What's your first name, do you like it and would you change it?

Erm… Graham obviously 😀

Like it well enough. Friends mainly call me G anyway.

I shortened my full name to just the name everyone called me by, and me surname, by Deed Poll a few years ago. I just don’t see the point in having more than one name; no-one ever uses the others so what’s the point? Caused a lot of confusion when doing official forms and stuff, just unnecessary.

Plus my original first name, being an Islamic one, was a bit of a mouthful for ignorant Western Infidels, so weren’t even worth trying to get them to use it.

Coon’t be happier with my name tbh. Love it. Probbly one of the only good choices my old man ever made about my life…

Born Thomas, known as Tom from as early as I could tell people.

I rather like it. It’s a name for all ages, young and old.

Whether my daughter, Beatrice, thinks the same of her parents’ choice remains to be seen.

Let me explain something to you.
Um, I am not “Mr. Hilton” – you’re Mr. Hilton; I’m Rob.

So that’s what you call me. You know, that or, Robert, or uh, Robby-Bear, or Il Re Roberto Hiltolini if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.

Not Bob – never Bob!

i hate my first name, always have always will, don’t mind the abbreviation as much. I hate the way people emphasize the pronounciation and deliberate mispronounce it and add letters that aren’t there. I liked my nick name better it always seemed to suit me.

Matthew, or more often Matt. Yeah I like it, no intention to change it.

Stuart, most people call me Stu except at work. Don’t mind it.
My middle name is Lewis, apparently that was going to be my first name but my parents changed their minds. I wouldn’t have minded if they had stuck with it.

Ian – Happy with it. Used to get shortened to “Ee” when I was a kid which irritated me, although in retrospect I think I must have just liked getting irrationally irritated by things…

I’m another Jonathan, shortened to Jon (with no H which irrationally boils my piss at work when someone adds one. Don’t you realise it looks different when you read it, surely that makes it stick in your mind! If someone does add an H, I just do the same back randomly in their name until they get the idea….. Dear Mhartin, Dear Mohnica, etc.)

To my Uni mates i am and always will be Shilts, due to my prowess between the sticks.

To my family, I’m Jonny.

Of all of them, Jonny’s my favourite but for some reason i don’t use it at work because it doesn’t sound professional. can’t work out why though…..

Like many, my middle name (Jane) was what I was known as by family and close friends.
Real name of Christine was what I got called at work, or rather Chris, which was confusing as I had a boyfriend also Chris many years ago.

Shame that it wasn’t Christina (which I prefer).

Jane is the name I’m known by and changed to when I got married.

Mister.

Love it. 😀

TJ:
I dislike my name although used to it now. I was singled out for a slagging for it often. I would have given a lot for a monosyllabic name when I was a kid

And now nobody spells it right. Geremy? Jeremie? WTF?

I’m an Andrew.

Only 2 people call me Andy, my best mate and my Brother In Law. I don’t mind them doing it but don’t particularly like it when others do. No idea why. Maybe because I’ve known them for so long that it doesn’t register.

If I was born without my gentleman’s sausage I would have been called Alison.

If my sister, Alison, had been born with a gentleman’s sausage she would have been called Stephen.

Kathryn, though for the first ten years of my life I was known as Katy. My mum thought the latter was lovely for a little girl but maybe I’d prefer Kathryn when grown up. (Despite the username I never have my name shortened, probably because I look too stern to have a nickname)

Never had a problem with it, though of course people don’t always spell it correctly. Have had much more of an issue with my last name, which despite being only TWO letters, and despite me spelling it every single time someone asks me for it, some people still can’t get right!

Carl , like it and wouldn’t change it.

Middle name is Phillip and I don’t mind that either.

I always got Carlos from mates at school.

Tom. It’s alright.

Philip here, too posh for where I grew up, so spent my childhood known as ‘Harpo’ 😕

Ann-Marie, the marie bit isnt a middle name.
Kinda used to it now, i wouldn’t pick it, i like the sentiment behind it, name off each gran. The extended family already had a marie-anne.
I have a surname i have to spell out for everyone, so i end up spelling the lot. only 15 letters….

It’s one of those names that allows some people in the west of scotland to make loads of assumptions.

Rarely get called Ann, get anne-marie a lot in emails, will answer to marie-ann because i know what you mean. My mates called me AM. My mum uses whatever name comes to mind, my brothers, my sis in laws……
Abroad i am Anna-Maria, that seems to be more understandable in my accent.

if i get to do the picking i’d like to choose a gaelic name, or least use the gaelic spelling.

Edward – I normally use Edd as Edward seems a little formal. Quite happy with it though.

Real name Johannes, but everyone knows me as Hanno.
Cause a lot of hassle when I receive cheques, other than that no probs.

Fraser – I have met only a few, but then I do live in the South 😀 Got teased as a kid but now the only problem is people always spell it incorrectly, Frazer, Frazier, Fraisier, Frasier etc. you get the idea.

Now quite happy being fairly unique.

Patrick, Paddy to most people and Pat to my family (I don’t really like other people calling me that though as it makes me feel like an 8 year old or something).

Keith Amadeus Thomson
Nothing wrong wi that

My names Roger. Pretty open to micky taking and I got a bit at primary school ie Roger Rabbit, Roger Ramjet, Roger Redhat etc etc. Pretty sure I remember chasing some kid round the play ground as he shouted out Roger Rabbit ! Roger Rabbit ! Roger Rabbit !

Cant really remember anyone bothering about it at secondary school except the thick kid who kept calling me ROW-GER, which I suppose is how its spelt.

When I was little did nt really occur to me that you might not like your own name. I was called Roger and that was it.

Steven. Don’t particularly like it but after 40 years I’m used to it. Most people call me Steve except close family who still call me Steven.

Could have been worse, my Dad wanted to call me by his name which is Gideon and now my middle name. And to top it off my surname is Dance, which added to my middle name I was the target for a lot of abuse at school.

This was why!

Colin….

Hate it. Associated with geeks and losers. Every time, in films, the loser is Colin.

Oh, wait….

* takes deep breath*

Amelia.
It’s a family name I have a sort of love/hate with it. It was awful at school but now I quite like it. Everyone calls me Em. Emsz/ Emszy is what gf calls me when she’s being needy lol

Thats a lovely name Emsz.

I’m Alan. Never really had any problems with it, there’s far too much mileage to be had out of my surname for anyone to particularly even notice my first name. It does seem to be quite easy for people to misspell though.

Keith

Much abused name on T.V. i.e Keith in “The Office” is a bit thick and fat, . . . the Spitting Image song etc, also compounded by Chegger’s daft antics!!

I quite like it, never had much bother, . . . at school I was called Orville by everyone because of Keith Harris!! Played a school football match once and someone on the other team had been christened Orville too!

I delight in telling people it means Wood, . . followed by “and I’ve got it”!!!

I’m AlanPhilip. Never really had any problems with it, there’s far too much mileage to be had out of my surname for anyone to particularly even notice my first name. It does seem to be quite easy for people to misspell though.

*nods in agreement*

although the name philip has always made me feel like i should wear glasses for some reason.

emsz has the same name as my niece 😀 i dont think i’ve ever called her by her real name, same with my other nieces, they seem to enjoy having new names made up for them every time and giggle like little girls (suppose they are little girls)

Justin
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one of my mates would always pipe-up with “that’s what his girlfriends call him anyway!!

The correct response there is “yeah, they do; mind you, they call him Tintin.” (might not work without a Northern accent)

giggle like little girls (suppose they are little girls)

What would you have them do instead, guffaw like sailors? Cackle in a particularly cruel and unsettling manner like some nasty little thing from the East End? 😐

emsz – Member

* takes deep breath*

Amelia.
I used to go out with a girl called Amelia in Chester. You’ve never lived in Chester, have you?

Don – how long ago was that?

15yrs or so ago.

My name is Huw. I’m happy with it, though I did want to be called Steve Austin when I was seven.

Lawrence (although everyone calls me Larry).

Interesting fact – as a first name it’s more usually spelled with a u instead of a w (yeah, you liked that didn’t you).

Many notable Englishman with that name – helps to mark one out from the hoi pollio.

Real name is Michael. Called Michael or Mike at work. Parents, siblings etc. know me as Mick. Most others call me Bill which is an abbreviation of my middle name which I was tagged with at primary school as there were two Michael’s with the same surname in the same class. My wife and her family know me as Bill too.

Nick. Don’t mind it at all