# People That Look Like Their First Names
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 14, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666 "2005-12-14T23:47:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/21 "2005-12-15T09:08:35Z")
I don’t know. Do I look like an Anastasia?
My best friend in high school insisted I looked like a Roberta. However, this is also a fellow with the perfectly lovely name of Adam, which suited him, and he enjoyed being “renamed” by a friend as “Willie”. So, as best friends, we may have been Adam and Stasia to everyone around us, but secretly, we were Willie and Roberta.
My picture’s in my sig.
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### Author:  [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/22 "2005-12-15T11:42:34Z")
[Me (the girl!)](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/Anguaastronomer/P0806_182957.jpg). So, what would you call me?
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/23 "2005-12-15T12:28:34Z")
> [@trublmakr](#):
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> I wonder, how did I know what they were going to be like when I named them? Or maybe now that I know them I associate their qualities with their names.
From your descriptions, I think you associate the qualities with the names. I can sort of agree with you on “Jamie” but the other two you’re WAY off on. ‘Scott’, to me, is just about the opposite of stoic and mature. That name always conjures up a dark haired smiley teen, about to get into trouble. And I can’t even imagine a strawberry blond “Nathan.”
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### Author:  [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/24 "2005-12-15T12:52:54Z")
**Fern Forest** , I’d have said “Rick”. Definitely wouldn’t have guessed the true name in a million years.
**Marley23** , I’m going with “Septimus”. Kidding.
I know I’ve given my name out on the boards before, but not frequently, so I’m going to see what you folks have to say about it. I don’t think I look like my name; I don’t think _anybody_ really looks like my name, but least of all the folks it most often belongs to. That’s all right, though, I like it anyway.
[It’s not Roland (in case you were wondering)](http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpp7cw.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/25 "2005-12-15T14:16:46Z")
> [@Misnomer](#):
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> I think I look like a “[Jenny](http://www.flickr.com/photos/misnomer971/sets/603396/).” I’ve always thought that my name suited me. 🙂
Nope, you’re not me! 😃
I don’t know if I look like a “Meena” or not as I haven’t seen too many Meenas (one’s a cousin and two actresses), but the weirdest thing is, the biggest case of mistaken identity I get is being called **Judy**. WTH?? I do \*not \* look like a Judy.
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/26 "2005-12-15T14:58:49Z")
> [@Athena](#):
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> I can’t even imagine a strawberry blond “Nathan.”
I can. He’s a college freshman, in the south or the midwest, stocky, working on a vandyke, wears Skechers year-round and really long shorts in the summer, and goes to a megachurch, where he plays in the praise band.
**Misnomer** , you’re a Jenny, but you’re also a Leah.
\*\*Antigen/b] is more of a Jennifer. Classic Jennifer.
**Diosa** reminds me of a Laurel.
**Sausage** : Janine.
**TMINC** : Sandy.
**Marley** : Marc with a c.
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/27 "2005-12-15T15:04:55Z")
Now [Paul](http://static.flickr.com/30/49745255_a934d2ae83.jpg). Who’s he look like?
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### Author:  [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/28 "2005-12-15T15:21:36Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#):
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> Now [Paul](http://static.flickr.com/30/49745255_a934d2ae83.jpg). Who’s he look like?
Like a Glenn.
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/29 "2005-12-15T20:48:19Z")
I don’t know if I look like my name, but I’m the [red](http://www.geocities.com/maeriwyn/MegJessie.JPG) [head](http://www.geocities.com/maeriwyn/shanjess.jpg). Both those pictures are at least three years old, but I don’t look much different.
And those of you who look at file names can figure out what my name is pretty easily. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Rhinocerous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhinocerous)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/30 "2005-12-15T21:51:52Z")
> [@Draelin](#):
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> I don’t know if I look like my name, but I’m the [red](http://www.geocities.com/maeriwyn/MegJessie.JPG) [head](http://www.geocities.com/maeriwyn/shanjess.jpg). Both those pictures are at least three years old, but I don’t look much different.
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> And those of you who look at file names can figure out what my name is pretty easily. 🙂
Regina
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### Author:  [@Rhinocerous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhinocerous)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/31 "2005-12-15T21:56:39Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#):
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> Now [Paul](http://static.flickr.com/30/49745255_a934d2ae83.jpg). Who’s he look like?
Ed
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### Author:  [@Rhinocerous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhinocerous)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/32 "2005-12-15T22:03:43Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#):
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> **Fern Forest** , I’d have said “Rick”. Definitely wouldn’t have guessed the true name in a million years.
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> **Marley23** , I’m going with “Septimus”. Kidding.
>
> I know I’ve given my name out on the boards before, but not frequently, so I’m going to see what you folks have to say about it. I don’t think I look like my name; I don’t think _anybody_ really looks like my name, but least of all the folks it most often belongs to. That’s all right, though, I like it anyway.
>
> [It’s not Roland (in case you were wondering)](http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cpp7cw.jpg)
You look like a Jason.
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### Author:  [@Rhinocerous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhinocerous)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/33 "2005-12-15T22:05:01Z")
> [@Angua](#):
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> [Me (the girl!)](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b394/Anguaastronomer/P0806_182957.jpg). So, what would you call me?
Elizabeth
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### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/34 "2005-12-15T22:06:52Z")
> [@Rhinocerous](#):
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> You look like a Jason.
I’m going to have to agree. He _does_ look like a Jason.
I, however, am not named Regina, mostly because it would sound downright _dirty_ when paired with my last name. 😃
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### Author:  [@Rhinocerous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhinocerous)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/35 "2005-12-15T22:25:16Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> Huh, I was gonna say Steve.
Jared
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### Author:  [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/36 "2005-12-15T22:51:24Z")
I do not think I look like a Lynn, but… [that’s my name](http://www.rinni.iputthedotinthe.com/images/nov05/IM000927.JPG).
[Another](http://www.rinni.iputthedotinthe.com/images/oct03/smirk2.jpg).
I’ve usually got rainbow hair of some sort. If you look closely, you can see the washed-out blue streaks. Lynn is such a boring name, no offense to any other Lynns. Maybe I make up for my boring name with an effervescent personality!
;j
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### Author:  [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/37 "2005-12-15T23:06:55Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#):
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> I figure I can’t be ‘Angel’ (my nickname), because I don’t look nearly enough like a stripper (much to the dismay of my ex boyfriends). I think Angelique is quite fitting.
Hey!
My sister’s name is Angel. And she doesn’t look like a stripper.
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### Author:  [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/38 "2005-12-16T01:54:19Z")
OK, I’ll play. For the record, I apparently look like Stephanie, Kathy, Kate, and one person even told me I looked like an Amanda, which happens to be my middle name.
[Who do I look like?](http://photobucket.com/albums/a182/Harimad-sol/?action=view¤t=tkelly.jpg) Wouldn’t you know it, I’m wearing that shirt today.
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/39 "2005-12-16T02:29:17Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#):
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> OK, I’ll play. For the record, I apparently look like Stephanie, Kathy, Kate, and one person even told me I looked like an Amanda, which happens to be my middle name.
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> [Who do I look like?](http://photobucket.com/albums/a182/Harimad-sol/?action=view¤t=tkelly.jpg) Wouldn’t you know it, I’m wearing that shirt today.
You’re kind of hard. But I’d agree that you look like a Kathy, I think. Or a Christine.
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### Author:  [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-look-like-their-first-names/335666/40 "2005-12-16T03:31:43Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#):
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> Hey!
>
> My sister’s name is Angel. And she doesn’t look like a stripper.
Hey, nothing person. And plus, if your sister DID look like a stripper, I bet you’d get WAY better Christmas presents.
What?
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