QUESTION: If you could choose your own first name, what would you name yourself? Or would you keep your current first name?
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QUESTION: If you could choose your own first name, what would you name yourself? Or would you keep your current first name?
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You actually can …. a formal name change is made fairly often … you need to go to court and file appropriate papers but it is done regularly …. DMV sees it all the time with vehicle title / registration changes, drivers licenses, ID cards, etc.
My father’s name was Claude. My mother wanted to name me Claude Jr,and he said “absolutely not”, since heIt’ had hated his name ever since he learned that it meant lame, or crippled, in French. They then settled on a name that I’ve always been happy with. It’s easy to pronounce and not so common that multiple hands would go up in a classroom when the teacher would call it.
The most common name for males is “John”. It’s a fine name, but there can be several in the same room. That accounts for the joke that Johns are everywhere until you really need one. Anyway, I won’t be mentioning my own first name here.
Senator.
That would be so advantageous when waiting to be seated at a restaurant or dinner show.
I’ll stick with what I have. My Mom and Dad determined this should be my name; I will not question it.
K-Y
Now, there’s a résumé enhancement!
Thought about naming one of my kids “Lastname.” When he’s asked his fullname, he’ll reply “Lastname Barbosa.” And thus beigns an Abbott and Costello routine.
My relationship with my name is a little complicated. Growing up in Denmark I didn’t like it. It was so common even though I went to a small country school there were several with the same name. When at age 18 was a boarding school, I had 3 girlfriends with the same name. My mother mentioned she wanted to name me Susanne, both was talked out of it. I would have liked that a lot more, or Charlotte or Liselotte, keep in mind the pronunciation in Danish is different than in English. American’s have trouble pronouncing my name, they call me Hane or Hanni, so even though I spell it correctly I ask people to call me Hanna. Everyone at Macy’s called me Hanna. Now I like my name better it is not so common and I always liked Hanna better than Hanne.