Would you refuse to date someone based on their first name?

[Anonymous]

When my father was born he got named Sheldon. After a few months his name got changed to something else. My mother said she never would have married him had his name stayed Sheldon. Do/did you ever automatically dismiss anyone just based on their first name?

[Anonymous]

No but I definitely considered last name. I didn't want to be Mrs Butt for example.

[Anonymous]

I haven't but I told my now DH that my mom almost named me Nancy, the same name as his mother. He did not have a good relationship with her and said he'd never have asked me out if I was named Nancy.

[Anonymous]

No I just called them by their last name

[Anonymous]

Sheldon Cooper & Amy on the Big Bang Theory don't seem to care.

[Anonymous]

Of course not. What a dumb reason to discount someone.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Married to someone with a super old fashioned name. I use a nickname.

[Anonymous]

No, but I did keep my own surname because my husband's is way too commonly used. We hyphenated both names for our kids, so that they wouldn't be among the millions around the world with my husband's last name.

[Anonymous]

I would never want any overly ethnic names, whether first or last name. If they were ok with a normal sounding nickname I’d reconsider. If last name is weird though they’d have to be ok with kids taking my name.

[Anonymous]

Your mother is profoundly stupid. And probably a little mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mother said she never would have married him had his name stayed Sheldon.

You know this was probably retroactive hyperbole, right?

[Anonymous]

If the persons last name was like Trump or Bin Laden or Osama yeah I'd probably not date them or want them to change their name.

[Anonymous]

It depends. Can I use a nickname and can jr be off the table if we have kids?

[Anonymous]

Yes. My dad and brother have the same name and I could not date anyone with that name, too weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would never want any overly ethnic names, whether first or last name. If they were ok with a normal sounding nickname I’d reconsider. If last name is weird though they’d have to be ok with kids taking my name.

What is “overly ethnic,” OP? Sean Connery? Barack Obama? Dev Patel? Diego Luna?