How do you like your OWN first and middle name?

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You don’t have to share them if you don’t want to! I’m just curious since we talk so much about liking and hating names, how much do we like our OWN names?

I personally really like my first name, [name_m]Caleb[/name_m]. I really like how the sound is very lighthearted and not really “deep” sounding, but it’s still masculine enough to not be gender neutral. The meaning of it is really cool too; it means loyal and “dog” in Hebrew. It was literally the main reason my dad chose my name because we’re a dog family. I absolutely love signing my name on paper too, I’m a sucker for calligraphy and I love writing it in my ridiculously fancy cursive that hardly anyone can read on my school papers. The only thing I hate is how common it is, it feels like there’s a lot at my school and I know a ton of others too. It seems like everytime I turn my neck I meet someone named [name_m]Caleb[/name_m]. It used to really bother me but I don’t care too much about it anymore.

I like my middle name, [name_m]Ellis[/name_m], but I’m not really a big fan of it. It’s a family name from my dad’s side so that makes it special and I feel like it really ties my first and last name together. However it just feels weird saying it, I couldn’t even imagine being called [name_m]Ellis[/name_m]. It feels “mean” to me in a way and it just feels like someone’s expecting some old man out of me. Despite this I couldn’t imagine having a different middle name than [name_m]Ellis[/name_m] and I still get excited whenever I see the name [name_m]Ellis[/name_m] on social media or in public.

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I like my first name, I don’t think it’s one I would choose myself if it wasn’t my name but it’s a variation of my mum’s name which I think is cool. It was the 4th most popular girl name the year I was born so I always had 4 of us in my grade (6 overall) and I did band with another one but that didn’t really bother me. The only thing I think that annoyed me was not being able to find my spelling on keyrings, etc.

[name_f]My[/name_f] middle name is [name_f]Louise[/name_f] and I’ve never really liked it - I can’t quite pinpoint why though. A positive though is that I have an aunty on both sides with the same middle name which I thought was cool and ‘renowned warrior’ is a pretty cool meaning

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I hate my real name and has literally ruined my life, that’s why I go by [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] real full name is [name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f].

I don’t actually like my name very much. It’s quite common and stereotypical, especially for my age group (2000-2010). I’ve met at least 8-9 other people with my name. I also don’t like any of the nicknames, or the fact that it has like 500000 spelling variants. Very rarely has someone spelled my name right on the first try.

However, I do think it suits me. I’m your typical, glued to their phone, bubbly, sassy, and crazy teenage girl, and I think my name suits those traits very well. I also play volleyball and sometimes swim, and at least to me my name gives off sporty vibes.

I also like how my middle name is a family name. Yeah, okay, it’s basically the most common middle name to ever exist, but at least it means something. Off the top of my head, I can think of at least 10 relatives with this somewhere in their name.

[name_f]My[/name_f] overall consensus on my name is that I don’t like it, but it suits me well.

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As for me not liking common names for myself, I think those were pretty much out, as my parents really like familiar names.

Their list besides my actual name:

[name_f]Emily[/name_f] (runner-up)
[name_f]Chloe[/name_f] (second runner-up)
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
Hailey/Hayley
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaylee[/name_f]

(You know, I think they also liked ‘E’ names considering they could’ve named my brother Ethan…)

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Oh my, care if I ask why?

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my real name has a very strong association that has caused people to bully me

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Caitlin Ann is such a gorgeous name!!

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oh no! does it begin with K by any chance :sleepy:

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nope, V

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Thank you so much!! :blush:

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i love my name! i don’t particularly love how it looks on paper or how it’s consistently pronounced the wrong way… but! i do love it. i think it suits me, maybe not as much as my mom would have liked when naming me, but definitely suits me!

my middle name is gorgeous, i think, although i have synesthesia, and my name is very pink. like, hot pink with glitter. i ignore it, though, because it’s so pretty-sounding.

i can’t see myself with any other name but my own, but also georgia.
my heart has a spot for georgia forever, but my name will always be mine.

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I think my parents did a great job in the mid seventies choosing [name_f]Ginger[/name_f] and [name_f]Betsy[/name_f].
I’m [name_f]Ginger[/name_f] [name_f]Clare[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] mn honors my grandfather [name_m]Clarence[/name_m] [name_m]Preston[/name_m]. I love a good family mn!
I went all the way through school without meeting another [name_f]Ginger[/name_f] or anyone with the mn [name_f]Clare[/name_f], yet neither of my names is unrecognizable. A+ to my mom and dad :slight_smile:

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you have an amazing name!! I almost named a character [name_f]Ginger[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] once

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[name_f]My[/name_f] name is [name_f]Megan[/name_f], and I really like it! Nice sound and meaning. I just wish it didn’t have so many spelling variations. I try not to share my middle name too much on here, but I absolutely adore it and will be passing it down (possibly as a first!)

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Wow! That’s interesting!

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didn’t end up go with it because the last name was [name_m]Rogers[/name_m], didn’t realize it until I thought the name sounded familiar, the funniest thing was her main character trait was that she can’t dance :woman_facepalming: her name under up being [name_f]Virginia[/name_f]

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Great story!

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my name is emilia georgia! :sunflower:

i like my first name, and it does suit me very well! i go by a lot of nicknames including, mimi, melia and mia. all of these also suit me very well, and i really couldn’t imagine me going by anything any different. however, it is a kind of annoying as it’s forever going to be spelled amelia. my name always has been and most likely always will be misspelled. but you get to the point you just say “my name’s emilia, e-m-i-l-i-a” and it stops completely bothering you.

my middle name honestly isn’t my favourite. i’m not someone who loves feminizing of masculine names. i much prefer georgia to georgina, and to me georgina sounds a bit stuffy. it’s really not a name i enjoy, and i’ve never really liked it that much. i also couldn’t spell it for the longest time, i’d always spell my gorgina for some reason!

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I don’t love my first name, but I like my middle and I like them as a combination

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first name: have recently realised how good it is. It hits the sweet spot between established name and rare (at least in my country) whilst still being easily pronuncable in my native language and in english. would rate it 10/10

middle name: its very childish and my parents did not think this through at all! to this day, they still stand by it. it’s also very identifiable and overall not a good name. 0/10