Do you like your name?

cournioni · 04-10-2005 08:47AM

Karl Hungus wrote:

Yeah, you're right, I can't say I've ever met anyone called Grotmeister before.

That's why its so catchy...

Karl Hungus · 04-10-2005 08:52AM

PORNAPSTER wrote:

That's why its so catchy...

Aye, Grotmeister Dungerhole - Rolls off the tongue, that does.

Pighead · 04-10-2005 08:57AM

Everybody at some point hates their name. I used to hate mine with a passion. I'm still not overly fond of it. It's common and overly-used. I've got 3 buddies with the same name.

But Miss Piggy recently said something really sweet that made me think a little differently about my name. Shee said, "I love your name. Think about the way your mouth shapes to say it. It starts with a kiss and ends with a smile."

So, while I'm still not crazy about my name, I can look at it a little differently now, and I'll always remember, "it starts with a kiss and ends with a smile!"God bless you Miss Piggy.

I also kind of like my name because my Dad picked it out. He named me after a horse he won 75 pounds on the day I was born.For my birthday one year he gave me a betting slip with my name on it. I nearly wept.To this day that betting slip sits near my bedside locker where I can see it every day.

Now,c'mon boardsters let's hear some good things about your own names!

Rhyme · 04-10-2005 09:15AM

Mine isnt so rare but ive grown accustomed to it over the years... makes me smile when i hear someone saying it for some reason *Shrug*

Nightwish · 04-10-2005 10:09AM

mine is fairly plain and Irish, but I've no issues with it

joejoem · 04-10-2005 11:09AM

I fcuking love my name, its cool.

Cutie18Ireland · 04-10-2005 11:09AM

i like my name!! its Pamela... my nanny was supposed to be called pamela because she was born on palm sunday but some relative died so she was called eileen and then my great granny made my mam promise to call me pamela... i never particularly liked or disliked my name.... but it means alot to me now as my nanny died a little over a month ago at the young (old) age of 66!!

Sleepy · 04-10-2005 11:11AM

I quite like my name (Eoin) but it's far too common. Most of my friends would call me by my nickname almost by necessity as there are two Eoin's and an Owen in my main circle of friends and I also live with another Eoin. See? Far too common!

Feenikusu · 04-10-2005 11:58AM

I like my name. It's Mareike. But I wish it were a bit more international, because in Ireland nobody could pronounce it, even it I told them how it is pronounced, they couldn't. But with an english 'r' it sounds pretty cool.

Dizzyblabla · 04-10-2005 12:05PM

Mine's Eileen.. I like it, but it can get annoying when you meet people out and they start with the "Come on Eileen" like I've never heard that one before!
named after my grandmother (Ellen) and now my new niece is called Ellie! it's like 3 different versions of the same name!

Kingp35 · 04-10-2005 12:11PM

funk-you wrote:

i actually like my name but it's very rare i'll actually be called by it which i hate. note kids- never call your children Patrick. He'll definitely be called one of these:
Paddy-Pato-Pat-Rick-Ricky-Paki(sp? as in bonner)-Padraig. when someone actually calls me Patrick people look at them as if why are they being so formal. Then of course the oh so witty people with the paddy irish man/paddy's day etc......swe swe. Or even just the way some people pronounce it (american/australian accents) Seriously people dont do it to your poor children.

Its true that people insist an calling you by a nickname. if you havent guessed my name is Patrick and I really like that name but only my parents and my best friend call me by it. not even my girlfriend will use my proper name. I try and make people use it but it never works. here is a list of the names im called by different people: Paddy, Pat, Pa, Padge and Whack.

Why wont people use my real name?

Jonny Arson · 04-10-2005 01:15PM

I f**king love my name!

It's not too common and not too rare either and it isn't a boring traditional Irish name.

I absolutely detest my surname tho'! :mad:

Tobias Greeshman · 04-10-2005 01:45PM

I share my first name with a Rock Star, I fail to see how that could be a bad thing... Yep I do like my name!

Pighead · 04-10-2005 01:48PM

silas wrote:

I share my first name with a Rock Star, I fail to see how that could be a bad thing... Yep I do like my name!

And so you should silas,Marilyn is a lovely name.Don't let the jocks put you down.Stand tall buddy

04-10-2005 01:59PM

I hate both my first name and last name (Ciarán Kenny btw), just because it's Irish and very common. I've always planned to change my name when I'm 18.

My sister is called Chelsea, and she was named after Clinton's daughter. I've never understood why though.

Mossy Monk · 04-10-2005 02:01PM

would have preferred Luscious or Brock but what i was given will make do

Tar.Aldarion · 04-10-2005 02:03PM

I love my names to varying decrees,Paul my first one is quite good,even if common, i like it.I love my middle names and sirname though.My sirname is my favourite.

monkeyfudge · 04-10-2005 02:07PM

I don't like my name... and I'm not overly fond of people abbreviating it.

I want to change my name to something cool like 'Hugo DeSelby' I reckon I'd make a good Hugo.

My middle name is pretty good though... it's Cosmos.

Dutchboy · 04-10-2005 02:37PM

My name is Hans!

I always catch people out when Im out in town. They think im foreign, hear my name and speak to me slowly '''vverrre are You FROM''..........I declare Im from Wexford in my best bogger accent!

I look very German/Dutch aswell , they just cant come to terms with it!

Other people refuse to believe me when i introduce myself! "Hi, Im Hans"
"No You're not!" :rolleyes:
Love my Name now, hated it in 1st year secondary school for obvious reasons tho!

Keyzer · 04-10-2005 02:47PM

Names are mad, I like mine though...

I think if i have kids I'll call the first Kimberly Mikado and the second Coconut Cream. Imagine introducing them the the neighbours with a spliff hanging outta yer gob.... priceless, for everything else there is mastercard....

Deadwing · 04-10-2005 02:51PM

My parents had the right idea when they named me Fantastic Q. Wonderful the 3rd.

Mr. CooL ICE · 04-10-2005 03:14PM

My name is a mess. My parents decided to call me by my middle name, which confuses a lot of people (including me) due to things like school enrolment, where my name automatically comes up as my first name (which is grand), so when i went to college, my id card was given to me under my first name, so in college, people know me by my first name, whereas people back home call me by my middle name.

But thats not all. My middle name sucks ass. I hate it. Every time someone says it in its entirety (ok, only 2 syllables, but still), it sends a shiver down my spine. But its also my dads name, and he hates it. When he was young, he got people to call him by an abbreviated version of it cos he hated it so much, so why they called me that name is beyond me. So, i got my parents to do the same for me - so my immediate family (and friends of theirs) call me by an abbreviation of my middle name.

So basically, i have 3 names that people call me by. Confused?

Tobias Greeshman · 04-10-2005 03:20PM

Pighead wrote:

And so you should silas,Marilyn is a lovely name.Don't let the jocks put you down.Stand tall buddy

Ha Ha!!! Thats brilliant PigHead, but Im afraid I wasnt named after Mr. Manson t'is a different rock star, one with a male first name Im afraid...

Sifo · 04-10-2005 03:43PM

was almost called oliver cos i was born on july 5th but luckily a friend of my mothers called her kid oliver so my mother decided to call me Anthony instead

legend

Zynks · 04-10-2005 03:49PM

My name was an issue for me because I was born in Spain and at the time you could not be bauptised with any name not recognised by the Spanish church. To make matters worse, Spain doesn't recognise me as Spanish (my father was Irish and my mum is Spanish, which made me a foreigner by the law at the time... if my father was Spanish OR my mother was a foreigner I would be entitled to the citizenship).

Matters got worse when I tried to work in Spain just before the EU's free flow of workers and I was denied a visa, in spite of being two blocks away from where I was born.

Bottom line, I changed my name to the English translation at the first opportunity. I am pretty happy with my name: Stephen

MorningStar · 04-10-2005 03:59PM

BlitzKrieg wrote:

i love my name because its so damn rare...i only met one other person with my name (and i was named after them) and it feels good to put your name into google and have only webpages linked to yourself come back.

I agree, both first and second name rare. First name is Irish and surname rare English/French surname. Must be the only one in the world

arbeitsscheuer · 04-10-2005 04:02PM

I love my name. Tis very unique and most ppl seem to think it's pretty cool, so it's fine by me. Only thing is, my second name doesn't really seem to "go" with Sebastian. I reckon I'll probably change my second name, or at least modify it slightly to make it complement my first name more!!!

My middle name's pretty cr*p as well, but then a lot of ppl's middle names are tbh...

But "Sebastian"? Wicked. :cool:

Lord Oz · 04-10-2005 04:28PM

I love my name since it's so rare and unique, I don't think I've actually met anyone with the same name.

Diarmsquid · 04-10-2005 04:44PM

I kinda like my name: Diarmuid.
It's fairly rare and all that which I like, but some people just can't say it properly. And not only foreigners but Irish people too. Some people say it with two J's! Jeermij.

arbeitsscheuer · 04-10-2005 04:58PM

Diarmsquid wrote:

I kinda like my name: Diarmuid.
It's fairly rare and all that which I like, but some people just can't say it properly. And not only foreigners but Irish people too. Some people say it with two J's! Jeermij.

Yeah, my mate had the same name, and he always got p*ssed off when ppl said Dermot instead of Diarmuid.

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