Do you like your name?

Filan · 30-04-2008 10:43PM #1

Just curious, and if not, what would you like to be called?. Alan is an -ok- male name. My Mum said that had I been a girl , I'd have been Olga.....which would have upset me!

Regards
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cson · 30-04-2008 10:53PM

More of an AH thread than a LL one?

FTR, I hate the fact that my parents only had to open up page one of the big book of baby names to pull out 'Paul'. Fecking non-creative feckers.

Xiney · 30-04-2008 11:12PM

I think my name is quite nice, but I'm not sure if it suits me.

I don't know if I've ever really felt like a Christine.

I think I would have preferred something a bit more old fashioned, like Evelyn. Suppose it's too late now though :P

DJ_Spider · 30-04-2008 11:21PM

+1 for the Paul name! Apparently I was named by my sister who was in love with paul newman at the time, but her excuse was that it can't be shortened! As I was adopted, my adoptive parents decided to keep the name my birth mother would have called me. But that is a closely guarded secret and if I told you I would have to kill you!

I have always wondered if I had a more common name that could be shortened like robert, patrick, david, or michael. Maybe because mine can't!

30-04-2008 11:22PM

My name is awful but I love it because my parents gave it to me, and so I can't imagine having another.
I think Blase is the best name ever for a boy.

RedXIV · 30-04-2008 11:24PM

I love my name, i'm David, but it's shortened to Dave. i'm only called David when i'm in trouble

Fremen · 30-04-2008 11:26PM

Two of the best guy's names ever:

cson · 30-04-2008 11:35PM

We used to knock great craic out of ringing up all the William and Richard Powers we could find in the phonebook and asking them if they'd allow their name to be used in an Adult movie :pac:

Red Hand · 30-04-2008 11:43PM

I like my name. Jeremiah's got a good puritanical Old Testement feel to it. I'm from a loooong line of Jeremiah's on my father's side of the family. It used to be more common in Ireland and the USA years ago, but not so much now.

Jules · 30-04-2008 11:50PM

Definately a AH thread. Over you go so!

Jules

cson · 30-04-2008 11:56PM

Allotta Fagina ftw

Dord · 01-05-2008 12:08AM

S'okay I guess. My name is Brian btw.

Mr. CooL ICE · 01-05-2008 12:12AM

I hate my name. Not only do I hate it (its actually my middle name), but it was what my Dad was called when he was younger, and he hated it so much that changed it (kinda - more like an official alias). Why my parents called me it is beyond me.

Now I have 3 names (well, 4. another is just an abbreviation). They consist of my first name (used since I started college, used by friends through college), my middle name (used since forever - only used by old school friends and drinking friends) and the same name that my Dad changed his to (used by friends, family, and friends of family).

The situation is pretty damn confusing whenever members of the above groups meet each other and refer to me under different names, but I have a pretty good head start when it comes to credit card fraud

wordofmouth · 01-05-2008 12:13AM

I'm happy with mine to be honest you could do worse then Tom..
Course i could do Better!
Dr. Steel would be pretty cool!

Kold · 01-05-2008 12:14AM

Liam. It's alright, too many people call me Leeeeem though. Backwards f*ckers.

deaddonkey · 01-05-2008 12:14AM

not a fan of John

some people call me donk though

which is cool

bleg · 01-05-2008 12:15AM

RedXIV wrote: »

I love my name, i'm David, but it's shortened to Dave. i'm only called David when i'm in trouble

+1

but i'm called dathai too

RonMexico · 01-05-2008 12:15AM

I love my name because the other option was Emmet which is totally Gay

smellybiker · 01-05-2008 12:18AM

Worst name in history - Noelle - and i've got it. there are too many reasons why this name is the worst ever. like when people so imaginatively spell it - nowell, noel (no that's the male version you plonk), nowel, noele oh there's too many to mension. or every xmas, you always get not just one or two people but about twenty singing THAT song --- AS IF NO ONE HAS EVER THOUGHT OF SINGING THAT SONG TO ME BEFORE!! what i really hate though is when people don't know how to pronounce it - it's 2 bloody syllables - no and elle but some ejits say norell or worse still noeleen which sounds and is spelt completely different.

i've always wanted to be called anne for some reason - plain and simple - no complications (or songs attached)

takola · 01-05-2008 12:25AM

RonMexico wrote: »

I love my name because the other option was Emmet which is totally Gay

LOL

My name is Amy. My mother pulled it from The A Team apparently.

I like it, except when people "shorten" it to aims, amis or aimsey. You're not shortening it sunshine! :mad::rolleyes:

All the same, I can't imagine being called anything else, nor would I want to be.

Mr. CooL ICE · 01-05-2008 01:00AM

smellybiker wrote: »

Worst name in history - Noelle - and i've got it. there are too many reasons why this name is the worst ever. like when people so imaginatively spell it - nowell, noel (no that's the male version you plonk), nowel, noele oh there's too many to mension. or every xmas, you always get not just one or two people but about twenty singing THAT song --- AS IF NO ONE HAS EVER THOUGHT OF SINGING THAT SONG TO ME BEFORE!! what i really hate though is when people don't know how to pronounce it - it's 2 bloody syllables - no and elle but some ejits say norell or worse still noeleen which sounds and is spelt completely different.

i've always wanted to be called anne for some reason - plain and simple - no complications (or songs attached)

I'm guessing you were born around Christmas with that name? I know a Christina that was born on christmas day, and 2 Stephens that were born on stephen's day.

tribulus · 01-05-2008 01:05AM

Don't mind it really, except people always spell it -aeme, bah!

happyface · 01-05-2008 01:15AM

sometimes i like my name and others i don't. its really easy to remember but its annoying cos of the jokes involved, I mean Paddy English what were my parents thinking???

Ruu_Old · 01-05-2008 01:16AM

Ruairí, delighted with it. Except it gets spelled Rory too often. "No, its R-u-a.."

Jigsaw · 01-05-2008 01:23AM

Richard, which is grand imo.

Overheal · 01-05-2008 01:31AM

Run faster!

Xavi6 · 01-05-2008 02:03AM

Mine's Neil. Quite happy with it through school as there was no one else with it. Then I went to college and there were three other feckers called Neil in the same class! Now I know how the Davids/Johns/Pauls of the world feel.

Max Power ftw though

Sabre0001 · 01-05-2008 02:09AM

Mark

Plain, simple, yet I'm quite fond of it! Started meeting a lot of other Mark's recently though - before I was the only one and felt bad for the four David's in my class...

Rb · 01-05-2008 02:21AM

Jigsaw wrote: »

Richard, which is grand imo.

+1

Like another poster said, I'm only ever called Richard when I'm in trouble/herself is píssed at me.

Not too common a name either which is nice.

Texas Red · 01-05-2008 02:24AM

Don't really mind my name being Richard ( everyone calls me Rick ) .... but Angus has a really nice ring to it .

Overheal · 01-05-2008 02:33AM

rb_ie wrote: »

+1

Like another poster said, I'm only ever called Richard when I'm in trouble/herself is píssed at me.

Not too common a name either which is nice.

You're Dick?

This explains much

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