Poll: Are you happy with your real name?

[Arrogancy]

The name 'William' is very distinguished, as well as very English. I very much like it.

 

[FateOrFatality]

Daniel, meaning "attractive" in its original gaelic... everything seems to be in order here, also they can sing danny boy at my funeral, so theres also that

Daniel is my name too - pretty decent as far as names go, in my opinion. I was under the impression it meant "God's judge" though (which is strange as I'm hardly religious). Probably just different translations, although I prefer the gaelic meaning. My last name is even an Irish one, so I can make that work.

Although at least it's better than my sister's name, to be fair. She has the name of a very famous male movie character's last name (she isn't named after him or anything though) that leads to some annoying nicknames.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

Eh, could be worse, If anything I take more umbrage with my last name. I suppose my first name (Lloyd) is somewhat uncommon, at least being more idiosyncratic than something like Jack or Tom (seriously I knew like 8 people called Tom in secondary school) so I guess that's something. If I were to change anytihng, I'd wish for an alliterated full name, those are awesome. Though at any rate, it hardly matters, it's a pretty trivial aspect and people get used to names so it doesn't bother me that much.

 

[Redworld13]

Meh its a name, so be it, doesnt sound to bad....

 

[Blunderboy]

Seeing as my parents briefly considered naming me Rory, it could be a lot worse.
I voted yes though because I've always rather liked my name and I've never really wanted to change it.

 

[KefkaCultist]

It could be worse.

My name is Robert which is named after my grandfather & uncle, but I usually just go by Rob or, to certain friends, Bob, Bobert or Rawrb.

 

[omega 616]

Kyle = very similar to a famous female singer from Aus, which meant I was called Kylie a lot by teachers and kids in school.

Robert = my dads name, I hate that prick

McAllister = never spelled correctly! I have had McCallister, McAlister, McAllistar and any mix of them, for example McCalistar.

Yeah, I fucking love my name ...

 

[Kyrian007]

I've come to terms with it. Used to hate it and was going to switch to going by my middle name (Ryan) in College. Went to a college where no one from my hometown went, and no one was planning to so I could have a completley new Identity. However, my dorm floor already had 3 Ryans. So I kept my bizarre first name which is just 3 letters you wouldn't normally see or try and pronounce together. At least I've never needed a nickname.

p.s. I won't type it here, sorry. It is almost unique, and I don't use it online because I could easily be identified by it.

 

[Areani]

It's awkward pronouncing Rikard in english, which is why when I speak to non-swedish people I tell them to call me Richard. A bit annoying but nothing catastrophical, so I went with 'Could be worse'

 

[Sansha]

No, I wasn't. So when I turned eighteen I picked a new one.

 

[zoharknight]

Now yes. I had my name changed to my current one years ago. I loathed my birth name.

 

[Hazy992]

I'm fine with my first name, but not my surname. Main reason is because it's my fathers name and I hate my father. I'm gonna change it to my mothers when I get the chance.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Ryan is pretty good but I would rather Ash.

 

[kasperbbs]

I'm not very happy about it, but it could be worse. My parents couldn't agree on a single name so they made some kind of a hybrid, i'm sick and tired of correcting people on how to spell my name, i just go along with whatever they think my name is, they usually mix up just one letter because that turns it into a very common name. Even today my boss was naming people to come with him to his office and he missspelled mine, i looked around and noone else stood up so i assumed he was calling for me, thankfully i was right.

 

[someonehairy-ish]

Add just one letter into my surname and it becomes 'Champion.' I'm probably gonna change it to that legally, seeing as I already put it as Champion on all my social networking shiz.
And I like my first name too so 'tis all good.

Well. I quite like my first name. It's a Christian one and I'm an atheist, but then again there aren't really any 'atheist' names.

Slightly off topic but tangentially related:
If I ever have kids they'll probably be named after some of my personal heroes. Michael after Mikael Akerfeldt, the Opeth lead writer/singer. Then possibly either Joe or Jimmi, after Joe Duplantier from Gojira and Jimmi Hendrix. Then either Tosin or Orion, Tosin after Tosin Abasi and Orion 'cos I like the word.
Not that I'm actually planning to have that many kids.

 

[mental_looney]

My real name is Rebecca but I get called Becca by most people,shrug I like it well enough it's not super common and it wasn't when I was in school

 

[Beryl77]

It's sometimes a bit annoying that people always pronounce it wrong and I have to repeat it multiple times until they know how to say it properly but the name itself isn't a bad name, I like it.

 

[BlackEagle95]

Adolphus...

Somehow (Possibly through the British) it made it's way from the frozen waste of Sweden, down to sunny Jamaica. I'm Black, it's the same as my father's (The Jamaican). I think it was his fathers name as well, but I'm not sure.

It raises some eyebrows, but most be people get over it, and I did a long time ago. So I really have no issues with it. I've been told my full name sounds awesome when spoken out loud, one guy swears it sounds like a Greek God. Might be interesting to see reactions if I ever go to Europe.

It means Noble Wolf. I guess wolves are cool, but I don't know how noble I am.