Do you have a "unique" or "normal" real life name?

Paddy Cow

In today's world we seem to be moving away from traditional names such as John or Mary. I have a grandfather, father, uncle and brother named John but none named Zak, Brad or Josh etc. I also have a lot of relatives with other traditional names such as Mary, Michael, Patrick, Brigdet etc.

I am 30 years old so vary of putting myself in the "older" bracket as some will tell me to go home and change my nappy and others will think I am over the hill but I know loads of people around my own age and older who have double names as normal first names but it doesn't seem to happen so much with younger people.

I have a double first name. People who I grew up with think nothing of it and always call be by it but people who just meet me call me by me "first" name. In this day and age, are there younger people with double traditional names and are there people with "unique" names?

sonic85

yeah i suppose my name is rather unusual. its crap bag

wolfpawnat

I have what is seen as a scumbag name. I will never forgive my parents!!!!

Chinafoot

I'm 28 and my parents named me Stephanie. Fairly normal.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Not only do I have a "normal" name..........my name IS Norm!

muff03

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius,
Commander of the Armies of the North,

Raze_them_all

wolfpawnat wrote: »

I have what is seen as a scumbag name. I will never forgive my parents!!!!

anto or deco?

marxcoo

the most normal of normal first names.Coupled with an unusual surname.

wolfpawnat

Raze_them_all wrote: »

anto or deco?

Worse!

Natalie!!!! I wasn't even born at xmas ffs!!!!!

amacachi

Very unusual surname. Had a girl say last night she wants to marry me to get it and I'm really, really ugly.

Ghandee

My parents called me first for some reason

Chuck Stone

News - Just in - my name is not very unusual.

phasers

My first name isn't weird, but it's out of fashion at the moment so it'd be rare to meet someone my age with it.

My surname is weird.

flyaway.

It's an Italian boys name and I'm a girl.

It's common for girls around here though... I'm not particularly fond of it.

x3wiggles

I have a normal name. But a sorta unique spelling of it

Superbus

My surname's a weird one. It's a first name, and the amount of people who call me it, confusing it for my first name, is frustrating, to say the least.

My first name isn't rare, but unfortunately it can be applied as a surname, which doesn't help with the above predicament.

Raze_them_all

wolfpawnat wrote: »

Worse!

Natalie!!!! I wasn't even born at xmas ffs!!!!!

http://www.wallpaperdesktops.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/natalie-portman-Wallpaper-01.jpg

^^ also called Natalie and I'd gladly help her become a single mum

FloatingVoter

Well, going by the passport I've just bought for two pints in Gypsy Roses my name is Daphne and I'm 14. The photo just won't match.

Saila

wolfpawnat wrote: »

Worse!

Natalie!!!! I wasn't even born at xmas ffs!!!!!

I know of scumbags called jeffrey and arthur, the name is nothing to do with it!

afrodub

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Well, going by the passport I've just bought for two pints in Gypsy Roses my name is Daphne and I'm 14. The photo just won't match.

Roflmao

LightningBolt

I'd have a pretty unique forename and surname. Googlesearch tells me there's only one other of my namesake in the whole world. He's black and has numerous convictions for armed robbery!!!

wolfpawnat

Raze_them_all wrote: »

http://www.wallpaperdesktops.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/natalie-portman-Wallpaper-01.jpg

^^ also called Natalie and I'd gladly help her become a single mum

Not a knacker name in the US though.

Biggins

First name fairly normal, last name unusual
All my kids have unusual names.
One after a state in America and sci-fi film star.
One after a character in a classic sci-fi film.
Two others after TV sc-fi characters.

You might notice a trend above.

Paddy Cow

Superbus wrote: »

My surname's a weird one. It's a first name, and the amount of people who call me it, confusing it for my first name, is frustrating, to say the least.

My first name isn't rare, but unfortunately it can be applied as a surname, which doesn't help with the above predicament.

I was so confused reading that I think you should give us your first name and surname so we can understand :P

Salty

My name is unusual enough, very few people have looked at it written down and pronounced it correctly. I've had to hide my facebook page completely online so it can't be searched, because there is nobody else on there with my name (first and last names combined).

I like it though, because it's still not off the wall or anything.

wolfpawnat

Saila wrote: »

I know of scumbags called jeffrey and arthur, the name is nothing to do with it!

It is hoe the name is associated though.

"she's a right Natalie" is something I have heard said in Dublin more than once!

later12

I have a very normal first name (Tadhg) when I'm at home, but not as easily understood when I'm abroad.

My surname is far more unique, I think there are about 20 people in the world with my surname.

MrStuffins

Raze_them_all wrote: »

http://www.wallpaperdesktops.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/natalie-portman-Wallpaper-01.jpg

^^ also called Natalie and I'd gladly help her become a single mum

She already IS a single mother. The baby's name is "Aleph".

Die!

MrStuffins

later10 wrote: »

I have a very normal first name (Tadhg) when I'm at home, but not as easily understood when I'm abroad.

My surname is far more unique, I think there are about 20 people in the world with my surname.

Hitler?

afrodub

All my children have very typically Irish first names and my Senegalese surname,they love their names because it represents both of their heritages and tbh I think helps them integrate without compromising Who they are.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Fairly generic first name, and my surname is one of the seven names of Laois or something, so it's fairly common around here.

Paddy Cow

afrodub wrote: »

All my children have very typically Irish first names and my Senegalese surname,they love their names because it represents both of their heritages and tbh I think helps them integrate without compromising Who they are.

No offense but I don't know what that means. I don't want to give the pc brigade an excuse to go tattling but what does that mean, I've never heard it before. Where are you from?

Superbus

Paddy Cow wrote: »

No offense but I don't know what that means. I don't want to give the pc brigade an excuse to go tattling but what does that mean, I've never heard it before. Where are you from?

I'm not usually one to just post a smiley, but - :eek:

B0X

Paddy Cow wrote: »

No offense but I don't know what that means. I don't want to give the pc brigade an excuse to go tattling but what does that mean, I've never heard it before. Where are you from?

Senegal, Co Cork.

FloatingVoter

B0X wrote: »

Senegal, Co Cork.

Howya, Pat Murphy

hacked

My first name is very unusual, never heard of anyone else with it before. My last name is also quite unusual...very rare. It's a pain! No one can pronounce either name right!

mattjack

Michael,from monday to friday....on the weekends Christina.

ElleEm

I wish everyone could go unregged to post their really unique, unusual names!!!

spudwiser

hacked wrote: »

My first name is very unusual, never heard of anyone else with it before. My last name is also quite unusual...very rare. It's a pain! No one can pronounce either name right!

Have a first name that i've only seen once before, and he's dead. No one can pronounce it either. Second name is pretty common and more pronouncible

mattjack

ElleEm wrote: »

I wish everyone could go unregged to post their really unique, unusual names!!!

I just did..........

FloatingVoter

Nobody has claimed to be Jesus Christ yet. Or have they ?

murraykil

Suicide! :eek: (Murray Kilmurray)

willow tree

v unique surname thats also a first name so people often call me it as my first name by mistake, but i like it.. but then when people realise and ask me why i didnt correct them i feel a little silly...

later12

MrStuffins wrote: »

Hitler?

No, not that unusual.

Although there is a gentleman living in Wismar, Germany with this name according to the German telephone book. Look it up.

http://www3.dastelefonbuch.de/

Interestingly, the prefix to the world wide web on that link is WW3. Co-incidence?!

There are also many, many Adolfs. Sadly no Adolf Hitler.

Vat is Adolf Hitler's number?! Poor dear must have passed away... I doubt anybody vould remember.

Marcia Lustley

my first name's máire its common enough in the gaeltacht but i get called marie or maire all the time in town. i've gotten used to people calling me maura now tho its just easier to pronounce!

There used to be a tradition years ago that your first born boy would be named after st patrick and your first daughter named mary/maureen/maura after the virgin mary, makes me chuckle because my granny named me like this and i think i may have disappointed her

KnifeWRENCH

I've a very common first name (Brendan) although I don't think it's that popular anymore. Might turn into an "old-man" name.

My surname isn't too common over here but it's a lot more common in the US.

Teyla Emmagan

All my Dad's family are called Hugh (Hughie), Charles (Charlie), John (Johnny) and Vincent (Vincent).

The girls are all Maggies, Margories, Bridgets, Maureens and Mollies.

They are literally had no more names in five generations.

GT_TDI_150

my first name is after a 1940's little german **** who was obsesses with morning dew and trying to whipe is all out.... HATE me name btw

Toby Take a Bow

I've got mind numbingly boring names, both first and last.

There are some really weird (as in uncommon) surnames out there that are apparently as Irish as mine, but there must be just the one family out there with them.

pow wow

Mine was considered a fuddy-duddy oul wan's name when I got it (1982) but it's quite popular now. I use birth registers at work and haven't seen a John or Mary in months!

later12

pow wow wrote: »

Mine was considered a fuddy-duddy oul wan's name when I got it (1982) but it's quite popular now. I use birth registers at work and haven't seen a John or Mary in months!

As it happens I have a sister named Dinny and everyone remarks on what an usual name it is - for girls or for boys - in the modern era.

If parents want an unusual or unique name, look to the past. There are going to be hundreds and thousands of Britneys, Kylies, Katelins and Dylans scrambling down the cyborg post office with their electronic pension books in 60 years times, but very very few Paddys, Seanies, Dinnies and Maires.