Is your name Rex?
It’s Daisy.
And I’m a Sarah with an H, who doesn’t get why you would spell it without! 
I’ve always liked the name…it’s a classic, and it wears well. Never really goes out of style (although in '67 when I was born, it was not super popular). And I don’t mind there not being a nickname. My parents called me Sally when I was little, but that faded away and I like that no one has to kind of guess what to call me. My sister has a name with various nickname options, and she is often called by one that she doesn’t like. So, overall, I consider myself lucky on the name front.
whats in a name? i really wouldn’t care if my name was Rumpelstiltskin and, unless they’re kids, can’t fathom anyone else caring either
I haven’t the faintest clue what the etymology of that last name is, but it ain’t Polish. edit: I’m willing to bet that spelling isn’t exactly correct. I can’t find any hit anywhere to that last name. Nothing fruitful on Google except for this site, nothing on the Social Security Death Index.
I like my name, but everyone…and I mean EVERYONE misspells it! On the upside I can go " Just call me Torrie “Different” Spelling"
I hate my first name, Jeff[rey]. I’ve never brought it up to people, but I really do not like it. Z or maybe Zero would be preferred (though again, I’ve never asked anyone to call me that, I should try). If I had to pick an “actual” name I’d use Isaac.
My last name is similarly bad, it’s Lithuanian, and most people can’t pronounce it. I’d prefer to not have a last name at all, actually. If you put 2 and 2 together, yes, that does mean that my preferred name would be a single character. Deal with it. The only reason (other than difficulty) that I don’t try for it is that I’m 98% certain that it would make forms (especially automated online forms) a bitch to fill out. Hell, Facebook won’t even let me enter Z as a name (considers it too short). Not to mention that people would probably throw job applications out with that name if discussions around here and that report I saw on TV are any indicator.
Tis the same pronunciation, though it never ceases to amaze me how many people pronounce it as if it rhymes with “starry”. I guess not many people are familiar with Shari Lewis or Shari Belafonte (?)
I spent most of my childhood having my name mispronounced by new teachers and hated it as a result. As I grew up, though, I learned to love it and most people pronounce it correctly now (no thanks to a certain military man with the last name of Powell).
I don’t know about Ms. Belafonte, but didn’t Shari Lewis pronounce it Sha-ree, with the first syllable having the same vowel sound as cat (I would have said like the name Sharon, but I think some people pronounce that to rhyme with “heron”.)?
As for my own name, I’m very happy with it. I did go through a phase where I wished it was spelled Katherine rather than Kathryn, but that was 20+ years ago.
I guess this goes back to the old “merry” marry" “Mary” debate. The only people I ever hear say it the way you mentioned are east coasters. I pronounce “marry” and “Mary” the same way and my name is meant to rhyme with both of those.
Heh, I wasn’t expecting an answer, but thanks! Daisy is a totally cute name. I always think Dazy when I hear it, which is a good thing (to me).
My name is David, which I’m not too thrilled about. There’s always another David everywhere I go. Not only that, but everyone seems to think they’re entitled to call you “Dave” as well. And personally, I can’t stand when someone calls me Dave… It just sounds so front-row Nascar tickets-y. Matters are not helped by the fact when I learned to write, my parents taught me to sign my name as “Dave.” Well, I’m in my mid-twenties now, and it’s still a deeply ingrained. I sign “Dave” for everything, and then subsequently shudder when someone pronounces it.
I prefer to be called Milo, which I derived from my last name. My last name happens to sound similar to a certain famous Serbian war criminal’s (no relation!). Incidentally, I’m actually one of 20 or so people in the entire country (maybe the world?! who knows!) with the surname, as it is a misspelling of my grandfather’s original last name made during his immigration to the US.
Proverbs 22:1 New International Version
Pleased to meet you. I’m Aaron Nicholas XXXXX.
I like the name Aaron. It’s Biblical, but not excessively so (like Zedekiah or something). It’s not trendy (like Jason), but it’s not obscure (like Herkimer).
Nicholas I can take or leave. I learned that I was originally slated to be named Nicholas Aaron XXXXX, but Pappahomie changed his mind at the last minute, for reasons that he is cagey about.
My last name… blows. It lends itself to ridicule. Plus, my dad’s side of the family is… colorful… so a lot of people, when hearing my name, immediately say “Are you related to Soandso XXXXXX?” And 9 times out of 10, I am. :eek:
Heh. My sisters’ names are Sarah and Catherine. My parents told me awhile back that, if I’d been born a girl, they would’ve named me Elizabeth.
I like my name, William, a lot. Of course everyone thinks they oughta change it to Bill or Will or Billy or whatever in conversation, but I prefer the full name.
I have two middle names because I was named after a cousin who died not long before I was born. My parents took his three names, first, middle and last, put our family name at the end, and boom, I had four names. Since my initials start with a “W,” they look like a radio station…
My name is Rachael and I think it is awesome. The only time I was ever less than pleased with my name was when I briefly considered marrying a man with the last name Rambo. Thank the FSM I reconsidered (name issues aside, he was an ass.) Rachael Rambo sounds like something Scooby-Doo would say. My current fiance has a lovely last name that works wonderfully with Rachael so I am super excited about that.
I am a Lisa, and I have always disliked it. It was apparently a common name when I was born (witness Elvis’ daughter, also a Lisa Marie, born around the same time). There were always more than one Lisa in the class, which meant I was saddled with the dreaded “last name initial” added to differentiate me from Lisa G. or Lisa B.
Lisa sounds to me like I should be a blonde cheerleader; too perky a name for a grown-up businesswoman to be taken seriously.
My maiden name was very Italian and very difficult to spell; when I got married I was relieved to change it to something simpler. Now that I am divorcing, I have been told I can choose a new name for free as part of the divorce decree. I don’t want to go back to the difficult maiden name, and don’t want to keep the married one. I want something easy to remember and spell. I’ve been considering “Disney”.
I am old enough that we were named Bob, John, Mary ,and common names like that. It is hard to get angry about a common name. Also hard to like it.
How about “Simpson”?
My name is Cynthia but it isn’t me at all. I’ve gone by Cyndi for most of my life and before that, Cindy. I chose to change the spelling of my nickname because I thought it made more sense.
I’ve always been okay with my name, but there’s this girl I know named Liesl, and I think that’s about the coolest name ever. Oddly she does not agree!