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post #31 of 49
8/8/11 at 11:02am
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Originally Posted by white cat lover View Post
It could've been worse - if I was born but a few weeks earlier (close to Christmas) I would've been named Holly Noel. Not believed in any particular religion, that would've sucked.
Hey, me too! Well, minus the Noel part, my middle name would have been the same, but I was due on Christmas day and would definitely have been named Holly had I been born before, on, or after it but still in December. But then I was born 10 days late, after the new year, so they felt like it would be weird and that they had to scrap Holly. I'm glad, it's not my style personally. And I'm agnostic, so a bit weird, though at least I could have made myself focus on the fact that it's actually a "nature name" instead.
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post #32 of 49
8/8/11 at 11:09am
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Originally Posted by Mystik Spiral View Post
People always want to spell it Bridgette or Bridgett though...
Haha, it must be an "-et" ending thing; people are forever asking me if it's Juliet, Juliette or Juliett (Juliette is a logical enough guess IMO, but Juliett just seems weird to me, to assume that's the most likely spelling, I mean ).

I love Bridget. Lucky you!
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post #33 of 49
8/8/11 at 1:53pm
I'm one of bajillion in the group with the middle name Lynn.

I would like my name, Ashley, if it was spelled differently. Its something like the 18th most popular girls name. I would change it if I didn't love my mom so much.

"Its sudden rise in popularity is generally attributed to the emergence of the female soap opera character Ashley Abbott on The Young and The Restless in 1982."

Yep, that's where she got it from.
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post #34 of 49
8/8/11 at 2:13pm
I like my name ok. (Kim)...there were several other "Kims" in my grade in school though. No biggie. Most of my friends call me Kimmers or Kimmie anyway. (haha, a 48 year old Kimmie) oh well! When I have my name in print in a music program I usually go with Kimberly, though.

Love Juliet's story LOL.
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post #35 of 49
8/8/11 at 4:09pm
My name is Angela, but most people call me Angie. I like it and love the Rolling Stones song.
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post #36 of 49
8/8/11 at 6:35pm
I'm Katherine after my mom's favorite actress (and to tick off her own mother who was adamant that she should call me Brunhilde)

I was Katie when I was younger but switched to Kate since there were 3 Katies in my class in grade 6.

I never thought much about my name - didn't love it or hate it until I spent a summer doing data entry for an adoption agency and saw some of the names those poor kids were given. The one that always stuck with me was a set of twins named Ziggy Stardust and China Girl...I guess the mom was a David Bowie fan. Thankfully their adoptive parents changed their names...
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post #37 of 49
8/8/11 at 7:39pm
My birth name is Laurie Anne. I changed my name to Lauren in High School because I hated the name Laurie Now I like my birth name, but everyone knows me as Lauren. My family still all calls me Laurie Anne though. But, I still go by the name Lauren and some of my friends call me "L".
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post #38 of 49
8/8/11 at 8:47pm
i'm from Germany and my real name is Cornelia but i go under Connie. my dad wanted to name me Monica and my mom wanted Tessa and then they ended up with Cornelia
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post #39 of 49
8/8/11 at 8:55pm
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Originally Posted by allroundthesun View Post
My name is Juliet, and yes, I do love it. It's fairly unusual - I've only met a couple of others - which I really like, and it's easy for people to pronounce, which is also great (my surname is impossible for people to pronounce, so I know what a hassle that is). And honestly, I just think it's pretty. Eek, I sound conceited, I promise I'm really not!

That said, I could really do without all the dumb, "So where's your Romeo?" and similar comments (wow, you're so witty, random stranger, I have never heard that one before ), the quoting of well-known lyrics from the play(except it seems there's a lot of confusion about the "wherefore art thou" part - it's, "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" random strangers, not, "Wherefore art thou Juliet?" If you're going to make a lame, unfunny comment, at least get it right) - and in more recent years, "Oh, like on Lost?" (uh, I guess? ). There are days I swear I'm going to punch the next person who says any of the above (I would never, ever actually do so, it's just tempting sometimes ).
I feel your pain! Try working in customer service with a name like Hope. "Hi, my name is Hope. How can I help you?" "Well, I HOPE you can help me Hope. Your name gave me Hope". yeah well, I probably can't do a darn thing for you but what's your story. lol. I also answer to Faith, Charity, and Joy because people know it's ONE of them.
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post #40 of 49
8/8/11 at 10:05pm
My name is Cheyenne and I cant tell you how many times I have either heard some miss pronunciation like 'Che-ne-ne' or some half a** attempt to insult the native American tribe........Now that I am older I do love my name
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post #41 of 49
8/8/11 at 10:14pm
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Originally Posted by cheylink View Post
My name is Cheyenne and I cant tell you how many times I have either heard some miss pronunciation like 'Che-ne-ne' or some half a** attempt to insult the native American tribe........Now that I am older I do love my name
My mom LOVES that name now. I like it too. When a neighbors cat had kittens under my parents shed, my mom was gonna take them in to get spayed/neutered..the only one she managed to catch was a female and that's what she named her.
Its really pretty
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post #42 of 49
8/9/11 at 12:08am
My name is Linda Gail and I like it but I don't think it fits me.
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post #43 of 49
8/9/11 at 1:20am
I want my name to be less confusing. I'm Maria Ligaya. My parents wanted to call me Ligaya only (Filipino for Joy) but the priest refused to baptize me because it wasn't a Christian/Catholic name. Now when I travel to the West, I'm known as Maria because it is easier to remember by the locals. In the Orient - Ligaya is no problem.
Hope that if ever two of my friends meet and know me only by one of the names, will not think that I somehow lied to them about my identity. Thank God there's Facebook!
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post #44 of 49
8/9/11 at 3:55am
Natalie is a good name...not too common and not too weird.
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post #45 of 49
8/9/11 at 4:09am
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Originally Posted by calico2222 View Post
I feel your pain! Try working in customer service with a name like Hope. "Hi, my name is Hope. How can I help you?" "Well, I HOPE you can help me Hope. Your name gave me Hope". yeah well, I probably can't do a darn thing for you but what's your story. lol. I also answer to Faith, Charity, and Joy because people know it's ONE of them.
Ohhhhh I know where you guys are coming from.

I get asked if my parents are alcoholics alot
One guy refuses to call me Brandy, he calls me Whiskey

Then all through elementary school I got bran muffins, bran flakes, etc etc.
Weird people!
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post #46 of 49
8/9/11 at 5:07am
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Originally Posted by Momto3boys View Post
Ohhhhh I know where you guys are coming from.

I get asked if my parents are alcoholics alot
One guy refuses to call me Brandy, he calls me Whiskey

Then all through elementary school I got bran muffins, bran flakes, etc etc.
Weird people!
When I was growing up I had a friend, Hope. She was adopted along with her sister, who was named Joy.

Every Christmas we'd get a picture card saying "Here's Hope and Joy for the Holidays"

Quite the planning, huh?
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post #47 of 49
8/9/11 at 10:38pm
I've loved reading about how and why everyone was named what they were. And, I suppose it makes me thankful to have a "normal" name (no Mary Christmas for me ).

As if anyone couldn't figure it out, my name is Alison Joy. I don't have a middle name - my name is actually Alison Joy. That confuses most people despite it being fairly cut and dry -- so, I usually just use Alison or a nickname (Ali, Ajay, Sonny). I also like my surname, but it is very common and there are quite a few others with my same name (minus the Joy). Overall, I like my name. I get many compliments on it and think it suits me well. And, I like the spelling of my name despite the constant misspellings of Allison or Alyson. But, it definitely could be worse.

I was originally supposed to be named Alyssa if I was a girl. But, my cousin was born a month before me and she was given the name Melissa. My mother thought the two names were too similar and so they went looking for another name. My grandmother was insistent on my being named Penelope. And, my father wanted to name me Anastasia. Let's just say I'm thankful that my mother was the one who filled out my birth certificate .

So, even though my name is kind of common, I like it. I'd much prefer Alison Joy to Penelope Lee. And, for good reason...
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post #48 of 49
8/10/11 at 11:02am
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Originally Posted by winchester
To this day, when Mom is really mad at me, she'll say "Pamela Sue!" and I know I'm in trouble for something.

That must be a "mom" thing. My mom used to yell out my entire name too when I was fixin' to get into trouble.

I can't say that I'm crazy about my name, but I don't hate it, either. I always wished my mom had named me Valerie (my sister's name), Stephanie or Laura, and more recently, Cassidy. I just love those names.
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post #49 of 49
8/10/11 at 11:08am
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Originally Posted by Allison Joy
And, I suppose it makes me thankful to have a "normal" name (no Mary Christmas for me ).
Oh man - I just busted out laughing when I read that! It reminds me of my mom & her sister: my mom's name is Sally, and my aunt's name was Mary (RIP ). When my mom was a kid, she would get upset cuz everyone would go around saying "Merry Christmas" every year. One year she asked my grandma, "Isn't there ever gonna be a Sally Christmas?"
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