A rose by any other name...

[corknut]

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My name's Hannah, and I actually do really like it. There are other names that I like better, but none of them really seem to... fit me, I guess? The only other name that I can think of that doesn't seem un-me is Miriam (one of my aunt's names), but I don't really like it as much.

I've never really thought about changing my name. I've always been Hannah (except when I'm Iddy :P), and I can't imagine being anyone else.

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[century-fox.livejournal.com]

I LIKE YOUR NAME BECAUSE IT IS A PALINDROME AND THAT IS WIN.

I actually don't like my real name, but I've accepted it now- even though I wish it was different, it's been my name for almost 20 years now and I know it would confuse everyone around me if I changed it (plus, there isn't one specific name that I really want to change it to) I like Cinna as a nickname, but I wouldn't want it as my actual name, idk. /weirdness.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

AND THERE'S THAT, TOO! I actually really like that aspect; it's pretty cool. idk.

There's a character in a book that I read recently (The Hunger Games) whose name is Cinna. It kept making me think of you! XD

[grapewhine.livejournal.com]

OUR NAMES MEAN THE SAME THE THING. THEREFORE, YOU MUST NEVER CHANGE IT.

[banerry.livejournal.com]

WE ARE SOUL SISTERS NOW

[lime-yay.livejournal.com]

OMG I JUST READ THE HUNGER GAMES AND I THOUGHT THE SAME THING! I really liked that book, by the way.

Yeah, your own name is a weird. For me, it's the opposite of Cinna. I like my name, and I think it's pretty, but I don't know if it suits me. But it is easy to stereotype names and not stereotype yourself.

Don't you hate when people have your name? I've known flocks of Sarahs, but I couldn't imagine being on more than just friendly terms with an Emily. There's a certain, oh cool, we have the same name, you're pretty nice. But I don't want to be same room with you.

I know a guy who is 20 who is changing his name from John to Marcus. We've talked rather in-depthly about the challenges he will have to overcome, and what it will change about his self-identity.

~Limey

[banerry.livejournal.com]

XD I was actually pretty surprised when he turned out to be a guy.

Emily is actually one of my favorite names, so I'm actually kind of jealous of you for having it, even though (as I said in my main entry) I wouldn't ever change mine. XD And I kind of know what you mean about the "people with the same name" thing-- I don't hate it or anything, but it can get a little confusing sometimes. Plus, eventually, people would start calling you by your first name plus your last initial, and I'd rather be just "Hannah" than "Hannah P.". :P Weirdly enough, the only other Hannah in my high school class was also a "Hannah P.". We had an "Anna P.", too. And when I was a freshman all three of us were in the same social studies class.

"I know a guy who is 20 who is changing his name from John to Marcus. We've talked rather in-depthly about the challenges he will have to overcome, and what it will change about his self-identity."

That actually sounds really interesting, especially the self-identity part. I know a lot of people feel differently but I actually consider mine a large part of who I am.

[gussiki.livejournal.com]

In my grade nine gym class, we had four Jons. Two of them had the same last initial. We just called them by their full names, or just their last names.

[gussiki.livejournal.com]

My own name's always been a bit of a weird thing, mostly because I don't have an "English" name or nickname. My legal name's just my Chinese name, spelled out (as closely as possible) with Roman letters.

My name's been butchered in pronunciation (which is particularly annoying, since it's supposed to be completely phonetic) and in writing (chopping parts of my name off, messing with the spelling and punctuation yes punctuation, this is one of the reasons I'd fail the Mary-Sue Litmus Test, not being able to put my name on forms because of aforementioned punctuation, getting irritated when the "middle name" field is mandatory). And a lot of people frequently shorten my name, so I've gotten used to it and don't care any more.

On the other hand, though, I guess I don't have to deal with the confusion between using an "English nickname" and "official Chinese name." Some TAs have complained about students putting down their English names, because it's not actually in the system and the TAs can't enter the marks.

And I guess I don't have to deal with other people sharing my name. :P

[banerry.livejournal.com]

Forms with a mandatory "middle name" field? I've actually never seen any of those. That's kind of a ridiculous thing to have; I probably know more people without middle names than people with them.