Like or hate your first name?
by Hannahmo in Six Words Questions on May 30, 2012 | 
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maryjane31 says,
Mary is as plain as any name can be. But I like it and do we have choices with what our parents named us?thesagittarian12 says,
My name is probably the result of my father's Scottish heritage. I used to hate it, but have grown to quite like it.thesagittarian12 says,
Hey, I could have copped a lot worse than "Sagfucius"! ;-)MsKillie says,
Love it- I love that my parents picked the uncommon spelling!(My first name is Kellie :)marymc says,
I never cared for Mary growing up, wishing it was fancier. Now I realize that I am SUCH a Mary, I could never be anything else.maryjane31 says,
Do you ever notice that people named Mary are really nice?JAD says,
Don't particular love the Jo part, love the Jo Ann (FIRST AND MIDDLE COMBINED)Believe says,
Yes. Immensely. Thanks, Mama.canadafreeze says,
I do like it, but I wonder if it suits me. I often get variations rather than the real thing.favepeep says,
Love my name; my parents couldn't agree on my name so my grandma offered a great suggestion. and I still feel a connection with her even though she died a long while ago.DynamicDbytheC says,
I love my name and always have. I have a name that is rare. When I went to Catholic school, many girls were Mary, Mary Ann, Mary Claire, Mary Beth, Mary Sue and an occasional Marie. I liked being unique and still do. Not many women are named Dynamic, teehee.Jujeebal says,
There is nothing fancy about my name but I've always liked it and it seemed to fit me - Juliel8leigh says,
It's okay. I share it with my mom, so it's not unique, but because we share our first name, I'm called by my middle name, which IS unique.accidentaltourist says,
It's not unique...but I like to think that I am. It doesn't really suit a...ahem..."mature" individual...but I'm okay with that. And it's pretty forgettable....which means I intend never to be.ctgoods2 says,
Like it much better than my middle name, which was supposed to be my first.b.dale says,
Hate it... Brian is to common.mzejay says,
Love it now, hated it growing up. Because it is not phonetic, I spend a fair amount of time correcting folks.Wench says,
I like my name - the sound, origin, meaning. They all fit. I don't like when people call me Alex, since to me it's a completely different name. My parents and some friends call me Lexi which is fine, but I also don't like when people I don't know very well or am not fond of call me that. I don't use nicknames unless they're preferred. My husband, son and I all have three syllables in our names and we all use our full names.Mourningdove says,
Sure, though it does date me, only people named this are between 40-50.tonyglim says,
I was named after my father. I like my first name, but I have always gone by a shortened form of my middle name.Level1 says,
I grew to love it as an adult. When I was a teen I wanted to be called Kathy but then, when I grew up, I realized that a lot of people called themselves Kathy but not as many called themselves Kathleen :-)mrsjack says,
My name is Keetah. My middle name is Anastasia. I usually joke that it took me until third grade to spell my own name. I also tell the story of my 'hippie' mother and the book she read during pregnancy, subsequently naming me after the "Native Princess".I DREAMED of being Jessica or Jennifer as a young girl! Spent many
moments pretending that I was Maria or Susan.
Now I cherish name. I gave my daughter a unique name and spelling, passing on the gift my mother gave me. This identifier that no one else on any path I've ever crossed has.
jl333 says,
I have a very unique name, and yes, I love my name! However, most people have taken to shorten my name weather I like it or not--hence you get JL. So it's kind of what I go by now, since that's what everybody calls me!Dean6805 says,
I like my name fine until someone calls me "Dale." It happens a lot. How can you screw up a 4-letter name that sounds nothing like "Dale" except for that initial consonant? Makes me want to say things like "Oh, your name is Shirley? I'll call you Sh*tty. How's that? Close enough?"Anyway, my first name is my father's middle name; my middle name is my uncle's first name.
Wench says,
My middle name is Helene. St. Helen was the mother of the emperor, Constantine. Hence, our son's name.zuleika says,
I like the way it's spelled and looks, and I like the meaning, but not super in love with the pronunciation. (Phoebe)lillybrook says,
I'm a Kathryn (spelled the CORRECT way, thank you very much) and I love my name. It suits me perfectly.KharisJo says,
my name is Josephine and I like it very much.KharisJo says,
Do you like your name Hannah?Hannahmo says,
Yes Josephine, I do like my name. It's not too common and it's a palindrome. Hannah spelled backwards is Hannah. :)TheAngstyPoet says,
I love my name, Alexandria. But everyone pronounces it "AlexanDRA" everyone forgets the "i" I disliked it when I was younger but now I like it. I hate the name Alex for girls. Everyone calls me 'Allie' which I like very much.ba_miracle says,
Tanya and I came to appreciate it. When I moved to the South, suddenly it sounded different and I came to accept that too ;-). My friends call me Red, T, Tawny, Tawny girl, Miracle or Sister.