If you could choose your name

[nahoku]

I actually think my name (well, my nickname that everyone calls me) suits me and I like it. But I've also always loved my middle name, Malia, so maybe I would choose that.

[panicfoot]

I've always wanted to be named Katherine and go by Kate, but I will settle for using this name for my hypothetical daughter.

[W.T.Faulkner]

May 16, 2016 12:18:36 GMT -5 tators said:

I like Lauren.

So did every pregnant woman in 1988.  THANKS, MOM AND DAD. 

[Champagne Supernova]

Alexandria or Eowyn.

[KKD]

When I was a kid, my pretend names were Samantha or Elizabeth.

I can't think of anything I'd choose now. Maybe Kate because I really like how it sounds with our last name. Just don't tell Emily I picked Kate over her in any way! lol.

[qcinoct]

Grace

[calamity]

Brooke

[rosiebear]

Helen or Claire would suit me far better than my real name, which is kind of dopey.

[hungrycaterpillar]

I'm good with what I have but I always wished I had been named my grandmother (Katherine) but like others I'm saving that for my daughter.

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May 16, 2016 12:30:30 GMT -5 W.T.Faulkner said:

May 16, 2016 12:18:36 GMT -5 tators said:

I like Lauren.

So did every pregnant woman in 1988 1986. THANKS, MOM AND DAD. 

Fixed that for you

[heywhat]

I like my name.

If I had answered this question at the age of 5, I would be Crystal Rose.

[Deleted]

I always wanted to be called summer.


I have no idea why though.

[Deleted]

I like my name, but from age 6 on I have KNOWN I was meant to be Ruby.

It just resonates with me on such a deep level. Not even like I LIKE the name, but like it is supposed to be MINE.

[wambam]

I think an old timey name like Betsy or Ruth would suit me. But I'm fine with my name.

[circa1978]

Kate.

[rageragerage]

I cannot even with my name. I love Marlo, Hazel, Rosemary...

[cinnamoncox0]

I'll keep my name as is, but I was never given a middle name and I'm choosing one on my own as a birthday gift to myself this month.
I have it narrowed to a few.
Elona
Branka
Amalia

Leaning toward Elona

If someone asked me at age 8, Celeste.

[eb777888]

May 16, 2016 12:29:51 GMT -5 panicfoot said:

I've always wanted to be named Katherine and go by Kate, but I will settle for using this name for my hypothetical daughter.

Me too! I love the name Kate. So simple but so classic. Like, Kate is a beautiful woman's name. lol

[W.T.Faulkner]

May 16, 2016 12:44:12 GMT -5 rageragerage said:

I cannot even with my name. I love Marlo, Hazel, Rosemary...

FI and I have talked about hypothetical baby names and he told me he thought I was just naming the women at the local nursing home. 

I LOVE OLD BABY NAMES, OK!?

[panicfoot]

May 16, 2016 12:48:04 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

May 16, 2016 12:29:51 GMT -5 panicfoot said:

I've always wanted to be named Katherine and go by Kate, but I will settle for using this name for my hypothetical daughter.

Me too! I love the name Kate. So simple but so classic. Like, Kate is a beautiful woman's name. lol

Yes! I really like it spelled with an a like Katharine Hepburn, but I figure people would just think I was tricking it up a bit, haha.

[eb777888]

I went to school with a girl named September. I thought she was so cool and her name was different.

[papie]

I hate my name but I have no idea what I'd choose.  When I was a kid, I was dying to be Karine, or Julie, or Isabelle, basically any of the super popular french canadian names of the time.  I love my daughters' names.  I also wish I was named after my other grandmother, Evangelia.  I would have hated that as a kid too though.  

[cabbagecabbage]

I love my name now that I'm an adult. As a kid, I always wished for a common name and wanted to be a Lindsay. If I had to change it, I'd pick another older name that wasn't used much in 1981: Lydia, Elaine, or Caroline.

[eb777888]

I don't really like my name (Melissa). And EVERYONE tells me that I don't look like a Melissa. I don't even know what a Melissa looks like, but it's not me apparently. lol

[calmcosmo]

My daughter's name - Katherine but she goes by Kate.

I also really like Caroline, Alison, Elizabeth, and Lauren. I'm pretty preppy/traditional if you can't tell .

I do like my given name though - it's simple and well known, and I'm named after an amazing person (my grandmother) so I wouldn't change it.

[lilafowler]

Alotta Vagina.

[eb777888]

May 16, 2016 12:51:59 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

May 16, 2016 12:50:16 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

I don't really like my name (Melissa). And EVERYONE tells me that I don't look like a Melissa. I don't even know what a Melissa looks like, but it's not me apparently. lol

I think about you every time I listen to that Allman Brothers song. lol

My mom was (and still is) a HUGE Allman Brothers fan. There looooooots of Melissas born in 1977. lol

[calmcosmo]

May 16, 2016 12:49:45 GMT -5 cabbagecabbage said:

I love my name now that I'm an adult. As a kid, I always wished for a common name and wanted to be a Lindsay. If I had to change it, I'd pick another older name that wasn't used much in 1981: Lydia, Elaine, or Caroline.

I love Lydia! 

[Queen Mamadala]

I've gone by my chosen name, Aeona, for almost six years, and other monikers for almost a decade. My given name is really only used in official settings and by relatives who call me by my nickname. No issue with that. I've actually been planning to change it for years now, and have filled out the forms. I just haven't filed 'cause I've been procrastinating and not looking forward to changing my name on everything.

[KaraOrNot]

I would keep my name. Kara, if it isn't obvious.