What is YOUR name (and your partners!)?

[steph.]

I am looking for a little inspiration and thought this would be a good way to get it. So whats your name and how has it treated you over the years?

I'll start!

My name is...
Stephanie- I like it, its pronounceable all over the world and easy to spell. Never been teased because of it. I get called Steph by most people although my Brazilian family calls me "Phanie" which doesnt work in english for obvious reasons!

My Husband's name is...
David- he thinks its ok, never been teased because of it, but doesnt love it as its so common and boring (according to him). He gets called Dave mostly.

 

[+tivethoughts]

My name is Siobhan - pronounced Shivon. I like it...throughout my life I have been called all sorts tho ranging from sio-ban, sabina, shoban oh the list goes on lol. I dont really mind now as I just tell them "no, its Shivon" and carry on.

Hubby's name is Tony. Pretty standard but people either assume or ask him is that Tony or Anthony? Hes like...erm, Tony thats why I said Tony. ..? Lol. He's had cheques through in the past made out to Anthony, wedding invites to Siobhan and Anthony...even though the people know he is Tony they assumed he was an Anthony....annoying really.

But with both our names nothing too much of a problem.

 

[tardiz]

Im kirsty and my husband is martin. Kinda boring names really and that's what we both tend to be called

 

[crayoncrittle]

Crystal - I like it. Only problem was spelling and that drove me boonnnnnkerrrrrs Krystle Christyle Khrystell NO JUST REGULAR CRYSTAL!

Husband is Elliott - same problem with the spelling Eliot or Elliot but other than that, his only problem was with his last name which was Bill! So he took my last name when we got married

 

[jtj1054]

my name is pretty common, it's Courtney but my husbands name is Jedadiah... haha we always get questions or asked 100 times how to spell it pronounce it or where his mother came up with it. lol He goes by Jed though.

 

[MUMOF5]

My name is Kelly, never really had any issues with it, apart from a short time when I was in primary school. There were stickers that all the kids used to collect called 'Garbage Pail Kids', and there was one called 'Smelly Kelly', so got called that a bit, but was very short lived.

My husbands name is Ben. He's never had any issues with it, he likes his name, but does get a bit annoyed when people assume its short for Benjamin.

 

[MamaFlick]

My name is Kandis Joy - I don't love my either my first name or middle name. My first name is annoying because it's a "normal" name spelled weird, so when people ask me how it's spelled it always goes something like this:
"Ok, C - A - N - D - ???" and I have to say "Nope, back up and start over with a K."

Joy is an okay middle name, but not something I'd have chosen myself. It's my grandma's first name and my mom's middle name, and they expect me to give it to my first born daughter as a middle name... which I'm not doing. Why pass down a name I don't even like?

My husband's name is Steven Alan. He likes it. His family and close friends calls him Stevie, and I call him Steven. His dad's name is Steve (actually, so is my dad's). If we have a boy we will probably pass down Steven as a middle name.

 

[Pielette]

My name is Vanessa I ADORE my name, always have. The only thing is that when I was in school people were forever trying to shorten it, and I like it the way it is. It was always Van or Nessie or something. Eventually people got the message when I refused to respond to it So I'm always Vanessa.

My husband's name is David. He likes it but it tends to become Dave, he was introduced to me as Dave. But he goes by a completely random nickname to his parents and siblings, and we call each other Pie, so it's generally friends who call him Dave.

 

[JJKCB]

my name is unusual so im not going to post it as people I know will find this too easily, it shortens to Tish but I dont like being called Tish its an African name and im the only white person ive ever met or heard of with it, I love its uniqueness but everyone pronounces the I in in the full name with a long E instead of I and I always have to spell it

my partners name is Alan, not that unusual really

 

[xx Emily xx]

My name is Emily and I love it! I've always liked my name.

My husband is David. He can't stand the name Dave so always goes by David or totally unrelated nicknames.

Em xxx

 

[Butterball Ma]

Nicole Suzanne--I like it, except Nicole was SO common when I was in school. There was always 2 or 3 Nicoles or Nikkis in every class.

Alan Paige--Alan, not Al. He's never really complained about his name. However, his last name is Smith, so Alan Smith kinda sounds like an alias to me, lol.

 

[kimmym]

this is a really good idea.its nice to see how people feel about their names to get another perspective on it.

My name is Kimberlynn Marie.i used to not like it when i was little,mostly due to being jealous of my sisters. Katrina Rose.lol i love it now though.ecspecially all the variations of it.another reason for not liking it when i was younger was because my Rs came out as Ws

OHs name is Nahum Raul.his uncle picked his name. It means "god of the sun"and i think it was only recently while trying to figure out names for our LO that he realized how much he likes it.(Nahum. He still thinks raul is ugly and too common)

 

[BubsMom17]

My name is Emily Rae and my DH's name is Daniel (no middle name). Our son's name is Daniel Julian.

 

[windswept]

I'm Cristina (note spelling). I love it. But, I do have to constantly say 'no h' when spelling it out!
Mr Windswept is Innes. We both like it... However, I did know an Innes in school who got 'Anus' as it sounds similar.
Our wee boy is Archie, which he really, really suits. We are stuck on our girls name... 11 weeks to choose!

 

[fairy_gem]

My name is Gemma...I like it, but I prefer to go by Gem or Gems. Some people pronounce it wrong, usually people from the middle East, but that's all.

My husband's name is David...he likes it as far as I know. Mostly goes by David.

 

[wahwah]

Im Sarah ( meaning princess) and my fiancé is Christopher, though he goes by Chris. I like my name, but hate my middle name Louise. I've never liked it, I just don't like the "eeeze" sound personally.

All my family call me Wah Wah.

 

[onetwothreebp]

My name is Brittany. It's pretty common but I've never minded it. When I was in elementary school, I wanted to change my name to something more ~unique~ but I grew out of that phase! I'm usually called Brittany, occasionally Britt but it's not my favourite.

My husband's name is Daniel. He thinks its common but classic - he's not a fan of 'far out' names, I actually had to really lobby for Asher (he liked Michael). I told him I didn't want our son to be Michael P. through school (little did I know how popular the name Asher was where I live!) since there were 3 Daniel's when he was a kid and he was always Dan P. He goes by Dan (I call him Danny though).

 

[Kioana]

im kioana (Key-on-ah) now I like my name when I was little I didn't because I couldn't find anything with it , but I knew when someone was talking about me lol you don't hear my name much


and his name is Eric

 

[LeeLee333]

My name is Leanne, Leanne Patricia.
I like the name Leanne, I also go by LeeLee. I never had problems with my name! My older brother called me Leanna Banana..but my name is just Leanne.
Patricia I am not a fan of.

My husband is Nery, Nery Osvaldo. When I first met him he introduced himself as Oz. I didn´t even know his name was Nery until 2 months into the relationship.

 

[Fallacy]

My name is Nicole. I never really liked it growing up because there were a lot of other Nicole's around. Also, people can't seem to get the spelling right for some reason...It's not Nikole, Nichole, or Nikhole, which is what I usually get when people try to spell it. I much prefer being called Niki though.

His is Brian. I like it since I don't hear it much, but he's not fond of it. He says it was way too common growing up around other Filipino boys.