Do you like your first name?
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I wouldn't have picked my first name, but I like it well enough (it's Shakespearean actually!), or at least I did until it became a really popular name in the US in the 90's. Now there are armies of talentless pop-tart celerities and spoiled little girls who have my name and it's very disturbing...
It's very common (Nicholas) but I like it. My parent's second choice was Michael, and I'm glad they went with Nick.
One of my former colleagues is called Diego (a Spaniard), and since our work e-mail addresses are composed of the first name and the first letter of the surname (well, his first surname, anyway), and said surname is Dey... oh boy, the telephone conversations when people were asking for him... diegod@ xxxxx.com... "Hi, can I speak to... 'Die God'?!"Sperium 3000 said:
So much so that that became his nickname at work, rather unsurprisingly!
My name is Nicholas, I like the name but its too long. Therefore I often tell people to just call me "Nick", but I hate it when people call me "Nico", and I think I like my "middle" name better (Jonathan). My last name however...annoys me to no end as LOTS of people misspell it very easily.
Shaunna.
People are always spelling it wrong and pronouncing it wrong, and it irks me quite a bit. I only let my American/Canadian friends pronounce it differently because they have accents and I'm too lazy to correct them.
But no, I don't really like my name. If I could, I'd change it to something a little more awesome and badass.
People are always spelling it wrong and pronouncing it wrong, and it irks me quite a bit. I only let my American/Canadian friends pronounce it differently because they have accents and I'm too lazy to correct them.
But no, I don't really like my name. If I could, I'd change it to something a little more awesome and badass.
My name is Emil (swedish)
very common name in sweden so i dislike it, but when im out of sweden i like it because its unusual anywhere else
but really though every other Emil i met in Sweden i disliked so yeah.. kind of like if you met someone with the same name as your bully, you would probably dislike him because they share the same name, sadly i share the name with my bullies (been bullied by like 3 guys named emil lol.. what are the odds xD)
very common name in sweden so i dislike it, but when im out of sweden i like it because its unusual anywhere else
but really though every other Emil i met in Sweden i disliked so yeah.. kind of like if you met someone with the same name as your bully, you would probably dislike him because they share the same name, sadly i share the name with my bullies (been bullied by like 3 guys named emil lol.. what are the odds xD)
I like my first name because it is very rare for some who is my age to have, I mean I went through elementary, middle school, high school and most of college without running into another Mary and I personally think that is cool.
Well, you see, it demands a certain respect when you are theemporer. All must bow down to you in the streets and fall to your iron will!
...oh. You meant my real name. It's Derek. It's okay, I guess. There are some names I prefer, but it's not awful. It means "ruler of the people". So that's cool. It is odd, though, because it's a German name and I'm not German at all. Ah, well.
(I'm not going to say it but my middle name sucks. It sounds very flowery. )
...oh. You meant my real name. It's Derek. It's okay, I guess. There are some names I prefer, but it's not awful. It means "ruler of the people". So that's cool. It is odd, though, because it's a German name and I'm not German at all. Ah, well.
(I'm not going to say it but my middle name sucks. It sounds very flowery. )
Its 'James'...What else can I say?..Classic name. Simple, well known and biblical....Makes me very forgettable...My middle name is 'Random'...That's not so common...but thats not the point...yeah, I'd rather be 'Nick' to be honest...my parents other choice.
Menno is the name i've bin given, but I got the nickname "Ozzy" since I have long hair and sunglasses exactly like his.
If you don't know dutch then there's a chance that you can't pronounce my name.
If you don't know dutch then there's a chance that you can't pronounce my name.
Amos. Apparently it has biblical references but my parents are the complete opposite of religious so hell if I know why they picked it.
As for my opinion? I like having a name that stands out, something irregular. Just wish it was something that sounded a lot better. Guess you can't win them all.
As for my opinion? I like having a name that stands out, something irregular. Just wish it was something that sounded a lot better. Guess you can't win them all.
Tylar.
Sortof common considering there are plenty of "Tyler"s out there, yet mine is unique due to the way it's spelled in comparison to the norm. It's an uncommon-common name, which is something I indeed like. Plus I admittedly like the way it sounds, so yeah I do like my first name. ^-^
Sortof common considering there are plenty of "Tyler"s out there, yet mine is unique due to the way it's spelled in comparison to the norm. It's an uncommon-common name, which is something I indeed like. Plus I admittedly like the way it sounds, so yeah I do like my first name. ^-^
I'm pretty happy with my name, Eric.
It's definitely better than Samuel, my middle name. I could never see myself as a "Sam".
It's definitely better than Samuel, my middle name. I could never see myself as a "Sam".