First name question
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From: Baileyton, TN
More people know me by various nick names, so my first name is something that I don't use much, outside immediate company. Using a nickname all the time is useful, if you don't like, it costs nothing to change. 
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From: Tottenham Ontario Canada
My first name is Eric. I like it. It's not common and it does not have any abbreviated forms. Same logic went into naming my son Liam.
My middle name is Ernest, which I always hated as a kid. When I was a teenager I found out I was named after my Grandfather, Ernst (he died 5 years before I was born). I wish my parents hadn't anglicized it, but I wear it proudly now.
I couldn't justify naming Liam after his Grandfather and starting a tradition. Liam Engelbert would have got him beat up in school. I love my Dad (Bert), but it's not a pleasant-sounding name in English. So we named him Liam Eric.
Cheers,
Eric Ernest Hoepp
... and proud of it!
My middle name is Ernest, which I always hated as a kid. When I was a teenager I found out I was named after my Grandfather, Ernst (he died 5 years before I was born). I wish my parents hadn't anglicized it, but I wear it proudly now.
I couldn't justify naming Liam after his Grandfather and starting a tradition. Liam Engelbert would have got him beat up in school. I love my Dad (Bert), but it's not a pleasant-sounding name in English. So we named him Liam Eric.
Cheers,
Eric Ernest Hoepp
... and proud of it!
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From: Bellingham, WA
i saw this post and i realized we all have way too much time on our hands...... so on to my answer 
ever since i was little i liked the name Luke.... but i have found that i like my name Jeff.... it fits me
ever since i was little i liked the name Luke.... but i have found that i like my name Jeff.... it fits me
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From: Garland Tx
My names Matthew but I go by Matt. Never have exactly fallen in love with it but I dont know what I would change it to. But my middle name is Elliott. Although rare, its kinda weird. No one in my family with it either, I dont know where it came from. I like the idea of the name Ford though, never thought of it as a first name... maybe I'll remember that for future reference.
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From: NJ where fun comes to die
My name is Robert. Most call me Bob. By now (58) I am used to it. My parents nick named me "Homer", because everytime they took me to visit relatives in the city, as soon as we got there, I would start to ask "when are we going home". I guess I would stick with Bob for the next 58 years. After that I might change it. Ask me again then. I'll start to work on it now.
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From: Mandan, ND
My name is Owen. I really didn't like it when I was younger. I complained to my parents about it. They informed me that they had almost hung the name Engebret around my ears. I decided Owen wasn't too bad.
Now that I'm older (36) I kind of like not being named like all the other Toms, Dicks, and Harrys, no offense to anyone named that.
Now that I'm older (36) I kind of like not being named like all the other Toms, Dicks, and Harrys, no offense to anyone named that.
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Real name is Brian and I hated it as a kid. I like my middle name Matthew and gave that name, as the middle name, to my son as well. He is the 5th generation to have that as a middle name so thats pretty cool. Even if I did change my name everyone would end up just calling me by my nickname any way.
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From: Honkytonkville
Originally Posted by F150Texan
And then there was Merry Christmas...they could have at least spelled it Mary 
Originally Posted by theshyguy
My first name is Heath and I like it since it is a pretty rare name
As for me, I like my name, Michael Scott, it flows well I think. I go by my middle name most of the time, unless my mom is riding in my truck then my first name gets used often. If I had to change my name though, I would change it to Michigan J, so I could have the same name as that frog....
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From: The Star-Club, Hamburg
My own name is okay. Not many people use it, though... I have a nickname that is starting to die out, I think ("Doc"), and I use my initials when I sign my name and at my job in town. My middle name is my dad's first name and my great-grandfather's middle name. I wanted to make some reference to it in my own name, and since using all three names sounded a bit pretentious, as well as being a mouthful, I came on the idea of using my initials.
So, I guess I would'nt change any of my names.
So, I guess I would'nt change any of my names.
Last edited by FarmForward; Jan 5, 2005 at 09:29 AM.
