I like that name..

like april - so spring time lol …
and carmel ……scarlet.
but also like my own real name ………...
 
I've never liked my own name, which is one of those extremely unusual names gotten out of a name dictionary. My mother wanted to name me after a recently deceased grandmother, but she didn't care for her mother's name, which was considered old-fashioned then. (It's come back into favor recently). So she found a fancier-sounding derivative, which nobody has ever heard of, and nobody ever "gets" the first time I say it. I always have to hear, "Oh, that's unusual!" and then have to get into the spelling-and-derivative discussion.

So, why didn't I ever change it? Probably because of a gut feeling that it would be disrespectful to my mother's feelings. (I am an only child). But now, in retrospect, I probably should have changed it to my grandmother's original name, nothing disrespectful about that. Not doing it at this stage of the game, but sorry I didn't do it much earlier.
 

Furryanimal said:
Apart from your own,what's's a name you have always liked?
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Never was fond of my middle name ‘Calvin’
Once kids found out, they’d extend the pronunciation into ‘Caaaaaalviiiiiin’
‘whatcha doin’ Caaaaaalviiiiiin’
or, ‘Calvin??!...Really??!’

later in life, I learned I was named after my great uncle, the train engineer,
that was killed in a crash when two locomotives came together, when he refused to bail out
guess he was some sorta hero at the time
saved some lives, somehow
anyway, I found the name OK after that

now, Gary, that could be changed
'gary gary mo berry
banana fanna fo fairy'...got a lota that
(damn gurls)

I think Rod Pierce would be nice

I changed my grandkid’s name just to tease him
Ramiro, or as his south of the border folks pronounced it 'Dddddddrrrrawmeeedo', became ‘Mayo’ since I didn’t cotton to rolling my ‘R’s

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it stuck

everbody calls him that now

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Gawd, I loved to tease that child

Years later (now) he even has a website called mayonnaise dragon, or some such thing

and that’s my story


Rod

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Sunny said:
I've never liked my own name, which is one of those extremely unusual names gotten out of a name dictionary. My mother wanted to name me after a recently deceased grandmother, but she didn't care for her mother's name, which was considered old-fashioned then. (It's come back into favor recently). So she found a fancier-sounding derivative, which nobody has ever heard of, and nobody ever "gets" the first time I say it. I always have to hear, "Oh, that's unusual!" and then have to get into the spelling-and-derivative discussion.

So, why didn't I ever change it? Probably because of a gut feeling that it would be disrespectful to my mother's feelings. (I am an only child). But now, in retrospect, I probably should have changed it to my grandmother's original name, nothing disrespectful about that. Not doing it at this stage of the game, but sorry I didn't do it much earlier.
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I actually like your name Sunny, it's a pretty name but I understand you disliking it so much when no-one else was called that, and you get a reaction every time you say it....
 
I’m just happy and so are my sisters that we weren’t named for our maternal grandmother...Ethel.

She was born in Hungary and lived most of her life there and Ethel in Hungarian is Etelka which is a tad better. :)

Nobody called her that though...everyone except family called her “Babi”...pronounced BAWBEE.

Have no idea why.

My mother’s name is just as bad...a Hungarian name that nobody ever pronounced right.

Ildiko....pronounced EELDEEKO.

Her best friend called her Hilda :)
 
CeeCee said:
I’m just happy and so are my sisters that we weren’t named for our maternal grandmother...Ethel.

She was born in Hungary and lived most of her life there and Ethel in Hungarian is Etelka which is a tad better. :)

Nobody called her that though...everyone except family called her “Babi”...pronounced BAWBEE.

Have no idea why.

My mothers name is just as bad...a Hungarian name that nobody ever pronounced right.

Ildiko....pronounced EELDEEKO.

Her best friend called her Hilda :)
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Both my grandmothers had the same name...so I was given it as my middle name... !! Very common name from back in the day.. but not one I would have wished to have as my first name..

BTW my sister's middle name is Patricia...and my elder brothers' daughter's first name is Patricia
 
hollydolly said:
Both my grandmothers had the same name...so I was given it as my middle name... !! Very common name from back in the day.. but not one I would have wished to have as my first name..

BTW my sister's middle name is Patricia...and my elder brothers' daughter's first name is Patricia
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Its not a bad name, just not a favorite for me....Id use Trisha if it was my first name,
 
My Parents didn't have a name picked out for me before I was born. They lost my twin in my Mom's 4th month and they didn't think I would
survive. When I was born they named me after the nurse. So I became Barbara Ann. When I was old enough to go to school there were 5 Barbara's in my class. I was the only one with the name Ann added to it so it got me out of the group if the teacher called Barbara. I only had to stand up if she said Barbara Ann. My Mom had my older sisters named picked out years before she was born. Her name is Charlotte.
I was alright with my name but I always liked the name Stephanie so that is my Daughters name.
 
Liam,Christopher and Matthew for a boy
Jamie(my daughter),Jodi and Mikaya for a girl.
I'm Patricia,mostly hate it,when I introduce myself it's always Pat,I was named after an uncle who died early.
My parents were Daniel and Elizabeth,maternal grandparents were Briget and James.
Paternal were Daniel and Mary,my middle name,both deceased before I was born
 
Sassycakes said:
My Parents didn't have a name picked out for me before I was born. They lost my twin in my Mom's 4th month and they didn't think I would
survive. When I was born they named me after the nurse. So I became Barbara Ann. When I was old enough to go to school there were 5 Barbara's in my class. I was the only one with the name Ann added to it so it got me out of the group if the teacher called Barbara. I only had to stand up if she said Barbara Ann. My Mom had my older sisters named picked out years before she was born. Her name is Charlotte.
I was alright with my name but I always liked the name Stephanie so that is my Daughters name.
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It's like the old joke about roll call at the Parochial School:

Mary?
Present, Sister!

Mary?
Here, Sister!

Mary?
Here, Sister!

Mary?
Yo, Sister! <smack!>

Mary?
Mary?
Has anyone seen Mary this morning?
She's out sick today, Sister.

Theresa?
Here, Sister!

Theresa?
Present, Sister!
 

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