Is your first name on your birth certificate the name that you go by?

[arcadian]

Now it is mostly, but in school I went by a shortened version of my name. The only people who call me that now are my friends from that era, I mostly go by the name on my birth certificate now.

[hobbit709]

1. First name, sort of.

Last name, no

[HopeHoops]

2. On anything formal, yes - in person, no.

[Sky Masterson]

3. Yes.

:)

[guitar man]

4. sort of

My full first name is Leslie, but I have always gone by Les.

[Chan790]

5. Never...

in fact, it tweaks me to no end that I have to use it on my name tags at work.

[Lyric]

6. Yes.

Different last name, though, at least for the moment.

[Tikki]

7. My first and middle names....

like one big name..

Tikki

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. yes. n/t

[Iggo]

9. Nope. Never has been. And I don't know why.

[azmouse]

10. Yes

[Left Is Write]

11. In a manner of speaking.

My legal name is Catherine, but people only rarely call me that. In every day life, I go by Cathy, which is clearly a derivative nickname of Catherine.

[Aristus]

12. No. I go by my middle name.

My first name, I wouldn't inflict on my worst enemy...

[surrealAmerican]

13. Yes, and it's a long name, but it has no good nicknames.

I hated it as a kid, but I'm ok with it now.

[Arugula Latte]

14. Well, my parents named me Piyush, but I go by Bobby.

[auntAgonist]

15. no.

My given name on my birth certificate is only used at work and by my father, sister and brother and even that is shortened. :)


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kesha <-- the name I use now and have for a LONG time.

[MrCoffee]

16. Yes for me, no for my daughter

We call her by her middle name.

[AlCzervik]

17. I go by the shortened version, when i hear my proper name i know i'm in trouble.

[Silver Swan]

18. Yes

for the last 45 years.

When my parents named me, my mother really wanted to name me the diminutive form of my name, but she thought it wasn't a "real" name. Nonetheless, that is the name I went by until I graduated from high school.

When I applied for college, I used my real name, and have ever since. My family and people who knew me when I was young still call me by my nickname.

[Silver Swan]

19. Yes

for the last 45 years.

When my parents named me, my mother really wanted to name me the diminutive form of my name, but she thought it wasn't a "real" name. Nonetheless, that is the name I went by until I graduated from high school.

When I applied for college, I used my real name, and have ever since. My family and people who knew me when I was young still call me by my nickname.

[mitchum]

20. Yes

[tabbycat31]

21. yes

my mom is so anti-nickname that I would still be hearing it if I tried to shorten my name as a child.

[Bake]

22. ARE YOU DEMANDING THAT I PRODUCE MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE???

:rofl:

Bake

[RushIsRot]

23. I was named for my grandfather and he was called by his middle

name. So am I. It was eerie to see his tombstone with MY name on it.

[DeepBlueC]

24. yes

[Deep13]

25. Well, it's like this.

On the day I was born the nurses all gathered around. They stared in wide wonder at the joy they found. The head nurse stepped up and said "leave this one alone." She could tell right away that I was bad to the bone. B-b-b-b-bad. Bad to the bone.

I guess the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy never occurred to her.

[CreekDog]

26. no not really...i go by my middle name

a lot of people called me my first name when i was in school though and i always liked that name actually. but it was confusing for others to know what to call me so i don't even mention the first name anymore.

it wasn't confusing to me to be called by both names, the names were both common anyway.

[graywarrior]

27. NO!

Oh god....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Never in a million years.

[Jamastiene]

28. No, and I'm glad.

My first name is misspelled and it changes the pronunciation completely. It's annoying. I'm glad I go by one of my middle names, but even that was not a common spelling at the time and I had to tell people how it was supposed to be spelled or pronounced.

[XemaSab]

29. First name, yes

Last name, no.