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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes. We went with a very conservative, classic first name. Balanced it with a unusual middle name, so he could use either. Kinda wish we had gone a bit more out of the box, but very glad we picked names at either end of the spectrum, so he has two supper different choices. Or maybe he will just be like a friend I had in HS who decided to give himself the nickname, Buck. That name stuck like glue and followed him to college. I heard he hated it eventually.

You think your child will just start going by his middle name at some point? Random.

DP. Why not? I would consider the possibility if mine weren’t a surname.

I haven’t known anyone who switched names (not just nn to full name) who I didn’t think had psychological problems. It’s strange.

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Anonymous wrote:I love my daughter's names -- they are both timeless and very cool. Work in a lot of cultures too.

No what I regret is not having changed MY name as soon as I was able -- because it sucks donkey balls and I swear I have never forgiven my parents.

I literally think I would have had a better life with a better first name.

Ha I hate my name too. Once I tried to go by my middle one though and I kept ignoring people when they said my middle name. So I’m back to my awful name. At least I gave it a go.

DP. I technically like my name, but HATE, HATE, HATE how common it is. I’ve never forgiven my parents either.

You need to grow up. There are worse things a parent can do!

Duh!

I regret my Henry also. It’s too common. There are three of them in his grade with only 22 boys.

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Anonymous wrote:Regret might be a strong word, but we named our second boy Alexander. It's a great name but I just don't love it the way I love our first boy name. There were a couple of other boy names I really liked that DH hated. He wanted to name our second boy Magnus, which I thought was nuts. Now I kind of wish we had gone with Magnus... it just kind of fits him.

I love the nickname Zander, if you want something edgier.

Alexander is a beautiful name

np I think Sasha is a cooler nn. Zander is stuck in the 90s

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Anonymous wrote:I love my daughter's names -- they are both timeless and very cool. Work in a lot of cultures too.

No what I regret is not having changed MY name as soon as I was able -- because it sucks donkey balls and I swear I have never forgiven my parents.

I literally think I would have had a better life with a better first name.

Ha I hate my name too. Once I tried to go by my middle one though and I kept ignoring people when they said my middle name. So I’m back to my awful name. At least I gave it a go.

DP. I technically like my name, but HATE, HATE, HATE how common it is. I’ve never forgiven my parents either.

You need to grow up. There are worse things a parent can do!

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes. We went with a very conservative, classic first name. Balanced it with a unusual middle name, so he could use either. Kinda wish we had gone a bit more out of the box, but very glad we picked names at either end of the spectrum, so he has two supper different choices. Or maybe he will just be like a friend I had in HS who decided to give himself the nickname, Buck. That name stuck like glue and followed him to college. I heard he hated it eventually.

You think your child will just start going by his middle name at some point? Random.

DP. Why not? I would consider the possibility if mine weren’t a surname.

To the PPs with common first names -- my name is Emily, which was the top girl's name for more years than I can count, and I think was only replaced by Emma. It's still incredibly popular! I went by "Emily6" at a sports camp in high school because there were so many of us. My name is so common that I have met multiple women with my exact same full name (First Middle Last). Crazy popular.

Yesterday I went to the doctor and the person who checked me in read my name, smiled, and said "Oh, that sounds like a celebrity name." I laughed but she was definitely being honest. It was really sweet.

Other people don't experience your name in the same way. They just hear the name itself, they don't hear the years of feeling like one of many. You just have to let it go.

There needs to be a rule on this thread that you’re not allowed to post about the names without sharing the name.

Like the adult poster with the awful first name-what could it possibly be???

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes. We went with a very conservative, classic first name. Balanced it with a unusual middle name, so he could use either. Kinda wish we had gone a bit more out of the box, but very glad we picked names at either end of the spectrum, so he has two supper different choices. Or maybe he will just be like a friend I had in HS who decided to give himself the nickname, Buck. That name stuck like glue and followed him to college. I heard he hated it eventually.

You think your child will just start going by his middle name at some point? Random.

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Anonymous wrote:I love my daughter's names -- they are both timeless and very cool. Work in a lot of cultures too.

No what I regret is not having changed MY name as soon as I was able -- because it sucks donkey balls and I swear I have never forgiven my parents.

I literally think I would have had a better life with a better first name.

Ha I hate my name too. Once I tried to go by my middle one though and I kept ignoring people when they said my middle name. So I’m back to my awful name. At least I gave it a go.

DP. I technically like my name, but HATE, HATE, HATE how common it is. I’ve never forgiven my parents either.

Anonymous wrote:I love my daughter's names -- they are both timeless and very cool. Work in a lot of cultures too.

No what I regret is not having changed MY name as soon as I was able -- because it sucks donkey balls and I swear I have never forgiven my parents.

I literally think I would have had a better life with a better first name.

Ha I hate my name too. Once I tried to go by my middle one though and I kept ignoring people when they said my middle name. So I’m back to my awful name. At least I gave it a go.

I love my daughter's names -- they are both timeless and very cool. Work in a lot of cultures too.

No what I regret is not having changed MY name as soon as I was able -- because it sucks donkey balls and I swear I have never forgiven my parents.

I literally think I would have had a better life with a better first name.

FWIW, my kid hasn't had a Jacob in her class for the 4 years she has been in school plus daycare. I have a very common name in the country that I grew up in, and I don't really see it as a pain point growing up. What's more annoying is to spell out my name constantly here in the US.

Sometimes. We went with a very conservative, classic first name. Balanced it with a unusual middle name, so he could use either. Kinda wish we had gone a bit more out of the box, but very glad we picked names at either end of the spectrum, so he has two supper different choices. Or maybe he will just be like a friend I had in HS who decided to give himself the nickname, Buck. That name stuck like glue and followed him to college. I heard he hated it eventually.

Anonymous wrote:Nimrod is literally from the Bible.

Well, lots of stupid stuff is from the Bible....