me

Goes well with my last name too.

[Lavender Brown]

12. I like it

I don't like having to spell it.

[skygazer]

14. My name is Marjorie

I hated it as a kid. The other kids at school habitually called me "margarine" which sucked.

As I've gotten older, I've gotten so I appreciate it more. I don't mind it now though I don't love it. No one can ever spell it right and it's amazing how many people mispronounce it when they see it written.

I never really thought I looked like a Marjorie. I always pictured myself more as a Kate. Not sure why.

[DS1]

15. I dig the origin of my name

Martin. But it can be a mouthful when coupled with my last name, but oh well, 'sall good.

[Kenneth ken]

16. not wildly so

Kenneth just seems so formal or something; though I like the meaning of it: Handsome

I was typically a Kenny growing up, but a grade school teacher traumatized me by saying names like Kenny, Jimmy, Donny etc. were only for babies.

I generally go by Ken now, but it lacks a certain something. Or maybe it's the baggage of being associated with one of the more famous dolls of all time (Barbie's beau)

[laheina]

17. I like it,

but it used to seem original. Now there are lots of little girls running around with it!

[Tikki]

18. Wasn't so much when I was a kid, it being a boys' name and all...then...

I married and my last name is almost the same as my first name...and I use my middle name ( a girlie name) along with first and last, and all three of my initials are the same.

Now Robin R R is a cute and memorable name.


Tikki

[BlueHandDuo]

19. Hated it when I was a kid...

...but now I'm perfectly comfortable with it.

No, I'm not telling you what it is!

[catbert836]

20. I'm a Bill, and its not the greatest name, but

my dad had to name me William after his father. He was named after his father too.

[Bouncy Ball]

21. Yeah

I think it suits me well.

[Az]

22. Ironically

My given name is Robert. But I spent my early years going by Bob. It was not until later I realised ... I am not Bob. I am not a Bob. I am definately a Robert.

[kitchen girl]

23. I am now, but it took a long time.

My given name is Laurie. I grew up in a small town where there were NO Laurie's - lots of Tammys and Kathys and Debbies and Terris, though. I had teachers who couldn't pronounce my name, and the big joke in my family was to count how many different ways my classmates misspelled my name on Valentine's Day. I totally hated my name and couldn't figure out where my parents came up with it. They said they didn't know, either.

So, I grew up, moved to a larger city, and suddenly my name is common! People can both spell and pronounce it! I meet other Lauries! Life is good!

:-)

[katmondoo]

24. i have a really great first and last name

It would make a great name for a movie star, alas I am just an ordinary person. I am an artist of sorts and use it to sign my works. looks good. My father was French Canadian. A hint, it is very French.

[billyskank]

25. Yes and yes

I have two names, one given to me by my parents, and another given to me by my Guru. I am happy with both!

[Pacifist Patriot]

26. Legally changed to my middle name when I was married.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

27. priyanka

used to hate it cos it was so popular in india...love it now...

[WI_DEM]

28. Sure, what is wrong with Boris?

[RevolutionaryActs]

29. When I was little I want my middle name Elizabetht to be my first name,but

but now I rather like my name, Kate. I think it fits me just fine. :)

[LDS Jock]

30. yes, since I legally changed mine a few years ago

the old one just never fit, so I ditched it

[Radio_Lady]

43. Were your parents pissed when you did that?

My mother-in-law never mentioned the change of name. Her husband was deceased by the time we make the change.

[donheld]

31. I've never felt like my name fit me

but i never knew any name that i liked better for me.

[GOPisEvil]

32. I was almost named Mark, but my parents changed to David.

It works for me.

[Radio_Lady]

39. We name our son David Scott...

...born on 12/10/69. He's turning 35 today! Happy Birthday to my David! He gave his names as middle names to his two sons, Nicholas David and Tyler Scott.

[djeseru]

33. Can't stand my name...

most especially when I was younger. Coulda been an Amy but there were too many with that same name in the hospital nursery. Now I know nearly every version of the rhyme Jack and Jill...

Hell, for a girl, Jack would have been an interesting name to have...

[bigwillq]

34. It's common but I'm cool with it

My real first name is Michael and my middle name is William but I like to go by Will!

[Radio_Lady]

40. We have a bunch of Michaels in our family...

It's such a popular name.
My stepson is Michael.
His son is also Michael (very confusing...at age 15, he's still little Mikey or Junior. Someday he may be taller than his father!)
My stepdaughter married a Michael.
My daughter married an Aaron Michael.

The name is very popular but maybe too popular.

[lizzieforkerry]

51. My son's name is William Michael

but we call him Liam

[njdemocrat106]

35. My given name fits me TOO well, that's why I don't like it

My first name is Patrick and my middle name is John, and yes I have the map of Ireland on my face. Anyone who isn't immediate family or a friend of my immediate family calls me Jay.

[SOteric]

36. Yeah, people often tell me it's lovely.

[superconnected]

41. yes, it's a great name, I love my given name, always have

and it sounds great with my middle name.

Dang I have good parents :)

[regnaD kciN]

55. Agreed...

...and I guess it does go well with your middle name, except when one of your idiot friends goes around pronouncing it with a southern accent. ;-)

[superconnected]

56. I don't care if people pronounce it with a southern accent.

I don't get how anyone can not like their name.

It my name were birtha or ogla I would likely still think it's great, cause it would be mine. :)

[SarahB]

42. Never had a problem with it.

Sarah's nice. My married name is too alliterative with it, but my maiden isn't so bad. Not sure what I'm going to do about that yet.

[AngryAmish]

44. My name is awesome

Anyone would be proud to have it.

[DS1]

45. Nice to meet you Awesome

the only other Awesome I know is really named Assan, but he works at a gas station in the middle of the sticks in NY State and people have a hard time wrapping their minds around Assan, so they all call him Awesome.

[Steven_S]

46. I suppose I am....

At least enough to use it here and all.

When I was younger people sometimes said "You look like a Steven". And I thought to myself but never said. "What the hell does a Steven look like"?

[BuddhaGirl]

47. I'm April - didn't like it when I was younger,

but I really like it now. I have RARELY met other Aprils, so it makes me feel unique :-)

[Cadence]

48. My name never fit me so I changed it

seven years ago. Nobody thought it fit me and they couldn't remember it. I found one that fit, changed it and have been happy ever since.

[lizzieforkerry]

49. Nope, when i was in kindergarten I made everyone call me by my

middle name. 25 years later, they still do.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

50. My name was Lisa

Middle name Jean. I liked it, but changed it to Maryam in 1997 when I converted to Islam. Sometimes I think of going back because a) everyone calls me "Maryann" or "Maureen" or "Miriam" and b) I think I must be on the airline watch lists.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

52. Yes.... even though Google has clued me in to the fact my ma named me

after a 70's PORN STAR!!?!??

:wow:

[Kire]

53. I changed my name from Sidney Snotpockets to....

...Irving Snotpockets

[lizzieforkerry]

54. My friends have a little girl names Lydia

and they are going to name their new baby Sydney. So then they can call them Lid and Syd. I think this is weird.

[Left Is Write]

57. Yes. It suits me well and I like it.

[thoughtanarchist]

58. Malcolm Peter Brian Telescope Adrian Blackpool Rock Stoatgobbler John Raw

...it takes me forever to write a check...

[msgadget]

59. Yes, my mom musta been psychic

or I just grew into it. Msgadget...perfect fit. ;-)

[neweurope]

60. No, no and no! I hate my name!

Please call me Tara :)