Are you happy with your name?

greendawn

We do not choose our names our parents do so, are you pleased with the one they picked for you? If not what would you like your name to be?

I am very pleased with my name, Nicolas.

daystar

I am happy with its meaning, though I don't care for the sound of it too much. It's too... normal...

mama1119

I like my first name, Rachel, alot, but I do not care for my middle name to much. I hyphenated my last name when I got married, and what a PAIN that is!!!!

kittyeatzjdubs

It's ok I guess. I always get one of two responses. People either say it's pretty, or they give me that ''youpoorthingyournamesucks'' look and go, ''oh. how unusual.''

Jo Beth......meh...it's alright.

~luv, jojo

I m a Nicole, I do not hate it, but I prefer to be called Nikki. I look like a Nikki too. I was actually born Gina Maria, but my mom changed my name to Nicole Marie so I wouldn't be made fun of, I guess Gina Maria was part of a saying...can't remember....

If I could choose my own name...I would have just named me Nikki.

Highlander

I'm not sure yet if I like my name. If I happen to meet a jdub I really hate my name. My name is Aaron, so it's always the same old response. Oh, you have such a nice biblical name.

Or my personal favorite. How is Moses doing?

Worse yet, I met some jdubs at my wife's congregation, and sure enough, they have a 'brother' by the name of Moses there!!!

I think I should just get it over with and change my name.

fullofdoubtnow

I'm happy with my name, Linda.

Lo-ru-hamah

My first name is okay but I really hate my middle name. I think that it is everything bad about me and I have even thought of changing it. I have only met mean women that have my middle name and becuase I dislike it so, I won't put it on here because it is a relatively common name and I don't want to offend anyone that might have it and they are actually someone really nice.(That was a really bad run on sentence.)

Loruhamah aka Sheri

truman

I read this board much more than I post, but this one made me want to respond. My first name has given me a life time of grief. Now, I am deep in middle age, and am trying to reconcile my attitude toward it. My first name is one which is typically given to people of the opposite gender that I happen to be. It also has resonance with a prominent historical figure. So, I got lots of teasing as a child in school. After a few years I began to use my middle name, which is gender appropriate and innocuous.

Still, to this day, when legal names are required, or when I must show official ID, I get the quizzical looks and I want to scream. The funny thing is that the screen name I chose for this site is also of the opposite gender. Although I chose it for its connection to a fictional character with whom I identified, I need to do some thinking on that.

Life Is Grand

I don't like my name-and only because 95% of the people I meet for the first time don't pronouce it properly. After so many years, I can't be bothered correcting them anymore.

It's Petra(pronounced Pee-Tra).....but everyone says Pet(as in Pet Shop)-Ra........the good thing, though, is that my parents never "blessed" me with a middle name!!

LIG