anyone else wish you had a different name?

tct1219 · April 2009

my name, taylor, isn't horrible, but i always wished my mom put more thought into naming me. it was #218 when i was born and obviously getting even more popular (she heard it on a soap opera). it's been as high as #6 and was in the top 10 for 8 years. it's even more popular than that in my state, most recently ranked #16.

i'm definitely grateful my name isn't makenna or jaycie or something made up like that, i just hate knowing/ meeting so many other girls with my name and would never want to do that to my child.

do you wish your parents named you something else?

Aligator28 · April 2009

I've never been a fan of my name, Alicia. I have always, always gone by Ali.?

My mom wanted it just to be Ali (because she loved Ali McGraw from "Love Story"), but my dad wanted me to have a formal name to "grow" into, so he picked Alicia. Apparently, I've never grown into it, because I still don't like it.?

d.squared · April 2009

I often think about going by my middle name. When I was dating a high profile guy in NYC a couple of years ago, his father, a top executive in one of those big investment firms that has ruined our country, sat me down and said, "Tiffany, you have so much potential, but you'll never get as far as you'd like to with that name." At the time I was shocked, but I do think that there is something to it. It's just not an "educated woman" name.

amoureux · April 2009

No, I always liked my name.

Everyone knows how to spell it and say it. But, it hasn't cracked the top 100 in the past 40 years so I was the only Colleen in both my elementary and high school.

I am so glad I wasn't named one of the top ten names of the year I was born.

star678 · April 2009

My name is Kimberly and it's just okay. I don't like Kim or the way Kim sounds with my last name (maiden or married, for that matter.) Unfortunately, it's a name that will always be automatically shortened no matter what. My sister's name is Kristina and I've always preferred her name over mine.

teamla2000 · April 2009

I'm Elizabeth and I love it. ?It's classic, beautiful, and really flexible. ?I would never want to be anything else.

The only thing I don't like is that technically it's my middle name. ?My parents wanted Andrea as a middle name, but thought Andrea Elizabeth sounded better. ?So I have been A. Elizabeth MN LN my whole life. ?It's not a huge deal, but I wouldn't recommend it - too annoying when filling out forms, at the doctor's office, going through customs, etc.?

Emie28 · April 2009

My name's Emily and I love it. I don't even care how popular it is now. I never knew any other Emilys growing up.

spicycrab · April 2009

I've never felt like a Janelle. My parents were going to name me Nicole and call me Nicky (my dad's name is Nick) and I've always thought I would have made a better Nicky than Janelle.

amyfelice · April 2009

Mine is overly common too (Amy). I often wished for a different name when I was younger. Now it's just so me, that I couldn't really imagine another name. As I have said before it would be nice if it was a nn for something. But at least I never felt "weird" or singled out for my name.

I do love the combo of Amy Felice together. I wish it was all one name.

shanwalk2 · April 2009

I'm a Shannon.

Pretty popular for my age group. Not top 10 popular (like Sarah, Elizabeth, Nicole, etc). I've always appreciated that it's fairly easy to spell and people rarely get confused when I've said it. However, it's a little more plain than I would pick for myself. I always wanted to be "Marissa" growing up. Although I wouldn't pick that for myself now, I would be okay with something a bit less traditional.

Plus, my husband is mexican - and my new last name sounds so strange with Shannon. Oh well.

Hopefully when its our turn for kiddos I can find something that matches the ethic name a bit better.

austenreader85 · April 2009

It took me a while to grow into my name, Chasity. It was always mispronounced or mispelled. Strangely, the older I get, the less that happens. I think elementary school teachers just had too many names to learn too fast. I've thought about going by my middle name, but that's such a hard change.

tct1219 · April 2009

Emie28:
My name's Emily and I love it. I don't even care how popular it is now. I never knew any other Emilys growing up.

i like the name emily! however, i think part of the reason you don't care how popular it is may be because, as you said, you didn't know any growing up so it probably didn't seem popular to you.

leah1615 · April 2009

I like my name better now than when I was younger. It is mispronounced as "Lee" like 95% of the time, and that annoys me to no end. I always wished I had a slightly more common name.

tct1219 · April 2009

leah1615:
I like my name better now than when I was younger. It is mispronounced as "Lee" like 95% of the time, and that annoys me to no end. I always wished I had a slightly more common name.

that's funny because the other day a poster asked about leah and after seeing some of the replies, i realized she was pronouncing it lee instead of the way i've always heard it, lee-uh. weird. it's still a pretty name, though.

LMS05 · April 2009

My name is Laura and I love that it's classic and timeless. I was never teased and it's easily spelt and pronounced. It's common in the sense that everyone knows the name, but not too common. I rarely meet other women named Laura, although Lauren seems to be a lot more popular (I prefer Laura). I've never had a friend named Laura and never had another Laura in my class until college. I love my name.?

nybor1975 · April 2009

Yes. While my name isn't very popular, I don't think it's a very 'girly' name. It's also constantly spelled wrong.

ae2409 · April 2009

My name is Allison and I go by Allie. I absolutely love my name and I always have. It's classic and I always get compliments on my name. I would love to name my daughter Allie...is that weird? LOL.

gymrat · April 2009

My name is Valerie and I've pretty much liked it my whole life. It's never been super popular so that's probably why.

bunnybean · April 2009

I actually have a double first name. The first part is Anne and the second part isn't so good. I've gone by Annie my whole life. Anne and Annie are great (there were never any other Annes/Annies growing up) because they're so classic and normal, but the second part of my first name is too fussy.

smismar · April 2009

Yes, yes, yes!! My name is Toni. I've ranted on here before about it. I hate that it's a nickname ("What's your real name?" gets very old, very fast). I hate that it's a masculine name. I think it's harsh and not pretty at all. I was teased for it constantly as a kid and I really dislike it. I tried to go by my middle name (Grace) when I switched schools in 7th grade, but I didn't have the courage to correct my teachers when they called me Toni and so Toni I remained. It is misspelled ALL the time.

That said, I never wanted to be Amy, Jenny, Ashley, or Kim like the millions of others born in the early 80's. I wish my parents would have just gone with Marit which was their 2nd choice.

I've projected everything I dislike about my name onto our name search. I did just about everything I could to take what I hated about my name and avoid it when picking a name for my child.

jenber77 · April 2009

You think Taylor is too common? I'm a Jennifer. Nuff said.

Lopo · April 2009

I've always liked my name. Laura.

meghanchrisaz · April 2009

My name (Meghan) was pretty popular growing up. ?Thankfully, WHERE I grew up it wasn't. ?I didn't like the spelling my parents chose growing up because everyone always drops the H, and that got really annoying.

cabana1 · April 2009

I like my name, Julie, but really wish my parents had named me Julia. I think Julia is a little more formal and definitely prettier. I'm "just" Julie. Kind of bothers me.

foundmylazybum · April 2009

I have a masculine name too (no really) and until I was about..eh 12 I didn't like it. "Isn't that a boys name?" "Is that your real name or a nickname?"

Then I wised up and now I absolutely love my name. I think it's cool and unique and great , and I don't want our child to have a common name either.?

I'm not going to go for some wild youneeque spelling but I'm not going for a top 100 name either. ?

DarcyLongfellow · April 2009

I think you're being a bit harsh on your mom! I'm assuming you're at least in your 20's -- Taylor is a pretty unusual name for girls that age. I'm 30, and I've only ever known one girl my age with the name Taylor. Most Taylors that I know are pre-teens. Also, back when your mom was naming you, you couldn't just hop on and check the social security website to see how popular a name was!

My name is okay, I don't love it. I've always gone by my middle name, but I've always liked my first name better. My name (my middle name, which I've always gone by) was way more popular than my mom thought. She thought she was being so unique in choosing it, but it was the #1 name about 4 or 5 years later.

pr_alexander · April 2009

When I was younger I didn't like my name (Paula). I liked my middle name better (Renee). However as I got older I really like the name Paula I think that it is classy yet uncommon.

Pixiestx · April 2009

I hated having to correct everyone including teachers when I was younger, but now I appreciate having a name that isn't common. Part of my mom's reasoning was our last name was so common she needed to give my sister and I names that would stand out a little. Even though my married name isn't common I still didn't want my daughter to be one of 5 emilys in the class.

BrideBuddies · April 2009

As a little girl, I was always Suzie. Didn't really do much for me, really. When I got older and realized my name was Suzanne, I was better about it. I've only met a handful of Suzanne's in my whole life. (And don't get me started on people who think Suzanne = Susan.)

However, It was nearly impossible to make the switch Suzanne until I went to college. So now, the only people who still call me Suzie are family and high school friends. And FWIW, they all think it's funny to think of me as Suzanne.

KappaUCF20 · April 2009

My name is Ashley. I always loved it and still do. It wasn't popular in our neck of the woods when I was born (and as the pp said, it's not like my parents could just jump on the internet and look up the SS listings lol). But I don't care that it's such a common name now. It doesn't affect how I feel about it. In general, I think some people obsess too much about what names are popular, trendy, etc. Everything goes in cycles.

ENev · April 2009

My name is Erin and I love it. Wouldn't want any other name!

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