Poll: How common is your name?

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aldt

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My first name - Alexander - isn't particularly rare, based on statisics. That said, I don't personally know many people who share it.

My last name, on the other hand, is an eclectic hyphenation. Apparently only one other person shares it, and she's a devout Christian from half the world away, so... I'm not really sure what my point is there, actually.

I am unspeakably thankful that my parents didn't choose to name me Alecks, or Aelyxxx, or Âl_èx~x. At least my first name doesn't require me to spell it out for people. Having a unique name may afford some poor souls a sense of importance if they have nothing else to cling to, but I can only see it being a nuisance.
 

Mr. 47

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Only met one other Liam, and other then Liam Neeson, haven't really heard the name in the media. So not very it seems. Rather common if you count that 'Liam' comes from 'William.'
 

BJK55123

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My name, which is Edward, is the 27th most popular name in the US. Actually, I once met someone with the exact same name as me at a national Duel Masters tournament. And because of that incident, I now know that I have a Texan clone.

Also, according to the site from which I got my information, 99.74 people with my name are male. It makes me wonder who would give their daughter a female name.
 

Professor James

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My name is Jared which is 226th most popular in the US. I have actually never met anyone who has my name(although I met a couple of people named Jarod).
 

Scappo

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Come on....Kevin? Mom, Dad...you couldn't come up with a better name than KEVIN? Damn X3...
 

L9OBL

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Well it depends on what context (What really!?)My exact name as a first name in its proper form (Lévis), Probably not many other people like one or two or none. All of them from Québec. My name in its proper form in any part of the ridiculous paragraphs we francophones call a name... every one in my family and pre much half of Lévis, Québec from what I hear. My name in all its translations (Levi, Levis, and what ever else there is) lots apparently there's like three guy's at my high school with that name which pisses me off cause everyone else is to lazy to pronounce my name right (which I didn't mind until grade 10 when they started popping up out of nowhere) and are always talking to the one behind me or something.
 

Linsenman

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My first name is Michael, so very common. My last name is Linsenman and its rare enough that if I meet another that I don't already know, I am just going to assume them family.
 

Schmittler

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Sam.....

Very common. I like my name, it fits me really well, but I'm giving my future children really original names.

It's a very odd circumstance when three "Sam's" (one being a girl) are all in a corner of a classroom from a randomized seating chart. Multiple heads turn whenever the name is said.

Props for the original name. That's really cool.
 

Pseudoboss

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According to WolframAlpha, my name, Michael is the single most common name in the US 3.95 million people, 1 in 61 (and the most common age to have my name is 54 year olds). It was extremely popular to name your child that from 1935-ish to 1990-ish, peaking at the late 1960's with almost 1 in 20 babies given that name. Now, many babies are being named, Isabella, Jacob, Sophia, Ethan and Emma. so if you want your kid to have an original name, please don't pick those.
(no, I did not do extensive research into the topic, it took me 5 minutes at wolframalpha to get this.)
 

TheRandomNPC

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My Name is Blake which I think is kinda rare there are many people with the name but not as meny as say Mike, Joe, or Chris
 

Foxbat Flyer

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"There are those who call me... Tim?"
/Monty Python Quote

OT: my name is Mathew, everyone keeps spelling my name with two T's, but im only one, so ive got a common name, yet uncomman at the same time
 

lumenadducere

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According to "how many of me" there are fewer than 1559 people in the US with my name. I'd say that's probably fairly accurate, as it's not really a Western name.

Edit: that's my first name - I didn't check my last name and have little interest in entering my full name onto a website.
 

dj Facchiano

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My first name is uber common, I have never heard of anyone with my last name however, I checked online and it said nobody has it currently in the united states (Which is obviously false), there was this dead mobster guy on Google though... Mr. Facchiano from Italia!
 

masher

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I don't know many people who go by Randell, or even Randy. Maybe that incredibly -old-, "Do I make you Randy," joke scared them all off...
 

JaceArveduin

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xI Master Z Ix said:
My name is Zion I dare you to find some one with that name
Nope, but I got a mate who's name is Torallion (or is it Torallian...)

Me? I go the short end of the stick, Jesse is both rather common and gender neutral.