How do you remember names?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (206938)
Walnut Creek, California
September 27, 2017 9:21am CST
I'm not that great at remembering names, But I can do so if I put my mind to it. A new couple moved into our apartment complex, along with their 12-year-old daughter. They have slightly unusual names, since they are from Bulgaria.
I am able to remember the daughter's name because it's "yes" in Croatian, followed by the name of an accounting company. The parents happen to have the same names as the male and female protagonists in one of my favorite novels.
Usually I try to think of a friend who has the same name as someone I meet, but that's hard when so many people I'm interacting with these days are Indian, Eastern European, or Israeli.
Do you remember names well? What's your method?
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@m_audrey6788 (58482)
• Germany
27 Sep 17
I got memory problems but I can remember names if they are commonly bothering me 
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@TheHorse (206938)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Sep 17
Oh dear! Well, there are certain names I'll never forget, like the lady who read-ended me near Martinsville at a red light on the the "highway" between Indianapolis and Bloomington Indiana. I'll also never forget her words. "I woke up and all I saw was the word 'Toyota.'" That was on the tailgate of my pick-up truck.
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@m_audrey6788 (58482)
• Germany
28 Sep 17
@thehousewife @TheHorse 
So true ..It just comes so natural in my memory bank without any effort in doing it
So true ..It just comes so natural in my memory bank without any effort in doing it 
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
27 Sep 17
Noooo! I am terrible at names.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
27 Sep 17
I am the worst at remembering people's names.
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@Hannihar (129615)
• Israel
10 Oct 17
I used to remember names. I remember the last job I worked at before I traveled and moved to Israel I never met the people before but I could remember all the people that called. They were so impressed, but, now it takes me some time to remember someone's name if I forgot it. I am better at faces than names these days.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
27 Sep 17
I remember faces more than I remember names.
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@TheHorse (206938)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Sep 17
@spiderdust But remember my pretend face! I'm a nerdy science teacher. And I am!
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
28 Sep 17
@TheHorse That too! And half of the people don't actually have their faces as an avatar!
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@RasmaSandra (73861)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Sep 17
I remember names fairly well. I like to train my brain. When I am in the mood I take out some old photo albums and attempt to remember the names of all of the people in the photos whether they are still alive or not. I am usually successful.
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@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
28 Sep 17
@TheHorse He does and he does.
When I was still a teacher, he always claimed that I remembered names so well because I called pupils' names all day long. But that isn' a convincing explanation.
I remember a colleague who once told me that a holiday/vacation of one week was enough for him to stand in front of a group of strangers. He couldn't remember a single name.
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
28 Sep 17
The older I get the more my memory slips. Usually I can remember names, but I find there are times when I don't.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58290)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
27 Sep 17
I try to and usually I am pretty good at remembering.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58290)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
28 Sep 17
@TheHorse usually it comes naturally, or I come up with nicknames
@mildredtabitha (16085)
• Nairobi, Kenya
27 Sep 17
I am also prone to forgetting names. Unless I have a short conversation with someone new that might last 5 mins, I will most likely forget their name.
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@mildredtabitha (16085)
• Nairobi, Kenya
28 Sep 17
@TheHorse conscious effort! That sounds tough to me.
I might say 'the guy in the green sweater'..., then I will remember the name.
Like someone told me his name is Gideon. Then I completely forgot. Two months later he asked me if I could remember his name.
I told him no but I asked him to tell me the first letter and that is how I rememberd.
He asked me how I rememberd. I told him that his name sounded like bible names such as Goliath. :)
@rubyriaz007 (4188)
• India
28 Sep 17
I am good at remembering names,though I forget somethings ...
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@nangayo (2291)
• Nairobi, Kenya
28 Sep 17
I have a problem in remembering names. I have two nieces who are fraternal twins. I have tried to remember their names but I always call them the wrong names yet they are very different one is tall and fat the other is short and slim. I give up.
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@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
27 Sep 17
I'm pretty bad at remembering names, unless there is some easy association with something or someone else. I remembered our new neighbors' names right away simply because her name is the same as mine and the husband's is the same as my son in law. I love when that happens, LOL
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
28 Sep 17
Names are particularly difficult for me to remember, pony. There are many people I have worked with for years that I can't tell you a first name for them, while most of them know my name, even if they have never actually met me.... *shrug!*
I am much better at remembering faces than I am at remembering a name...
If I really work at it, I can usually remember someone's name three out of five times... 
@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
27 Sep 17
Sometimes; I have to hear the name several times before I can remember it.
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@joanwanjala (522)
• Mombasa, Kenya
10 Oct 17
Am choosy, like if I want to remember I will, if am not interested, I forget almost immediately
