Hi Gang, I thought since a lot of us talk about baby names and what to or not to name their kid and all. And I was wondering
If anyone here is happy or disappointed
with their own names?
Anyone
sensitive about their names either?
Do you Hate your name?
Or are you Sensitive about your name? As in gets mad when they are teased about it.
Or are you one of the lucky ones who Likes their name or
Loves their name?
The old expression "what's in a name"
never really apply's to people or does it? LOL
I was just wondering if anybody else hates their name as much as I do.
I hate my name for 4 very good reasons
1. Many many many people fuck it up and call me by a similar name but is NOT my name
2. It is rare that I hear someone pronounce it right.
3, It is rare that anyone spells it right.
4. I can think of a whole lot of other names I would rather have i.e Samantha or Cathy
But I am stuck with my name.
I am still debating on to revealing my real name.
So in lieu of that, this is more of a Question, of who else here, if any, hates their names, like for the same, or similar, or even different reasons, then I do?
AND MERRY XMAS EVE TO ONE AND ALL
I voted that I "liked" my name. I like being called Tom or Tommy. I really hate being called Thomas. But for some strange reason, I don't mind being called Tomas ("Toe-mas"; like the spannish people do).
I LOVE my name, but only after a long hard slog. It's Jeannie, BTW. (Jeanette, formally, which I like less.). I hated it in my youth because it was the 70s, when everybody had their name on pencils, and little bicycle plates, but they didn't make "Jeannie" stuff -- just Jean, or Jeanne, or Jeanie, or Janet, or Jane.
Then people started calling me things like "Jeannie Beanie" or "Jeannie Weenie".
Now I like it because nobody, but nobody seems to share my name! Yes, I know there are other Jeannies, but they don't live near me. I have always been the only Jeannie in the room, in the class, in the department, in the workplace, in the lives of the people around me. And it's unique without being bizarre -- thank heaven I wasn't born in the new millennium, when I would probably be Juh-nett or Gee-Knee or some other stupid version of a good old fashioned name.
Assuming we are only talking about first names- I LOVE my name.
It's surprising I'm sure, and yes I've been teased about it and am still teased about it. I've had all sorts of stupid comments:
"Do you speak German?"
"Are you German?"
"You look German" (wtf does that mean?)
"Oh, like Greta?"
"Oh like Hansel and Gretchen?" "No, that was Hansel and Gretel" "Oh, are you sure?" sheesh
Etc... etc....
For the record I'm not German (that I know of), my parents liked the name and they chose names that started with the letter "G" so we'd all have the same initials (That's NOT cute FYI)
Anyway, so first name - Love it. It's common enough that most people know it and can spell it (or figure it out, though you'd be surprised) and it's uncommon enough that I don't have the same name as everyone else. So many other girls my age are Jennifer, Sarah, Melissa or Amanda and while those are fine names, I'm glad I wasn't the 50th girl in my class with the same name.
Now my last name? I HATE. HATE HATE HATE HATE. I did change it when I got married because I thought it was the lesser of two evils, but I'm considering changing it back, or changing it to a family name that has recently "died out" All the names in question are common English or Scottish names, but my current last name has no meaning to me (ok, well it is DH's, but it wasn't even HIS given name) and is the 2nd most popular surname in the US. I HATE it.
<< --- Gretchen
TW, I'm curious as to what your first name is?
I'm Dana and I like it. Don't LOVE it, don't hate it. The British pronounce it wrong mostly, even when you correct them so I gave up, which doesn't bother me really.
I used to hate my name, but now that I've grown into it I love it. I had a tote bag monogrammed with my name from LLBean, since I can NEVER find those infamous personalized bike license plates with my name one them.
So I voted that I love my name, because I truly do. The problem is, it's not a kid's name, it's an adult's name.
I find my name boring. I feel that it also 'dates' me. My name was obviously popular in the late 60 and 70's.
I never hear anyone with that my name that is under the age of 30.
One thing that I can say though, people can pronounce it and I don't have to spell it every time someone asks for it.
I love your name too Paloma! I think it's great. I totally understand not having personalized anything as a kid too- lol.
I agree, your name sounds like an adult name rather than a kid name, I guess it's a good thing we spend most of our time as adults- lol.
There are other names I like, but I can't imagine an adult with the name "Oliver" is one I remember off the top of my head.
Even though my name is a traditional name it seems odd to see or hear of little girls with it. I remember being told "that's a big name for a little girl!" but I guess that just means it's a grown up name. It's a good thing my mom didn't name me Gabriella I guess- ha!
kirby Wrote:There are other names I like, but I can't imagine an adult with the name "Oliver" is one I remember off the top of my head.
Oliver Reed
Oliver Platt
Oliver Stone
Oliver Hudson
I've always been partial to the French version, Olivier. I like names that start with "O."
My legal name sucks ass. My father's last name, the one I was born with, is apparently unpronounceable and unable to be spelled correctly by anyone. It was also ugly. My mother hated it, too, so she legally changed back to her maiden name when I was 18 and I changed with her at the same time. We had to do it in a judge's office and stuff. I had to take an oath that I had had no contact with my father. Her maiden name is a better name all round. Of course, after I did it I had a bunch of morons in my life telling me I was lying and you're not allowed to legally change your last name unless you get married, even when I showed them my new driver's license. Many of them still referred to my old nasty last name. Luckily, I left those chumps behind in hooterville.
My legal first name also sucks ass. No one can spell it, and it sounds retarded. No one really calls me that anymore anyway, but it is my legal name and it's used all the time under all kinds of situations. I wince when I hear it, especially because none of my friends use it, DH never calls me by that name, etc. I would have changed it legally, but I'm in the military system under my legal name. It has been my experience that they are so inept, if I changed my first name legally, I'd be completely lost in the system, and that's a big deal because that's medical and benefits and everything. They already roll around on the floor in conniptions because I never changed my last name to DH's, so they have a hard enough time finding me in the system. When I go to the doc's office, they think I'm DH's child dependent instead of spouse dependent (someone entered it wrong a few years ago and it still can't be cleared), then they refer to me by some other first name, as if there's someone else in their system with my last name and my sponsor's ID number, so they always call me that other person's name first until I correct them. Can you imagine if I changed my first name?
I don't like my full first name, the one on my birth certificate, it sounds stuffy. It's a mash-up of two great-grandmothers' names. Until my crotch emerged, I was Jonathan (after the apple), so my parents had to think fast. Everyone called me by the first part of my name when I was a kid, using the conventional spelling. In 6th grade, I wanted to be different, and decided that since there is no "e" in my "real" name, there shouldn't be one in my nickname.
I hated the first day of school, teachers would either misspell my name or pronounce it like a similarly-spellt boy's name. While my records in college were under the full name, I used the short form on papers. My driver's license has always been under the short name, same with my checking account. Oh, and my SS card. When I applied for my passport, I used it as well. Sure, all agencies saw my BC, but I figure that since the preferred name is an obvious abbreviation, they let it go (it might have been different had I chosen, say, Hepzibah). When I applied for this job, with the gov't connections, I asked which they'd prefer I use. I showed all my ID with the shortname, and said there'd been nothing legally done to change my name. They said that if the short was good enough for other gov't agencies, they weren't going to complain.
It's helpful, now. There are times when callers may ask for our first names, they remember my spelling in future contacts, which is a kick. When they've only heard me say the name, some will ask if I'm the one who spells it differently. A few thought we were an out-sourced call center and have asked if that was my REAL name.
I like my last name, a combination of 2 perfectly normal English words. It's a somewhat famous (even infamous) name, so people know how to spell it, but it's not very common. Most have good feelings about the name.
After 45 years, I think that if I marry, I will keep my name for work (and I'm too lazy to change it), and either do a mashup or use my husband's name socially (in other words, I won't have a snit if my hypothetical MIL sends things addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Hisname), depending on his name, of course.
I like my name. As a kid of course, I hated it but when I found out what my father
wanted to name me, I grew to like my current name a whole lot more.
Theresa
What my father wanted to name me: Madeline - no offense to any Madelines out there
I voted that I like my name. In 2000, I started going by "Jo" and I fundamentally like it, but I don't love it. My legal name is Joanne and I went by Joanne most of my life, and I really don't like that name at all. I prefer Jo all day long.
I like short one syllable names. I like that it's two letters. It's shocking how many people think I say "Jill" when I say it out loud though.
My last name I could take or leave. It is what it is, and I've had it for a long time and been published under it, so I'm probably never going to change it.
Oliver still strikes me as a name for a kid, but not an adult. There's just something about the way it sounds.
Jo, I think you have the coolest last name around
lol I'm sure you get a lot of questions about it though. I think it's awesome. Wanna trade? lol
Jo Wrote:I voted that I like my name. In 2000, I started going by "Jo" and I fundamentally like it, but I don't love it. My legal name is Joanne and I went by Joanne most of my life, and I really don't like that name at all. I prefer Jo all day long.
I like short one syllable names. I like that it's two letters. It's shocking how many people think I say "Jill" when I say it out loud though.
My last name I could take or leave. It is what it is, and I've had it for a long time and been published under it, so I'm probably never going to change it.
OMG, you too?? i dont know HOW many people think i say JIM, when i tell them my name is JOE. i even elongate the O sound to make it very clear, and they are still "nice to meet you Jim" rofl.
I voted that i love my name. It is a good solid name. Legally it is Joseph which i like, as kid a i went by Joey, but as an adult i prefer Joe. I love my name simply because my parents are awesome, and they gave it to me. My middle name is Roy, which is my dads middle name and my grandpa's (dads dad) first name. I thought about it recently and was kinda surprised i never got the nickname of J.R. and am kind of glad i didnt, not sure i would like it, rofl. As it is now, only family can get away with calling me Joey, anyone new, its Joe, and if they try to call me Joey, they get the evil eye and i never hear that name uttered from them again, rofl.
I use my middle name, Joy, and I love love love it. I hate my first name, and I'd have it legally dropped, except that it is a derivative of my dad's name and I don't want to smack him like that.
I used to hate my name, but now I like it.
My first name was very uncommon when I was growing up and it rhymed with a lot of unflattering things, so I always hated it. Sometime in the 1980s, my name got popular, and it's now a very common name for girls ages 0 to 20's. So now I don't mind it so much, since people seem to like it.
Hated my maiden name: it was hard for people to spell (even though it's spelled like it sounds) and it also is a slang term for sex, so I got teased a lot about it. My married name is very pretty and it's a synonym for the color red. You'd think it would be easy for people to spell, but you'd be surprised at how many people have trouble with it.
PrairieGirl Wrote:I hated it in my youth because it was the 70s, when everybody had their name on pencils, and little bicycle plates, but they didn't make "Jeannie" stuff -- just Jean, or Jeanne, or Jeanie, or Janet, or Jane.
I had the same problem as a kid. The only time I ever found something with my name on it, it was in a Mexican neighborhood in California. Apparently my name was very popular in the Latin-American world (and in the UK) before it ever got popular here.
kirby Wrote:So many other girls my age are Jennifer, Sarah, Melissa or Amanda and while those are fine names, I'm glad I wasn't the 50th girl in my class with the same name.
Tee-hee! One of those names is mine. See what I mean now?
kirby Wrote:Jo, I think you have the coolest last name around
I start drooling just thinking about it! ;-)
I didn't like my name much when I was a kid because no one could spell it right and they assumed it was short for something.
My name is Jessi. Everyone always assumes it's spelled Jessie or Jesse or even Jessy. But even more, they assume my name is Jessica. My birth certificate says Jessi. That's it. Not Jessica. I correct people if I know I will be around them alot but if I don't know them very well, I just let it go. But I love it now adays becuase when people find out it's Jessi and not Jessica and how it's spelled, they think it's really neat.
I've always liked Jo for a girl name. That is my sister's middle name; spelled just like that. If I ever had a little girl, (which I wont) I would name her Joanna, and call her Jo or Joey.