# Anyone else moderately uncomfortable being around people with your first name? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647 "2008-03-25T05:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647/81 "2008-03-28T21:32:51Z")
[QUOTE=gaffa] I’m a Chris as well. I’m fine with that, even though I’m male and named after an AUNT Chris. [/QUOTE] My youngest sister, Jessie (_not_ Jessica), is named after our great-grand_father_, Jesse 😛 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647/82 "2008-03-29T02:59:53Z")
My name is Geoffrey and I have never met another one. Growing up, my best friend was Jeff, and I used the long version of the name to avoid confusion since we were always together. I’ve met several Jeff’s, but I don’t think I even know anyone who goes by Jeffrey. I’m quite used to hearing people say “Jeff” around me, which may or may not be directed at me, but I _always_ think that when I hear “Geoffrey” (or Jeffrey) that they’re talking to me. But the only time that it wasn’t was when people were watching _12 Monkeys_ in another room. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647/83 "2008-03-29T03:59:47Z")
My name is somewhat popular for girls my age, and although it used to bug me in an I’m-so-not-unique way as a teenager, now, I find that I automatically feel a bit closer to people with my name, kind of like, “They know what it’s like to be a [name I’m too paranoid to reveal despite being common] too!” Plus, all sorts of mildly humorous shenanigans are possible when people with the same name are flocked together. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647/84 "2008-03-29T05:12:42Z")
My first name is Nick (Nicholas), and in my generation (I was born in the early 60’s) it was a fairly uncommon name. I don’t think I’ve _ever_ met someone else my general age named Nick, only younger people in their 20’s or less, so it pretty much hasn’t come up. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647/85 "2008-03-29T05:21:03Z")
Hmm. “Nicholas” was the 153rd most popular boy’s name in the U.S. in 1960, and moved up to 149th in 1965. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647/86 "2008-03-29T06:59:46Z")
1 in 306 (153 x 2, since your 153 statistic is for males) persons my age shares my name. My high school had 1500 people in it, so there were likely 5 people with my name. I don’t recall meeting them. I don’t recall meeting someone with my name in my age group since then. in 2006, Nicholas was the 17th most popular male name in the United States (or 34th including females). Wouldn’t you say that this is a more common name than in the early 60’s? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647/87 "2008-03-29T07:47:41Z")
Hell, Clifford and Reginald were more popular in 1960 than “Nicholas”. How many Reginalds or Cliffords have you met, ever? Same here. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647/88 "2008-03-29T09:46:49Z")
My name is not as common as the longer version of it seems to be. I have met only two other true Tinas, the rest have all been Christina that use Tina as the shortened version. I like my name and the other two true Tinas I met also shared the same middle name so it felt like a club. I remember at work many years ago there was a Christina that went by Tina. One of my co-workers came to me and started right off about some issue and I just stared at him as my eyes started to glass over. He stopped blubbering when it dawned on him he was talking to the wrong Tina. At least he thought of me first. I am now the only Tina at work. We have a boat load of Lindas and Bobs though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-moderately-uncomfortable-being-around-people-with-your-first-name/442647.md?page=4)