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@wmg2006 (5381)
United States
November 21, 2006 11:37am CST
Tell me if you like your name, why or why not? Tell me how your name makes you feel. Tell me what name you would have chosen for yourself if you had been given the chance. I personally do not care for my name. It makes me feel ugly and it sounds so hard when pronounced. It was associated with negative conotations when I was growing up and to hear it spoken today brings back those same childhood negative conotations. I would have chosen Linda for my name.
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@koushika (693)
• India
22 Nov 06
hi, my name is koushika, and it carries the name of a saint, called otherwise as vishwamithra of Indian legend...i was a descendent of his line...and i m proud to carry my family's name...coz here in south India, especially in my state, people don't usually have family names...my name is a very big one...vamsi phanindra koushika...the first word is the name of the flute in Lord Sri Krishna's hands, the second denotes lord Subrahmanya, second son of Lord Shiva...this all seems so funny and confusing and hard to remember for u i guess...lol...but i took pains to explain this coz i love my name..:)
@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
10 Dec 06
WOW! That is very interesting. And to have a name that holds so much history is something to be very proud of.
@macubx (11414)
• Philippines
21 Nov 06
nope i hate my name, because its just a random name given by my parents, no historical value or anything its just a useless common name.. i like to name my self Kadaj..
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@beckyomg1 (6756)
• United States
1 Feb 07
i think my name is ok, im not excited about it, it actually is deborah and not becky but i would not really want becky as my name either.
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@alchemistrx (2547)
• Philippines
1 Feb 07
I like my name because it sounded and it is a flower and a name being used in those disney character in Aladdin and made feel like I am a princess. But if the chance to choose another name,I would choose another flower name than my name like Lily.
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• United States
21 Nov 06
awww you sound very sad about it. why dont you have it changed? im sure your name is very beautiful anyway. my parents used an alternate spelling of my name, making it Swedish instead of Irish. oh well...c'est la vie....
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@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
21 Nov 06
I have thought about changing it and I still may but I do not want to offend my parents, so I may wait until they are no longer here to make the change.
• Philippines
1 Feb 07
I love my name,my mom thought about my name very carefully..thats what she said..when someone learns bout my name they tell me it fits me and it sounds real nice.
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• United States
31 Jan 07
I don't really like my name. Why? Because everyone seems to have the same name as me. If you go into a shopping mall, sporting event or some other crowded place and yell "Jennifer" - about 50 people will turn and look at you like, "Are you talking to me?". I don't know what I would choose instead. I just wish that my mom (who was a hippie) had been a little more creative or unique and chosen something other than the most popular name of the year - several years in a row.
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@123456_ (1052)
• Philippines
20 Jan 07
i like my name. but if given a chance i would have chosen other name also but we cant really do that right? so i am contented with it. my name came from my dad i was told that that name means som much to him so lets just respect that.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
19 Jan 07
I like my name it is Theresa but my friends call me Terry.If I choose a name I would have picked Sara I do like that name. I now alot of Lindas that is a popular name.
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
I like my name very much! Thanks to my parents! It gives me the feeling of being king hehe. It's the name of a king, Biblically speaking I'm talking about King David: wise, powerful but also capable of having mistakes. In a way I'm like that too though not powerful LOL. Wise, yeah just a little bit at the same time I also make mistakes. I wouldn't change it for any other name.
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@lucy02 (5016)
• United States
19 Jan 07
I like my name. It was a very popular name for the time I was born so I guess its fairly common but I have always liked it. Actually Valerie is one of my favorite names but I'm still happy with the one I have.
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@SimplyJo (1694)
• India
19 Jan 07
Hi i like my name. It means moonlight. it's nice and unique. whats your name,by the way that u hate it so much ? Come on.. it can't be that bad :)
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@aidonia (4209)
• Greece
31 Jan 07
My user name is also my name.If i translate at English mean the bird-nightingale-.always song a melancholy song with a very beautiful voice.I like my name very.It is very unique.I don't meet an other person with this name not even at my country.
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• United States
19 Jan 07
I do like my name. I just think it kinda fits me. I wouldn't have chosen another name for myself if I had the chance. My name was originally supposed to be Holly but my mom changed it right before I was born. I don't think the name Holly would have fit me though so I am glad she didn't name me that.
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@rizhash (179)
• India
19 Jan 07
my name is rizwan i actually love my name only im having that name in my college.. but the worst part of it is no body understands my name every 1 asks me 4 the second time i will tel for the second time this time also they wonmt understand.. they simply say some other name and i say yaaaaaaaa meaning of the word is satisfied.. it is an arabic word
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@Avichail (694)
• Indonesia
19 Jan 07
I once read a kid named Tonsilitis Jones and it brought him many problems. That is why I care about name =D. I used to think mine is so ordinary because too many people using it, but one day during my darkest hours, it was as if God spoke to me that He is the One who gives me my name, every aspect in my names breathes His identity, He does that because He loves me, that was when I started to see my names from different angles =D BTW, Linda does sound nice! Have you named anyone or anyting under that name?
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• Singapore
22 Nov 06
my name is Eunice and i love it very much! it means victory...i would not want to trade my name for anything else. eunice can be read as 'you nice' and 'unique'.lol so yeah..i love my name!
@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
10 Dec 06
I like your name too! It is a very unique name and not one you hear very often here in the states. Thanks for sharing!
@samsonskola (3357)
• United States
31 Jan 07
well, i've always had mixed feelings about my middle name...it's a traditional southern name, so of that I'm not concerned, but...my middle name is Gay. Now back when I was a child, it didn't bother me because this term was not used in a derogatory way. Nowadays, it is. I've had several slanderous remarks about it, I don't care about that, but I've always wanted the name of Elizabeth...it was my mothers middle name and her mothers first name, and i've always liked it..if i had ever had a daughter, i would have named her Elizabeth.