Do you like your given name, if not what name would you have liked?

by JH 21 Replies latest jw friends

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  prophesariah

  I have had mixed feelings about my first name. Growing up as a child I didn't like it so much. It was unique, ppl usually had trouble pronouncing it, & I was very uncomfortable with its meaning in another language that I had to suffer through studying in school. It bothered me so much that I had ppl call me by another name.

  On the other hand, I have an appreciation for how I believe my name came to be. According to my baby book, my father dreamed up the name 3 months before I was born. I figured out that it is a combination of my maternal grandmother's first name and my mother's middle name. As an adult I am more comfortable with the use of my given name partially because of this knowledge.

  As far as my last name I have no problem. It represents my "family" and I used it in my children's names. My father produced three girls, so there was no boy to carry on the family's name.

  When it comes to my married name, it's fine. It is not an odd mix with my first name. As a matter of fact, it flows together fairly well.
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  avishai

  I'm fine with being a Sam. Sam, Sammy, Sambo. It works.

  My Handle is the Hebrew spelling of my middle name, Abishai. I like the Hebrew pronunciation better.
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  damselfly

  I like my first name. I've had so many last names that it doesn't really matter to me what it is anymore. Birthname, adoptive name, married name, back to adoptive name, add birthfather's name as could have been a contender, no plans on getting married again so I guess that it is, is what it's going to be.

  Dams
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  coolhandluke

  I love the name Dominick. It fits. I hate Eugene. It stops here.
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  Mulan

  I've always liked my name, Marilyn. I can't think of a name I would prefer.
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  FlyingHighNow

  My mother was going to name me Mary Amnee. I am so glad she changed her mind and named me Heather Dana, though the melody of it's not too keen with my one syllable last name.
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  Krystal

  I love my given name... if I wasn't living in a french province... my real first name pronounced in french sounds wayyy too close to a very offensive curse word... makes it kinda akward! LOL
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  nilfun

  Even though I love my first name (it has special meaning for me) I go by my middle name -- too many people were cruel in using the first name (including a quite vicious elder who wrote its double meaning on the theocratic school schedule -- he and others at the hall had a great laugh at my expense. I now only allow certain loved ones to continue using it.) I kept my maiden name after I married -- I love it too much to trade it away for my husband's name.
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  chrissy

  My given name is Christina and I'm not that fond of it because it reminds me too much of my parents, my JW upbringing, and what I considered to be a very repressed life. So I go by the childhood nickname that I gave myself ("Christina" was a mouthful for a two-year-old!): Nina.

  Me too, and for the same reasons. "Nina"...i like it! much better than kiddie chrissy. but not as bad as christina. :) i dont think i could say my name right until i was in kindergarten.
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  Es

  Its taken years and years but i think now i really like my name Esther. Dont like my maden name, like my ex's surname sticking with that and then changing it again in two months when getting married again

  es