Question of the Day, Late Edition for Saturday February 19, 2022

[Mia6]

Hello, Hello, hope your Saturday was good!

For the sake of this question, if the government made you change your first name, what would you choose?

I would choose Layla, after one of my fave songs

What would you choose?

 

[strider rose]

i would choose genevieve

 

[Maria Bayote]

Beatrice.

 

[Tik cat's mum]

This is tricky, I like my name so it's a difficult one. I think I'd have to go with something like Rose or lily because I like flowers. Other than a flower name Fred because my son used to call my hubby little Fred. So I'd be big Fred, hubby is 6 ft 3 I'm 4 ft 10.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

I wanted my name to be Rachel so bad when I was a kid. I am definitely not a Rachel. But my mom said that was her choice but my dad vetoed it.

I like my name so I’m not sure what I’d change it to. Maybe Annalise. That was high on my baby list when I was pregnant with DS. Before we knew we were having a boy.

 

[Norachan]

If I could change it to anything at all I would be Wolfgang

 

[muffy]

I would like the name Scout.

 

[verna davies]

I like my name but if forced to I would change it to Beth.

 

[artiemom]

I think Iw oddly change it to Sarah... always liked that name..

 

[maggiedemi]

Gretchen or Bronwen

 

[Lari]

Well, Lari is only my nickname, so maybe I'd just make it official, lol. But if that doesn't work.

J got my favorite name, so hm, other names I like are Rosemary, Elizabeth, Gabrielle, Margo. I tend toward old fashioned names, other than Lari, lol. And generally ones with nicknames.

 

[mani]

Priya.. it's 'pure' in Sanskrit and I have a friend with that name. I've always liked it.

 

[Winchester]

No, nope nada. Not going there. I'd probably try to sue the government. Nothing wrong with Pamela. Absolutely nothing.

 

[neely]

I never liked my first name growing up and I'm still not crazy about it so I'd be open to a lot of other first names if I changed it.
Maybe Nicole, Alexandra, Jacqueline, Danica, etc. No trendy names though.

 

[AbbysMom]

At this point, I'd like to give up teh name Karen because of the current connotations , but I don't' really have a replacement in mind.

 

[NY cat man]

At this point, I'd like to give up teh name Karen because of the current connotations , but I don't' really have a replacement in mind.

Don't feel bad; my baby sister is also named Karen. Baby? She is 65 years old now.
As for myself, I would pick William. It was good enough for my War of 1812- veteran great-great-great uncle, so it would be good enough for me.

 

[Willowy]

There was a very narrow demographic and period of time in which Karen was a popular name, which I think is why it got to be shorthand for a certain personality type. Same with Chad.


I'd pick Willow. Maybe I'll even change my name to that eventually anyway. It's the only name I've ever felt drawn to. I don't feel any attachment to my current name, although I don't dislike it either.

 

[game misconduct]

i would not allow it my parents chose my name no way i would allow the goverment to force me to change it

 

[MonaLyssa33]

I like my name, so I don't know if there's another name that would work for me, but I do like the names Eva and Esther which also happen to be my great grandmas' names.

 

[NY cat man]

As an aside, the government did force a change in the family name already- the British government, that is. Our original Dutch name was Anglicized by the Brits when they took control of New Netherlands.