JenneinCA Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I don't know what name I would pick, but I would SPELL it the usual way. I am tired of endlessly correcting the spelling of my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYoungerMrsWarde Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I would have loved to be Alexandria and go by Alex. I was named after my Russian immigrant great-grandmother and while my name might be common in Russia, 2/5 people here who read it say it wrong, and 1/3 people I introduce myself to say it wrong. And a jerk guy in high school turned my name into a crude joke :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeneralMom Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Anything but Jennifer..... Actually I always like Gwynevere (but don't like the nickname Gwen) or Cordelia (which we used for DD4). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 My parents meant to have my middle name be Ellen, but when they named me... they changed my first name... and forgot to use Ellen. It's my maternal g-ma and paternal g-ma's names... (middle) so it's special. Darn! I did name my daughter after them. :) My middle was changed to Lynn. I do like my first name better for me, than what they had first chosen. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogMom5 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Rachel or Renee. I don't know why, just like the sound I guess. The first name my parents gave me is ok but people like to give me nicknames I don't like (DeeDee, Big Dee - even though I was small) or they call me Diane. Oh, I used to get called Debbie alot too. Why is Denise so hard to remember? My dd has an unusual name for an American. I hope she likes it when she's older. Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailofsparks Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Since I never knew another girl with my first name, I didn't like it as a kid. I wanted to have the name Lisa, which was very popular and girly - though I was a tomboy. I think it was b/c I had a friend named Lisa who was everything I was not: pretty, doted on by her mom and dad, spoiled w/LOTS (including a white bdrm set and pink canopy!) LOL Nowadays, I don't think about my name. I am glad that dh and I named our kids for reasons other than "we liked the sounds in that name", as my parents did. I love to hear WHY parents chose the names they did for their dc. I find when I hear the stories, I always end up liking the name no matter how bizarre :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thood Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Mmm, I like Summer or Sky. Growing up and to this day, when I put my name in at a restaurant, I give them the name Summer. It all started when people would say is that with a Ta or a To ( when I would say my name is Tawnya) It was Ta, but not Tanya- it was T-A-W-N-Y-A , then they would ask me to start all over again. So I just started to say summer, and no one ever asked me how to spell it. LOL And our youngest's middle name is Skye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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