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Yeah it's a popular name so obviously other people like it, it's just my opinion
So when you tell 'em off you can use their full name and be really parent-ey.
hmm does that make sense?
Trouble with that is that people decide they can't be arsed to say your whole name and call you whatever accepted nickname they wish.
I'm a Katherine and don't mind being called Kat, or Kitty, or K (or Kaff in the online world obv
It's like people just cannot conceive that I don't usually shorten my name because it is a name that has pet versions. I know a Victoria who has similar issues.
Or 'right', as it's more commonly known
What about
Molly, Carina, Kylie, or Sarah. They are all old fashioned names but I like them:)
I'm a Bethany and people automatically call me Beth. My mum gets so outraged. 'She's a Bethany, not a Beth!' she says. 'If I wanted people to call you Beth, I would have called you Beth. You're a Bethany.'
But then, if I'm out and about and people ask my name (ie in a club where I will never see a person again) I always say 'Beth' because everyone thinks I'm called Becky or Beverely.
ARGH.
im Rianna, and i hate it so i prefer to be called Ri, but my dad willl NOT accept it! "Youre Rianna, thats the name we gave you, none of this Ri nonsense! lol
anyhoo, my future-girls names -
Meike [pronounced Mika]
Fae
Una
Chun-Li
I call my sister Bef (or Berf) and she hates it
I love my name (Frances) because it's fairly unique and unusual (in the sense that not a lot of people are called it these days) and I've only met maybe one or two in my life apart from me. But EVERYONE (even my grandad did once) spells it with an 'i'. I ARE NOT HAVING PENIS KTHX. And most people call me Fran or Franny which I haaaaate. Only certain people can call me by those names (namely my family). Then again, everyone always sticks an 'e' on Franki as well.
I actually love all my family's names because they are normal without being boring and they're all fairly unusual in that they're 'traditional' names and not a lot of people are named them as much anymore, plus I can make them into odd nicknames
Sorry, rambled a bit there
But by the way, I'm really annoyed by the parents who are like "We named you <long name> so you're not a <short name>." If people don't get to choose their own names, at least let them choose a shortened one!
Like people called me Luce or Lu... I wouldn't insist on being called Lucy.
I'd rather be called what I want to be called, not what other people prefer to call me
I'm Laura. Laura was really popular when I was a babba. At uni, there were about 5 of us called Laura in the same group.
As for girls names, I quite like Niamh, Freya, Lucy, Hannah, Amelia, Jessica, Rhiannon, Tamara, Alexis, Rebecca. Yanno, the normal names.
Working in a school sucks because there are lots of names that I like that I would never call our child. I love the name Olivia but I am currently teaching a horrible little girl called Olivia. Luckily it's more boys names that have been tarnished than girls names.
:yes:
Plus, in my case, my full name is only 2 syllables (in a local accent, anyway) so people should just suck it up.
Whatever someone introduces themselves as, that's what you should call them. It's just politeness.
I also like:
Melissa
Amelia
My name is Araminta - I've not met another yet.
I associate certain people with names too. So there are people I hate automatically without ever meeting them. They have to prove otherwise to me
*shrug* as to any other girls names.
I also like-
Poppy
Lilly
Elsa
Lottie-but not Charlotte
Millie
Well, you say that, but there is a child I know of called Rosemerry :eek:
I love my name, everyone knows how to spell it, and everyone can pronounce it, but it's still not actually that common. My family call me Katy, which is fine from them, but I hate if anyone else calls me that... I have been know to correct people at work who call me Katy. Oddly, the only question I hear quite often is "Is it short for Katherine?", which I actually find really odd, because I don't feel like it's related to the name Katherine at all, even though I know it is...
As for girls names I like, I'm not too sure, although I'm definitely a 'normal names' sort of person. Guess I should get thinking though really, will hopefully be starting a family in the not too distant future
Thankfully I've got an Irish surname, nothing jars more than an Irish forename with a very very English surname.
I like Aine pronounced (ornia) i think its beautiful but my other half said no way lol! I also like isabelle or isabella, but everyone is calling their little girl that at the moment.