I want to change my name to Jen or Jennifer. All of the Jens I know seem to have great luck with men. Guys I meet always have the great girlfriend or wife named Jen.
It’s also cute (nauseating) when these guys call the girl Jenny. Just thinking about this because this guy I email with for work was just talking about his wife Jen.
Sometimes I want the Jens of this world to go away.
Is there a name that you’d like to have to improve your luck?
This may be the stupidest thread I’ve ever started, anywhere. Oh well.
All I know is that in 1989, when I was a senior in high school, the name Jen was so popular that there were seven of them in my Spanish class of around 20 students.
So I guess I have a different experience with Jens.
In a high school class of 89 people, we had 8 Jennifers, and many more in the other 3 classes in the school. They were all known by their first and last names, even to their faces.
“Hey there Jennifer Clarke! How’s tricks?”
“Not too bad. Wanna ride to the party tonight with me and Jennifer Sirrine?”
I like the name Jennifer. But, I think people’s personalities adapt to fit their names, as they’re growing up. (No, I don’t have any damn cites. This is my own home-grown, half-assed theory based purely on my own observations.) So, it may, or may not, fit you.
There’s something really disconcerting about meeting a woman with really elegant, refined manners and learning her name is Bertha. Or, Muffy. Conversely, an oil rig worker named Tiffany would seem out of place. No offence intended to any Bertha’s, Muffy’s, or Tiffany’s.
I’ve noticed the kind of name pervasion (NOT perversion) you’re referring to, previously. For a while, it seemed like all wives of pro baseball players were name Debbie.
Of course, I’m one of 8 Dave’s (I’m D4, if you care) at work, so maybe I notice these things more than some people would.
no, I’ve never wanted to change my name to improve my luck.
My name is an extremely common name where I come from. The English equivalent of Anne, probably. I used to hate my name with a vengeance.
Where I’m living now, though, nobody’s ever heard it before, and I’ve received a lot of compliments about it (a lot of jokes aswell, but all in good humour), so I’ve started to appriciate my name a bit more…
you seem to believe that Nomen est Omen, Latin for you are what your name is.
For what it’s worth, I don’t particularly like the name Jennifer
I couldn’t change my name to Jen… my SIL is Jennifer as are 5 of my friends… seems I have an exclusive circle of Jennifers…
Oh and if you call one of the Jen’s Jenny she will kill you. I actually know none of them like to be called Jenny but she in particular takes offense! We’ve had long rant sessions about some moron or another who deigned to call her Jenny.
Hmm… a little off topic, but I thought I’d share this.
I went to high school with a girl named “Jen”. Not short for Jenny, Jennifer, etc. Just “Jen”. Her last name was “Nee”. This was right after Forest Gump came out. I felt so sorry for her.
Of course it seems like all the men are taken by Jennifers. There are so many of them! It was the single most popular name for something like 20 years running before it was finally mercifully edged out by Emily. There is a reason a popular baby naming book was titled Beyond Jennifer and Jason.
Don’t change your name to Jennifer. Believe me. Don’t. I won’t tell you exactly why I have this strong opinion, but let’s just say carlotta is not my real name.
That said, there is something to the theory that some names are sexier than others, and there is no doubt that some names are clunkers.
For a good idea of some non-Jen options read the above mentioned book.
I knew a Jennifer who went by “Nej” (pronounced nedge, “Jen” spelled backwards). That was how important it was for her to stand out from the crowd. Nej, if you’re reading this, how’s it goin’, ya’ freak?
My name is Jennifer and it drives me nuts sometimes… I went to camp one year, only to find out 8 of my 14 bunk mates were also “Jen, Jenny, Jennifer…”… and trust me, having the name Jennifer has nothing to do in having an edge on dating…
I do not need to change my name, I am a Jennifer or a Jenn, not Jenny - or (Jenny from the Block). I use to hate my name - cause everyone was named Jennifer when I was born, but I am good with it.
In my high school we had the same thing, but with Jessicas. There were 4 just on the cheerleading squad (of 12 girls), and countless more in the rest of the school.
I am a Jennifer. I have attempted to go by Jeffie. (Short for Jeffiner.) There is only one person in the world who calls me Jenny on a regular basis. I’m not particularly fond of that version of the name.
Also, when I’m a Jenn, I have two n’s. I don’t like “Jen.”
My school had a graduating class of about 125. In that group there were five Jennifers. We all went by Jennifer Lastname, as Motorgirl described.
