I dont really like my name. It's boring..and people misspell it all the time. Its FrancEs..not FrancIs. And then growing up, I went to Catholic school..and this one boy always called me St. Frances or San FRANcisco. Ugh..I hated it so much. I usually just have people call me Francie.

I LOVE my last name. Its so pretty. Most people say it wrong, but whatever. Its still pretty and better than my maiden name, lol.

My name is Paulette, a very nice name and not terribly comman but the name everyone calls me is Polly which can at times lead to annoying quotes but also something that is odd everyone i work with tends to call me Miss Polly which I never expected but they just started it which is kinda nice but do I like my name? Lets just say I'm reconciled to it.

My first name when mispronounced(often) denotes a sexual act. My last name when pronounced correctly(rarely) is slang for a woman's body part. I decided my life wasn't a big enough pain in the butt, so I went into construction and mining. You would not believe how often some jacka** takes it upon himself to point out the meaning of my last name. "No joke, I never realized that's what it meant. Gee I've only had the name for the last 17 years and I had to wait to have some inbred idiot explain to me the meaning of my name."

Oh well, could be worse. BioDad actually wanted to name me Bee Jay(his initials). That Ahole did know what it meant too. Mom didn't(even when she was relating the story to me 15 years later), but she just plain thought it was ugly and her first son was already named for him. When I very gingerly explained to Mom what it meant she darned near hired a hit man to go after her X.

I used to hate my first name. It sounds so not girly. And with the common misconception that feminine names end in 'a' and masculine in 'o', I used to get "isn't that a boy's name??" a lot. And it sounds manly when its said in english.

But I've grown to love it, especially when you say it in spanish. It sounds feminine and soft. And I love my last name. So much that I want it tattooed on me. My dad gave it to me and since he's gone now, I'll treasure it forever.

I love my name, but no one can ever spell it right! It's spelled Caitlin, and I get:

Catelin
Catlin
Katelyn
Katlyn
Catelyn
Kaitlyn
Caitlyn
and...most amusingly, Kaetlynne

Sometimes I wish my parents had just named me Melissa like they originally talked about!

Ok...I will chime in.. my name is Elliott... I was the only one in school with that name and it was uncommon most of my life.. I hear it a bit more now but still not too common. I didn't like it when I was little but I like it a lot now that I am the only Elliott most everywhere I go

Grin

I absolutely love the name Caitlin (and the way you spell it) and I remember saying when I was like 10 to my mum when I have kids if I have a daughter I'd like to call her Caitlin. It's so cute.

My father was taking biblical Greek when I was born, so my name is an Anglicized version of the Greek works for Grace and Peace. So they named me Charise Irene. Charise I love (now) although I never liked Irene and dropped it when I got married and moved my maiden name to be my middle name.

I've had my name pronounced wrong (it's Shaw reese, not CHA RICE or Therese) and spelled wrong, but it suits me. In high school they actually thought my name was a typo and that I was really a Charles. We always joked about my "brother" Charlie.

The main thing I disliked as a kid is that all three names (including maiden name) have a long "e" sound. So it always sounded kind of shrill at times.

My married name is a different story, I do like it, but it causes difficulties. My MIL hyphenated, so DH came with a hyphen as well. So people get really confused when they ask me which name is mine and which is DH's. Neither. Lol. It's funny too because both of his names are commonly recognizable Portuguese/Welsh names and I don't look like either ethnicity. It's so different that DH claims it's the name that always gets us stopped in airports.

Cerridwen~ Your name is beautiful! I believe there is another poster on here whose name is Cerridwen, but she might spell it differently. I believe she goes by Keri. It's a lovely name with much meaning.

I understand! With my shortname and middle name, my initials are BJ. With my maiden name, BS. With my married name, BM. I can't cut a break!

No one could pronounce my name, Alicia, correctly until Alicia Keys became famous. My grandparents called me Uh-Lish-Uh my entire life, till the day they died. No amount of "Grandmother, Grandpa, it's Uh-Lee-Sha" did a lick of difference.

Now, my family mostly calls me Sissy, as I am big sister to 21-month-old Julia. She has never heard me called Alicia.

Which suits me just fine. I've always hated the name Alicia. Apparently, my parents were going to name me Jocelyn Elizabeth up until the moment they saw me, at which time they said I didn't look like a Jocelyn. Keeping in mind my Aunt Alice and my parent's friend Lisa, I was named Alicia Christine.

At age 17, I chose to legally change my name. I dropped Christine altogether (I never identified with it, and I'm not christian, so it seemed only fitting), took my father's last name as my middle name, and took on my mother's last name, which she had re-assumed when she and my father divorced.

Long story short, just call me Sissy. I like it better.

I don't really like my first name either. Kerri. Kooky spelling. I have never found any of those cute souvenier stands selling key chains, etc. with my name on it. Plus, during 5th or 6th grade the movie Carrie came out. I kept pleading I had a different spelling. Then the Keri lotion..............I cannot tell you how many versions of 'Keri is so very (fill in the blank) I heard during high school.

Ugh.

FINE, SO I SCREWED MY DDs!!!!!

I named my first one Ginny b/c I wanted to name her after my mother and I thought Virginia would be a rotten thing to do to her. It was a little old fashioned in 1988 and even Mom had enough with the "virgin" crap. Since Mom was often called Ginny I didn't realize people out there would have such a hard time pronouncing it. Honestly, I don't get how folks come up with the "guinea" thing, but I've gotten calls from school to discuss my DD "Jennifer" never "Virginia". I swear some people just don't pay attention.

My youngest DD is Jonnie Lee. Her father's name is John Edward and one day when I was pregnant I looked at his check and saw John E. *******. We thought I was going to have a boy and I didn't want to do the Jr. or II thing so we figured Johnny Lee(a variation of mine) would be nice. When the 7 mth ultrasound showed that the baby had a brain rather than a penis we decided to just changed the spelling. I KNEW 2 GIRLS WITH THE NAME JONNIE, OK. Funny thing, a boy named John that she went to daycare with at about 5 told his parents not to call him Johnny anymore b/c that is a "girl's name."

Now my oldest goes by Liona and my youngest is slowly changing to Lee. I really don't mind. I hated my name also so whatever. I do think it is really cool that both of them now sound like they are honoring me with them.

And just to prove what an absolute A** BioDad was...My oldest sister was given a first name with a capital V and D. Once again, Dad knew what VD was, Mom did not.

I loved mine until britney spears came along - now it's just a stripper name even though i have an extra "t" Of course i love it when peopel tell me i spell my name wrong - no i am sorry there is no "a" and yes i know britney only spells hers with one "t" the funny thing was i was ALMOST "brittney jean" - both grandmothers and mother have the middle name of jean - but ended up with nicole instead.