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If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

smoochy — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:25:15 GMT

my generation (baby boomers) received very traditional names and many of us have the same names, first and middle. The lists of baby names must have been small to say the least. I'm one of a bazillion Susan Marie's in my age group lol. I mean it's a classic, pretty name it's just not unique or creative.
If I changed my name (not for real, just "playing"), I would call myself Summer, that's when my birthday is. Or Juliet because to me that sounds beautiful.
How about you?

Re: If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

bonnielu — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:27:49 GMT

My name is Bonnie and not many around with that name. I joke that I COLLECT gals with that name. I am up to 17. However I would not change it. I consider it a gift from my parents.

Re: If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

smoochy — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:39:34 GMT

@bonnielu wrote:
My name is Bonnie and not many around with that name. I joke that I COLLECT gals with that name. I am up to 17. However I would not change it. I consider it a gift from my parents.

it's a pretty name 🥰 Bonnie Lu my mom agreed to Susan instead of Suzanne which my dad suggested. Interestingly, that was the name of a cute French girl that my father met in France during WWII. Hmmm.

Re: If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

RedTop — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:45:32 GMT

I like my name and would not change it.

Re: If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

shoesnbags — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:53:55 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
I like my name and would not change it.

Same here. I've always been very happy with my name and would never want to change it.

@bonnielu Interestlngly, Bonnie is the name my mom wanted to give me - Bonnie Eileen. But Dad had other ideas and he won the name discussion.

Re: If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

QVCkitty1 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:09:01 GMT

I like my name now, but when I was a kid I told my parents that I wanted to change it to Veronica. You see I loved comic books and Veronica was a main character in .Archie comics. 😹

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Queen of shop — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:20:09 GMT

@smoochy I like your name. Susan Marie is pretty. I like my name too. My dad picked it. I never considered changing it and now that he has passed, I love my name even more.

Good question. Thanks for the post.

Re: If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

smoochy — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 04:51:56 GMT

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
I like my name now, but when I was a kid I told my parents that I wanted to change it to Veronica. You see I loved comic books and Veronica was a main character in .Archie comics. 😹

yes! Hooked on Archie comics too. And I loved the beautiful Veronica That's funny you told your parents you wanted to change your name. 😂

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SurferWife — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 05:11:52 GMT

I like my name, too. I know my mama and daddy loved it, so I'll stick with it.

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haddon9 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:16:47 GMT

My name is something that I've always liked and have no desire to ever change. It's also a Boomer name but it suits me just fine.

Re: If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

Desertdi — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:22:12 GMT

I would just like to add a prefix...like Duchess

Re: If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

CalminHeart — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 08:42:07 GMT

I went to school with so many who had the same name as me. I always had to use the initial of my last name.....until another same-name had a last name with the same initial.I remember on class in middle school - 36 kids and 7 of us with the same first name.

That's just the way it was back then.

I gave my kids society-normal names but ones that few others had. But our list of names had some interesting ones. We just didn't want them to suffer with anything too crazy.

Re: If you could change your first name. what name would you choose?

SloopJohnB — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:51:34 GMT

When I was younger, there were times when I wished I had another name. A name that I thought was cooler or prettier or whatever. But now that I am older I do like my name. Just like others have pointed out, our parents selected that name for us. My name is traditional in the family sense (Italian) and in the religious sense (after a saint). I have the formal name of it, but usually go by the common nickname for it. Think Elizabeth=Betty. (not my name but an example). ❤

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vermint — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:22:42 GMT

I, too, have a very traditional 50's first & middle name. I have always been called by the "nickname" for my first name, and it's a little too cute-sy for me. I tried to get people to call me the full version in high school...the girls would, the boys wouldn't!

When I first went to work, in the offices of a large company, there were 5 of us with the same name! We had to go by our last names.

Always wished my parents had chosen to call me by my middle name, which is Lynne. Still very tradtional, but more "adult" in my opinion.

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ID2 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:26:24 GMT

Love my first name. No changing for me.

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mimomof4 — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:07:01 GMT

I have an uncommon name, while growing up I wanted to change it to Alizabeth. A normal name with an usual twist I guess. Now I appreciate my unique name. I get excited when I come in contact with someone who has the same name. What does drive me crazy is that it is constantly misspelled and mispronounced by almost everyone. I don't even correct people anymore and now don't even notice the mispronounciation.

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Carmie — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:15:48 GMT

I was named after my paternal grandmother. I was the only Carmela I knew, except for grandma aged ladies even though I went to an Italian school.

I didn't like my name when I was a child, and always went by Carmie. As an adult, I like my name and would never change it.

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MaverDaver — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:17:35 GMT

I am also a Susan Marie. Named after my Hungarian grandmother and my mother's middle name (first Margaret). I would not change it. Growing up I don't recall meeting another Susan and of course today it's not a name you come across.

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phoenixbrd — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:42:04 GMT

My name is very traditional and I have a given middle name of a significant family member from my heritage. This is true for my siblings also. However, my nickname aometimes prevails and has always felt so right....guess what it is

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SoCal Bred — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:36:46 GMT

I don't have a middle name, my very first job a co-worker never heard of such a thing and said everyone should have a middle name, so she gave me 'Marie' ever since then she and everyone starting calling me Ann-Marie, the name stuck and even my family will once in a while call me Ann-Marie.