Do you like your first name?

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  • euronorris
    euronorris Posts: 12,247 Forumite
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    It's alright. The full version I mean. But I just never felt it suited me. Feels a bit too....straight-laced, when I am not. lol


    It is very common. So much so, I have a cousin with the same name, who is only a month older than me.


    I have always loved the name Danielle. I had two Danielle's in my class growing up. Both of whom were pretty and popular, so I wanted to be just like them! lol
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  • Skiddaw1
    Skiddaw1 Posts: 2,016 Forumite
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    I like mine though it does date me. Definitely a child of the 60's.


    Talking of Biblical names, I always rather fancied being Hepzibah or Bathsheba.
  • WeAreGhosts
    WeAreGhosts Posts: 3,099 Forumite
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    I've always disliked my first name, mainly because it can't be shortened. I also wanted a Biblical name ... Zillah! I'd have settled for Elizabeth, though, as you can shorten it lots of ways.
  • Claddagh_Noir
    Claddagh_Noir Posts: 212 Forumite
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    I love my name because it is unusual. I have shortened it as a nickname but hate when it is called out fully, it makes me feel like I am in trouble!
  • LilElvis
    LilElvis Posts: 5,835 Forumite
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    I quite like mine - it's never been a "popular" one and doesn't denote I was born in a certain decade. Unusually for a multi-syllable name it doesn't lend itself to shortening. My husband chose our daughter's name (his goddaughters name) , but I didn't have any problem with that as it was the one my sister and I decided we would call a child when we were grownups - we were six and four at the time! Husband choose the second name too (his late sister's) and I picked her third one - it's in both the Ndebele and Zulu language, has great significance to us in it's translation and was the name of a waitress we met on holiday who had the biggest, sunniest smile I have ever seen.
  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,470 Forumite
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    Mine's obvious lol. I like it :) Never use the full 'Joanne'. Even my work stuff and bills say Jo. If I'd not been adopted, I'd be 'Alison'. I'm definitely not an Alison. Ally/Ali, etc I could live with :)
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  • Marvel1
    Marvel1 Posts: 7,171 Forumite
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    Mine is Gareth.

    I don't mind it, it's not unique and doesn't stand out which is what I prefer.
  • pollypenny
    pollypenny Posts: 29,393 Forumite
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    It's ok. My surname is awkward, though. Fed up with spelling it and people rarely getting right. No women kept their maiden names in the far off days when I married.
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  • [Deleted User]
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    I like my name now but when I was younger I used to wish my name was Daisy as in Daisy Duke. :rotfl:
  • chesky
    chesky Posts: 1,341 Forumite
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    Always hated my first name. I never told it to anyone without them making some kind of comment. First day at work, introduced to my new boss, he said 'yes, but what do your friends call you?' So then and there I made up a name which everyone has called me since. Last person to call me by my real name was my mother and she died 24 years ago. Apart of course from the NHS - always get a shock when the GP's receptionist calls it out.
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