[winnross]

I am just wondering how many of you REALLY REALLY like their name they were given at birth? IF you do not like your name given to you...what would you like to have for a name??? I thought it would be interesting to see some peoples answers This is for FUN!

Birth name: Wendy

Wish i could have been: Emily or Nicole

[HaileysMom]

Birth name: Christina

Wish I could have been: Gina or Summer

[Drea]

I like my name....Andrea....glad my parents named me that...

[erp0620]

I like Emily. Most call me Em and when my sister or BIL has kids, I'll be Aunt Em.

[JOURNET]

I hated my name at first, Takia. But now I love it! I used to wish that my name was Desiree. That is so crazy!

[adnil]

I love my name: Linda

I was named after one of my Great Aunt's.

[CarolynC]

Mary Carolyn

I was born Feb 10, so Momma was listening to Christmas Carols in December and came up with my name because of Merry Christmas and Caroling. Momma said I was a gift, like Christmas. I found out a few years back there are many Mary's and Carolyn's (Caroline) in my lineage on both sides. So, yes, I like my name because it is part of my heritage!

[lou12341]

I absolutely detest my first name (won't tell you what it is). If anyone asks me what A. stands for, I tell them Anita. I can live with Louise, cause I shortened it to Lou.

[Faith]

I used to hate my name when I was a kid. Everyone used to ask me where my sisters Hope and Charity were! Plus my younger brothers and sister couldn't pronounce it so it came out as 'Fake' or 'Face'. Sheesh!

But now I love it. I can't think of any other name I'd rather have.

[FreebieMama]

Alicia - and I love it!

...except when its mispronounced.

[luvthesun]

Laura Leigh (pronounced "Lee"

I love my name because my middle name is the female spelling of my fathers and his fathers name. I was the first grandchild (and obviously not a boy) so luckily they figured out a way to give me this special gift anyway.

[Jayden'sMommy]

Laura Ann

I love my name as well!!

[therbel]

Theresa Marie........ It's okay, my parents were thinking about naming me Dorcas, thank god they did not! I guess they could have done much worse since they were a couple of free lovin' hippes in the 70's!! My name could have been daisy love or something crazy like that! !

[mjloves2shop]

Marjane ~ Dad wanted to name me Maryanne but his brother beat him to having a girl and he took the name. So no reason to have 2 girls with the same name a year apart in a small town so...Maryjane!

I got tagged with "Little Mary" as a kid since my step-mom's name was Mary and although she was very thin, she was "big Mary". So I hate being called Mary! MJ or Maryjane is just fine with me but no Mary!

The other names were Annette Marie and my grandmothers name Henrietta (oh Lordie!)

[mjloves2shop]

BTW ~ after seeing Gilligan's Island I am glad my uncle beat him to it!

I am nothing like Maryanne.

[smc]

I have always loved my name Shyann. I've never met anyone with it.

[bette]

I've always hated my name- Lisa. It is so common and unoriginal, and I am a very unique, different individual. I always wished my parents had been more creative! I love the name Rose because my favorite movie of all time is "The Rose"!

[lpeacock]

Theresa that is so funny about Dorcas b/c that's what my grandmother wanted to name my aunt....thankfully my grandfather talked her out of it.
Anyway Lindsay is ok except people never seem to know how to spell it. My mom named me for Lindsay Wagner (the bionic woman) so that's why it's spelled w/ an A not an E.
I used to wish my name was Michelle.

[darlingsta]

From "It's a Wonderful Life". My birth name is Mary (Maiden name, Bailey)
also, I was born to a Catholic family on the day after Christmas....

My dad and brother were named after the song, "Won't you come home Bill Bailey?"

I have 4 sisters-Linda, named after the admitting nurse at the hosp when mom went into labor

Nancy & Donna-twins, named after Nancy Sinatra-"These Boots were Made for Walking" played over the speaker in the waiting room on D-day, and Donna was named for the nurse that told my mom to "Pant like a Dog" when she was in labor

Joan-Named after the head nurse in the delivery room

My mom (may she rest in peace) said she never gave a single thought to naming us before she saw our faces. Then she would know who we were.

[therbel]

Originally Posted by darlingsta

From "It's a Wonderful Life". My birth name is Mary (Maiden name, Bailey)
also, I was born to a Catholic family on the day after Christmas....

My dad and brother were named after the song, "Won't you come home Bill Bailey?"

I have 4 sisters-Linda, named after the admitting nurse at the hosp when mom went into labor

Nancy & Donna-twins, named after Nancy Sinatra-"These Boots were Made for Walking" played over the speaker in the waiting room on D-day, and Donna was named for the nurse that told my mom to "Pant like a Dog" when she was in labor

Joan-Named after the head nurse in the delivery room

My mom (may she rest in peace) said she never gave a single thought to naming us before she saw our faces. Then she would know who we were.

If I did as your mom did Eliza's name would have been "jeffery" after my nurse! thanks for the post!

[itsbelong]

I've always hated my name- Lisa. It is so common and unoriginal, and I am a very unique, different individual. I always wished my parents had been more creative! I love the name Rose because my favorite movie of all time is "The Rose"!

When I was younger I refused to answer to my name, Brigette.... I told my parents that I was changing my name to Lisa... I just wouldn't answer to anything else but Lisa. It drove my parents crazy. LOL

[Goldi43192]

I'm Mary, from a catholic family, 3 sisters all with the same first inital, Marylin, Madonna and Michele. Went to catholic school, can you imagin how many other Marys? I never really gave it any thought if I liked my name or not, thats the name my parents gave me. I just wanted unique names for my children. So my son is Austin (in the 70's that was unique) and Shannon (not so unique anymore either )

[broken_angel50423]

I don't like Stacy, but I don't know what else I would be called. My DD's name is Emma Rose.

[newmommy]

My name is Elisabeth Mary. I never really liked it because there were so many mean nicknames. My sisters names are Jule`e and Aime`e which always made me feel left out. But now I'm 25 and just named my DD Hadle`e!!!

[loretta12974]

my birth name is loretta, my dad named me after loretta lynn . my mom didnt give me lynn as my middle name , my sis terry got it as her middle name . and i used to hated my name , but dont anymore