Comments on: The Naming of Cats is a Difficult Matter

By: The Steadfast Warrior

The Steadfast Warrior — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:24:37 +0000

I love my name. It was however one of the most popular names the year I was born as was evidenced by the fact that in high school there were four of us Lindsays and at any given time I had one of them in most of my classes.

I don't think I'd ever want to change my name. I have had moments were I have thought my middle name would be cool to go by but coincidentally it's my Mother-in Law's name, so, no go there. That would just be… weird.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:22:31 +0000

I like my name and the way it fits into family history. Luckily, I am fairly laid back about it though because EVERYBODY spells it wrong.

By: Shelli

Shelli — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:06:59 +0000

Always disliked my name growing up. I had an extremely common name for the time.

Being one of many "Michelle"'s(born in the late 60's early 70's) because of the Beatles song made me wish my parent's picked their back-up name (Rebeccah).

That's how I got the nickname "Shelli". When I started Kindergarten, there were EIGHT Michelle/Michele's in my class and the teacher demanded nicknames.

And now? I live on a street with 8 homes in close proximity. THREE of my neighbors (similiar in age) are Michelle's.

I can't escape it!! Even at 41!

By: Adriane

Adriane — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:00:57 +0000

I hated my name growing up. I wanted one of those keychains at the mall with my name on it, and of course, could never find one. And now, I love my name. I was named after my Mom's best friend.

I wish I had given a little more thought to naming my girls. we just liked the names and they don't have any meaning behind them.

By: Eve

Eve — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:05:41 +0000

I have a very unique name, though everyone's heard of it and it's easy to prounounce. My formal name is 'Evonne'...which I could've done without. I DREADED the first day fo class when I had to explain to the teacher (with all eyes glaring at me) that I preferred to be called 'Eve'.

I've taken a fair share of kidding (albeit good-natured) for my name over the years. But, as someone else said, no one forgets my name...even decades later.

In naming our son however, we tried to go a little bit more mainstream because we happen to have a very unsual, quirky and hard to spell last name. Just didn't seem fair to give him a tough first AND last name!

By: Vee

Vee — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:57:58 +0000

I have just written a "name" post on my blog. I hated my name as kid but had a complete turn around when I was in my late teens then loved it for the same reasons I hated it.

By: Coffeegrl

Coffeegrl — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:23:53 +0000

Wow this is so thoughtful. I always wished I had a nickname (I don't). But I never dislike my name and the older I get the more I like it. It's not all that unusual but it's not even in the top 1,000 most popular names (as listed by the Social Security Administration). So–unique. I may post about this as there's more to this naming business than I originally thought.

By: areyoukiddingme

areyoukiddingme — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:02:47 +0000

I'm not especially fond of my name, but I find it amusing how it came about. I have three older sisters… The oldest has an A name, the next two have J names. So my 8 year old sister, who was staying with my aunt when it was time for me to come along, sent my parents a letter telling them that they had to give me an A name. She offered several suggestions, one of which was my name, but with a different spelling. Fortunately, my parents chose the more common spelling.

I am not a fan of unusual names, and yet my husband got to name our daughter something unusual. He liked his name, but I was only willing to use it as a middle name. Then we selected a common name for her first name. Then I noticed that the flow of the names worked better with the unusual name first and the common name second…so I gave in. Now, she will be forced to spell her name constantly throughout her life. Sigh. But it is a pretty name, and it suits her. Also, only two people have ever recognized the source of her name, although most everyone has probably seen it (it's biblical).

By: From Here To Maternity

From Here To Maternity — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:00:01 +0000

I hated my name until my teens when I realzied that because it was unique, boys remembered it. My middle name I hate. I wouldn't change my first name now even if I could go back in time. I chose my daughter's name to aviod the whole unique issue, and it is not the name I originally picked. That name was very unique but I realzied that her name was about her not me. Besides she's saddled with her great-grandmother's name as one of her middle names, so she'll be mad about that I'm sure. There was one other name I loved, but my sister wanted it and so I didn't use it. In the end she didn't use it anyway. Names are a minefield.

By: itsazooaroundhere

itsazooaroundhere — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:48:26 +0000

I'm OK with my name, but it has given me nothing but headaches, because I am a Jr.! My parents were planning to have my mom's name as my middle name, but when they asked for my name in the hospital, my dad secretly switched the two names. No one expects mother-daughter to have the same full name, so every single doctor's record, bank account, mailing address has been hopelessly complicated. Until I got married and changed my last name! I will still randomly get her mail every few weeks.

I do go by a shortened version of my name (ending in -y), and my parents always urged me to start going by the full version because it sounded more adult and professional. I remember calling them on my first day of my first job after college, and happily telling them that my bosses names were Katy, Annie, Chrissy and Barbie!