Who here resents their parents for giving them the name that they did?- Page 3

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 8:37am

"but I hated growing up and having the word 'little' precede my first name in order to differentiate us"

Why didn't they just add the suffix -ito?

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 8:44am

I have no issue with my name, but I write this post in the name of those poor Palin children, as well as any celeb's child who has to live with Apple, Rumor, etc.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 1:27pm

I don't know why all the Palins are named after candles.

I absolutely hated my name growing up, but I'm alright with it now after realizing that I share it with one of the prolific cast members on N.Y.C. Prep. All three of my names are long, very French and very dramatic, so while hard to pronounce, they do sound cool when said at one time. I still go by a shortened version just because I'm used to it, but I'll answer to either my nickname or my full first.

[xoangel2789xo]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 1:28pm

My first name is common & my last name basically sounds like a porn name. I've been tempted to change both, but I'm too lazy.

[mominator]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 1:49pm

I was named after a Beach boys song (and it is not Rhonda, or Wendy) but it was 2 older siblings who got to name me. This is why children should have no say in the naming of younger siblings! EVER!

[MotorTink]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 1:52pm

I don't really have issue with my name but not being able to enter a room without SOMEONE singing Grease gets really annoying after 26 years. But the best is that everyone thinks that they are being original and the first one to make the connection!

[Marianne2]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 3:07pm

^That's exactly how people are with me and Gilligan's Island. I had a high school teacher calling me Ginger too.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 4:07pm

I've only found one other person who has my name (both my first and last names are quite unusual), who's a businesswoman in Toronto. I don't like being as googleable as I am, but other than that, no big beef.

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 4:51pm

My first name is Cameron. I am the same age as Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Therefore, I've spent my entire life being asked if I am named after Alan Ruck's character. (The answer would be no) So, in that respect, yes, I somewhat resent having my name.

[TBone]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 7:45pm

My first name is Theodore...and I *hate* it. But no one in my family has ever called me by that - I've always been called by my middle name, which is Eric. Although I also use T. Eric (as a whole first name).. which I'm very used to and actually like quite a bit.

[killertofu333]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 10:12pm

I used to resent my name but now I love it. My grandmother made up my first name and of course people ALWAYS mispronounce it but I think it's pretty, and so do the ladies *wink wink*. My mom gave me my middle name and named me after a singer she heard on the radio in the mid 80s. The song's entitled "Forget Me Nots" and I still listen to it to this day and it reminds me of my mom. My last name isn't exactly common but once you hear it I suppose it's memorable, thus the reason I caught so much sh*t for it in elementary school. Such is my life I suppose *sigh*.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 10:40pm

TBone, I've wanted to have a son named Theodore ever since I was three years old. I love that name!

[kate2]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 11:43pm

I love the fact that my name is just Kate... not short for anything; but I was never able to find a pencil or anything with just Kate on it!

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 12:59am

a girl i went to high school ended up getting in big trouble when she took her SATs because they (whoever grades them) thought she was messing around with her name, which apparently in CT, according to the letter she got, is a class C felony? the test asked her to fill in the first four letters of her last name, her first initial, and her middle initial.

she followed those directions exactly as they were written and filled in KILL M E. (her last name was killarn, pronouced ka-larn, and her first and middle names were maggie elizabeth)

[Q]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 1:24am

You know, my hand was in the air after I read the first five words of the thread title:

"Who here resents their parents . . ."

What followed really didn't register.

[TBone]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 2:05am

Schmerg, People always ask me what the "T" stands for and when I tell them they always say "That's not bad- it's cute. Can I call you Teddy?" So maybe it isn't all that bad of a name and it's just me? LOL

[Weez]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 6:19am

This is why children should have no say in the naming of younger siblings! EVER!

I used to know a Juliet who was named by her older sister. Not a bad name at all, and she didn't even mind admitting to the fact she was named for a cartoon dog rather than a Shakespearean heroine.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 8:58am

Weez, my friend Stella (a Brit, incidentally) was named by her older brother after the brand of saucepan his mother made his oatmeal in.

I kid you not.

[Gingersnap2]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 9:05am

Well, "resent" is probably too strong a word in my case, but I am not terribly happy that I was named after the song "Hey, Hey Paula." Apparently, my parents briefly discussed naming me after my aunt (Carmela) or grandmothers (Helen, Madalyn). But family relationships being a complicated mess, my mother just went with the song instead.

I hate the song and, if I had a penny for every time a guy has started to sing that when introduced to me...

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 9:14am

^^^
Hahaha! My adoptive mom's name is Paula and her husband's name is Paul, and when they married 5 years ago (after a 10-year courtship) they sang "Hey, Paula" instead of reciting their vows. She's a teacher and he was the vice principal at the same school before he retired so the first verse suited them perfectly.

ETA: She wasn't named after the song but a grandmother.

Updated On: 12/25/09 at 09:14 AM

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 9:56am

I had a traumatic naming experience. For a while, I was supposed to be a girl, so I was Kimberly Ashley. Then they found out I was a boy, so they were gonna use part of my dad's name, and a new middle name (my older half-brother is the III in the line, and a IV would have been a bit too pretentious. The name dies with my brother.) They then settled on my grandfather's first name and a middle name.

I have, with the exception of 4 years in high school, been a middle name kid. Most of the people I meet that go buy my full first name, are jerks (my Grandfather included), and if they use the commonly shortened one, they are not people I like being around (and in the case of High School me, I def. wouldn't be around him).

My middle name on the other hand, is pretty awesome. It fits me well, and every other person with it, is usually a tall, thin gay male. I think I've met one who was straight.

[kate2]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 11:18am

"This is why children should have no say in the naming of younger siblings! EVER!"

My older brother actually had the choice between naming me Kate or Emily because my parents couldn't decide. He couldn't pronounce Emily at his age, so I became Kate. I always thought that was a cute story.
Updated On: 12/25/09 at 11:18 AM