What do you think of your first name?

Mine is Jeremy.

I sometimes like it, it's kinda a dignified name. It's common, but not too much eh.

However, it sounds kinda weak and not very creative.

Dammit, sometimes I wish I was named Charlie...that's a great name.

If I ever have kids... they'll be named names like Charlie.

And if the Mom doesn't like she can sit on a tack!

She who gives birth likes to have a say in the name.

I rather like mine, by the way.

Especially if there's a hockey game on.

Once the labour starts, you'll be singing a different tune.

may not be the best name for a child. :shrug:

That's a great name!

"Do you have any tables for two tonight, around eight? Maybe something near a window?"

"I'm sorry sir, we're booked solid. Can I put you on the waiting list? What's your party's name?"

"Litigation."

"Oh... I see we have an opening at eight. Will that do?"

It's counterrevolutionary.

Paul

Genevieve.
Sorta flirty, mysterious...and French =)

zhean-vie-ev

or Jen-ah-veeve?

zhean-vee-ev is the French way to pronounce it, Jen-ah-veeve is more the English/American way.
I personally don't care, but it always makes me smile when one of my professors actually uses the French pronunciation.
(plus it sounds hot)

...a LOT of people don't know how to pronounce it either way- I get called "Gwenivere" all the bloody time :wtf:
Hello, St.Genevieve anyone! I protected Paris!

it sounds seductive and rather sexy, imho

Esp. in a sultry voice....mmmhmmmmmmm

You're right. It does sound pretty damn sexy!

No one on DU knows my first name....It's quite rare in the US...and it has nothing to do with my screename.

If I ever have a son, Charlie is going to fit in his somewhere. :D

They wanted to make my middle names those of my Grandfathers. They decided hell no as my name would have been "Jeremy Harold Clarence -----"

So I got named after the great grandfather's "Jeremy Andrew James -----"

My last name makes it sound like royalty

:silly:

I guess that gives it away...it made my bumper sticker a double entendre.

Feels ok I guess.

it's William

I go by my middle name instead of my first name

:shrug:

In Southern Italy you might have a better chance of hearing it.
I was teased throughout my childhood because of it. I think my parents were smoking something when they named me.

But you know my real name is very unusual in the states. First name can be found in Southern Italy but the middle is still very old and not so common anymore.

and I am sure there are some who have problems spelling it. But don't know your middle name though.

The only downside is that it can be pronounced different ways. You know when I'm somewhere and they're calling me, and they say it differently than I pronounce it, it's not a big deal. But the guy at work who keeps saying it wrong bothers me. I've told him how to say it, it's not weird or unheard of either, he just insists that he likes it the other way, so I just ignore him now when he calls my name.

I also like the name Charlie, it's my brother's name.

WELCOME TO DU! Have fun posting. This is one very big, mostly happy family!

:hi:

I've been a lurker for months now (like 8), and finally made the leap. Something about posting messages makes me shy, but since I'm here I'm trying to overcome it.

I felt a little bit shy at first, also, but as time passed, so did my shyness! I wish the same for you...

:toast:

My formal, legal name is Margaret; I don't care much for it, mostly because my parents used it when they were mad at me. All my doctors use it and now it's fine...

My normal first name is Peggy, and I like it a lot. Big surprise there! It's a friendly, approachable name. Down to earth. I've always had low self-esteem, so when my friends call me by my name, I feel good, like I matter, or some such...

:hi:

Being that I am a transsexual...my original birth name is no longer what I go by...and is no longer even my legal name. I had that changed a long time ago. So I picked my own name.

At the time, my mother did not accept me...as she now does.

So I asked her what she would have named me. She told me she would have named me Renee. And I offered to change my name, again, to Renee, for her...but she said it was okay, I didn't need to go through all that again...because changing your name is one hell of a complicated process!

So I am stuck with Angela.

I named myself after a girl I admired from afar in high school. She was everything I wanted to be at that time. She was popular, smart, funny, pretty...in short, she was everything I wasn't...and so despeartely wanted to be.

I did get a chance, at my 10 year high school reunion, to tell her I'd picked my name after her...and why.

P.S. And, just by the way...like most Angelas...I freaking HATE being called "Angie." "Ang" is fin...but I hate "Angie." It just reminds me of that freaking song....blech!!

I rather like your name :hi:

Then I liked it, for the same reason.

Then, about ten years ago, it became a trendy name for newborns, so I'm sick of it again.

And everytime i'm in a mall or somewhere, I hear angry moms chasing after their bratty kids by my name, and it freaks me out.

Hint: Cletus and Brandine have a child with my name...





"Hey, Ma! Get off the danged roof!"

He goes by his middle name though "Wade"

Which may be worse.

I know that's unfair, but I've only ever known one Wade, and he was an asshole.

Jeremy's a good name, though. I think you could make a tidy sum suing Pearl Jam for slander.

We just know how to handle him.

Hey the name Cheryl is a name of a bitch!

I was named after a town in Ceylon. :)

It'll be fun when they're older.

So they'd be "Phil Danger ----"

They'd get laid alot. Which is all a father can hope for.

In my family the oldest son's middle name is always the father's first name

My dad has a good first name.

My name is Darby.

Because my last name is also a first name they get mixed
up quite a bit with records and things.

But it's nice to have an usual name. Although
it seems to have become more common than the
years ago when it was laid on me.

Darby...sounds good.

but my parents chose "Jeannine". I always got ticked off when I was a little kid and people would call me "Jeanie." Even Santa Claus called me Jeanie!

It's a cool name for an adult. French and kind of sophisticated sounding.

BTW, Jeremy is a good name!

It suits me.. I think. John knows it, he better not tell though, it's a secret. :o

and I already know the concidences of me doing bad things "mistress"

:silly:


But do keep calling me mistress, I like that. :evilgrin:

:D

but you definitely don't know mine. And there is no way anyone would guess it.

It's Kate. :)

I'm guessing yours is.... Toula. :P

Everyone calls me by my alst name. Started in High School football and stuck. I like it. (But I'm a big meathead.)

But the "rick" is silent to anyone but my mom and my old next door neighbor Kay.

Alicia (pronounced ALEESHA). Now though, it's getting to be one of those trendy name like Brittany and Ashley.

When I was young, no one had my name and that's one reason I liked it so much.

It's Cynthia and it's rare for me to meet anyone with this one. I go by Cindy to my friends and for everyone else, it's Cynthia.

I used to really hate my name and swore I was going to change it. Now I've had it for so long and since I don't hear it much anymore I think I'd rather keep it.

I hate having to correct people all the time. They get it wrong even when I'm wearing a name badge. How can "Ember" ever be pronounced "Amber"?

it is not that common but I start to hear it a bit more often these days. Now, with my second name ... that is another story.

middle name.

just not in German. My opinion.

I guess the most important thing is that I'm used to it. It's a simple name, only three letters.

Really. I like my name. Never had a problem with it. It became a little too common in the 80's, but that's not my fault. :)

As for my name, Shannon, it took me a long time to get used to it. I actually like it now.

But it has been right at the top of popularity lists here in England for a few years - obviously people have realised how wonderful I am and are naming their sprogs after me.

I like it, and there have been a fair few good chaps with it through history; the only problem is that it is frequently abbreviated. I have an irrational fear and hatred of monosyllabic names, and people who have never met me bestow one upon me, it makes we want to kill them in the most slow and painful manner possible.

I think that Jeremy is a splendid name, b.t.w., I've known a couple of them and they've all been perfectly decent and fine chaps.

Figure THAT out, early morning crowd!

I didn't when I was a kid. I was sort of resentful as to why I wasn't named John or Steve or Jim or Mike or Mark. A "normal" boys name.

But I like Terry (NOT Terrence) very much now. I've sort of grown into my name, I guess.

;)

I got really sick of the barbwire jokes as a kid. But I've grown over time to love my name. Especially when people pronounce it correctly - 3 syllables, not 2.

It's unique and not a lot of people had it when I was growing up. Now, it's much more popular. My last name... well.. we'll just say it's the same as a former Repub. president.