Poll: Are you happy with your real name?

[ShindoL Shill]

I don't give my real name if I don't have to.
It helps that my some of my friends started calling me 'Bazza' and it devolved into 'Barry'.
But I've been told I "look like a Harry", someone calls me David and some total prick calls me William. My name.
I prefer saying I'm James though, because I really should have been called that (it's a family name). But really, I just pick a name from all the ones I know when I introduce myself. So a conversation would be:
"Hi, I'm -name-. You are..."
"Uh... Freddie."
"Cool."

 

[Amberella]

My name is Amber. And although I wasn't that fond of it at first, I grew to like it. Especially when Tom says it in his Black Country(British) accent. :3

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

My name is Eliot, spelt exactly that way. Sure it is annoying as people often either try to or just misspell my name. Other than that it is an interesting name that few people have. Furthermore, I think it is a very nice name. I like my middle names as they are Grandfathers names and I feel that it is important to retain strong family names.

 

[Dalek Caan]

Yes. I was named after my Grandfather who I like. Ironically it means "To bear Christ in one heart". Being atheist it is a bit weird to hear this.

 

[manga-minx]

I like my name - it's native to Scotland and not too many people have it, although in the last few years I've met quite a few children with the same name, which was weird.
It doesn't have a real meaning though, so I guess that's pretty disappointing.

 

[Shadow flame master]

I'm fine with my name, but if I get into another room with at least 4 other Michaels in it, bricks will be shat.

I mean seriously, you would think that the teachers and principles would make it mandatory that there would only be at least 3 people with the same first name in any given time. Although, it is nice that they call all the Michaels by their last name so I can't really complain too much.

 

[DarkSoldier84]

I can think of at least three different spellings of my name (Derek, Derrick, Derick). I had two other kids in one of my high school classes with the same name. I've been called Eric and Gareth. I'm not terribly happy with my name, but I'm not about to do anything about it. What's the point? I've had it all my life.

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

I don't dislike my name but it's not my favorite. Points for the Trigun reference though, that was actually the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Ehh. They thought I was gonna be a girl and when I came out they were just like "ahh fuck it, name him that anyways"

It's alright. It's better than going by my middle name. (Douglas? What kind of shitty name is that?)

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

My name is unpronounceable at first glance, and mocked, and lays out prejudiced imagery of myself (because me is Asian). But as much as I dislike my name, it is the only thing that actually fits me. Weird I know.

 

[ensouls]

It's just weird enough for people to say it's pretty, but not so weird that I get the disbelieving look. Also it's spelled just as it's pronounced.. so I'm happy with it.

 

[Dante DiVongola]

I have a good name, but I have a bunch of aliases that I go by that I like too. None of them have the ring that Alexander Lee Bradley has though.

 

[OniaPL]

Yes, though sometimes it's bothersome to explain on the internet that my name is a male name in my country, while it's a female name in Yankeeland and such places.

 

[Malkavian]

Oh yes, I most certainly am. It means "The people's victory". How can you not like that?

 

[Mafoobula]

Ian: Scottish/Celtic/Irish/Hebrew origin. Roughly means "God's grace," "God is gracious," or "God's forgiveness," depending on which website you go to. There's even one site that says it means "Gift from God."
I'd always thought Ian was a kind goofy-sounding name, one that's really hard to take seriously. On the other hand, we have Ian McKellen (Magneto and Gandalf) and Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond), and really, any one of the above meanings is pretty cool. So, yeah, I'm alright with it.

 

[Ectoplasmicz]

Zacharias Walt Linderman.

As a professional name goes, I think it's very nice.

 

[Zeema]

i hate my first name, everyone who has ever bullied me has used that name. so i prefer people call me by my middle name. i also don't release my name except too people i trust

 

[Twilight_guy]

My name is fine. It's a Gospel so It's kind of common, but that's all I have to say. If I want a more fancy name I'll go the Internet and create a persona with a cool name. Twilight_Guy, over and out!

 

[Zantos]

Joseph, it's pretty cool. Sounds nice, quite official. Shortens to Joe, short, easy to remember, regular but not too common (I think I only regularly hang out with one other Joe). Yeah, can't complain.

 

[Tazzy da Devil]

I like my name. Tara. It's unusual enough not to be boring while not being so unusual that it's weird. My one complaint is that Americans (well, the three that I've met, anyway) pronounce it as 'Terror'.