names

cameragirl21 wrote: was just curious because i'm working on a birth announcement for a client and she was just telling me how much they agonized over the name they chose to make sure it was perfect. choosing a name is obviously a big decision for any parent but the question remains--do you like what your parents picked?
would you want something different and if so, please list it.
i can't imagine being called anything but Jennifer and would never want another name although there are names that in theory i like better. i just think it fits me, how about you?

amymom replied: I put that It is ok, because I really do not care either way.

Mary Beth and I were just talking about this last night... She said ... out of the blue... that she didn't like her name. They have been singing "Mary had a little Lamb" in chorus and it has led to some teasing. She loves that she has her Grandmother's (the grandmother she never met) name, but doesn't appreciate the teasing. Oh well, nothing can be perfect!!!

cameragirl21 replied: it's funny you should say that, Anne Marie, because when my friend Pam was pg with her daughter Brooke, who is now five, i asked her what name she chose and when she said Brooke, i told her that i didn't think the baby would like that name...it was weird, just a feeling, kwim? well, Brooke is the name she chose and it's none of my biz so we never discussed it again after B was born. well, sure enough, when B was four, she told Pam that she didn't like her name and wanted to change it to Marissa or Alexis or something a little more feminine...i mean B, at the age of 4 didn't put it in quite those terms but when she said Marissa or Alexis, Pam gathered that B likes more feminine names so that's when she mentioned it to me and wished she'd have listened to me. i have nothing against the name Brooke but i had a strange feeling her baby just wouldn't like it. Pam said she chose Brooke because it's a strong name and she figured a girl named Brooke wouldn't be teased by other kids.
it's odd how kids find a reason to tease others...my friend Alison named her son Raven and she worried that he'd be teased in school for having an unusual name and she said that she'd been teased for her name and i asked her how anyone could tease someone named Alison, which IMO is a very common name that has nothing unusual about it. lol, she said people called her Alice in Wonderland.
it's amazing what other kids will come up with....

mom2my2cuties replied: I actually love my name. Always have, even when they found a way to tease me.

In 6th grade I was always asked "Tisha, Willett (read Will it) rain today?" or something stupid like that with my last name, and for a bit in 7th grade I had a classmate call me Tissue Paper

zdk753 replied: I love my name I just hate always having to pronounce it & spell it.

Calimama replied: I don't like it one bit. My uncle used to say, "Denise and Da-nephew". Cuz.. ya know, it's such a hilarious joke. A real creative spark on their part.

MotherForever2043 replied: I love my name!

MomToJade&Jordan replied: I like my name. Then again I couldn't imagine being called anything else. My parents named me Carrie-Ann after my maternal grandmother and her twin sister. The hyphen was my dad's touch.

Miranda1127 replied:
i feel the same way. i like b/c it's mine and nothing else would be me (fit me)kwim?

mckayleesmom replied: I hated it when I was young because BRIANNE was very very uncommon when I was young. I didn't know another Brianne until I was in High School. People would always pronounce it as BRIAN....like the boys name. I dreaded when they would call my name over the loudspeaker at school because it was always Brian...



Today I don't mind it as much, but people tend to put an A at the end sometimes...BRIANNA.....and there is no a sound at the end....but Im use to it now.

Miranda1127 replied:
awl that sucks. but i'm on the other end of this. I loved having an unusual name. there was always 2+ johns, or 5 emily's. i liked knowing when someone was talking to me. but i guess Miranda is different than Brianna can't really be used in a masculine manner.

Nina J replied: I don't mind Nina, but I don't like Nina-Jane. I used to get called Kite face as a kid, because my last name is Keyte (pronounced like kite). But I didn't take DH's surname when we got married, because I like my surname. And DH's surname just didn't go with my name. It goes well with the kids names though, except Lily-Elle is going to have a bit of a long name because DH's surname has 8 letters in it.

redplaydoh replied: I hated "DeAnn" when I was younger because there were no other DeAnn's that I knew of. Now I like having a semi-unique name.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone spells my name differently. I take it as a huge insult, and think that if you have dealings with me enough to put my name in writing it better be spelled correctly. I HATE having my name spelled Deeann, Deanne, Dee Ann, DeeAnne or worse Diane! I don't know why but that always gets my goat. Or calling me Dee...

I do hate that my mom named me Betty DeAnn and called me DeAnn from day one. I am endlessly filling out forms that state First Name/Middle Initial. So I am Betty D. which is NOT my calling name. I don't like the name Betty at all and will be sitting in a waiting room hearing them call "Betty" and about the 5 time realize it is ME they're calling.

When we named the kids I wanted something that could be spelled easily and not shortened like Dee from DeAnn. Many people have tried calling Lucas Luke and I immediately correct them.

hawkshoe replied: I like my name, generally speaking. Growing up, I didn't care for it. However, I have come to appreciate it. I pronounce it differently than my mother. I don't much care for the true pronunciation of it, however, with my pronunciation, I am rather happy with it.

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: I voted with the majority...don't love it or hate it. I really like how unique it is, but growing up, even in college, people would make remarks that Rae is a boy's name. I just got tired of hearing that! If I had my way, I would have maybe made it more like Raegyn or Rael...but at the same time, it's me and it could always be worse!

Hillbilly Housewife replied: My name gets massacred wayyyy too much. Specially by you yanks.

Course, my name isn't my first name. So whatever.

cameragirl21 replied:
for some reason i thought Rae was short for Rachel....

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied:
Nope. I got that a lot in college too...Always made me feel like people would rather it be Rachel, but it's not...haha. I had the Rachel cut too, so I guess maybe it just fit, but I've personally never been real fond of that name. DH always said he wanted a Rachel if we had/have a girl. No way. I like RAE a whole lot better the way it is!

MyBrownEyedBoy replied: My mom tried to name me *shudder* "Bambi". I am the least bambi-like person I know. Thank heavens Dad put a stop to that idea.

luvmykids replied:
We have the opposite problem with Colt, people assume it's short for Colton and call him that It even bugs him, if someone calls him Colton he politely says "My name isn't Colton, it's Colt, like a baby horse"

I hated my name as a kid, I didn't know another Monica until college and even now have only met a handful. Ironically, the mother of DH's daughter is Monica Marie, same as myself But now I love my name, mostly because it fits me and because although it's gotten more popular I still don't hear it too often.

msoulz replied:
I too am a Mary Elizabeth (called Beth due to the large number or Mary's in the Catholic school). I feel for your Mary Beth. I can't tell you how many times I was asked the following questions:

1. Are you contrary?
2. Where is your little lamb?
3. Are you a virgin?
4. Why ya' buggin?

I suppose it may be obvious that I am not crazy about my name.

When our son was born my husband really wanted to name him Jacob, which I love but it is the most popular name out there since he was born and having the most common name known to mankind I really didn't want to do that. But in the end I couldn't deny him from naming his son. Plus his name is Steve, also very common, and it doesn't bother him.

EvesMom replied: I like my name now (Bethany Dawn) but didn't when I was younger. Like many others, there was some degree of taunts for having an uncommon name. I recall one was Beth-a-leg . Anyway I love it now, because it is rather uncommon.