# Post your first name here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471 "2000-08-07T21:11:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/41 "2000-08-08T00:01:16Z")
bear ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/42 "2000-08-08T00:05:28Z")
Jeff, pronounced “JAY-eff.” ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/43 "2000-08-08T00:08:16Z")
Brenda ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/44 "2000-08-08T00:17:15Z")
Kara (and it rhymes with Sara not Lara) ---
**Author:** ![dubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dubs)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/45 "2000-08-08T00:19:44Z")
I’m Deborah to some, Debbie to others,and Dubs to my dad. When I meet someone new, they’ll sometimes ask if I prefer Deborah or Debbie. Usually I say whichever you like best because I’ve noticed no matter what I tell them that I prefer, they’ll usually call me what THEY prefer. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/46 "2000-08-08T00:20:14Z")
Jason. Yeah, I know, y’all are disappointed that “Max” isn’t my real name… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/47 "2000-08-08T00:21:34Z")
Ayla. Absolutely nobody uses it. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/48 "2000-08-08T00:26:40Z")
Mark (which surprisingly was a very uncommon name until high school) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/49 "2000-08-08T00:43:09Z")
Jasper. [sup](I understand that this means we need to break out the banjos now, in the US ;))[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Sands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@Sands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sands)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/50 "2000-08-08T00:43:48Z")
Hi. My name is Marilyn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/51 "2000-08-08T00:51:27Z")
Crosby comin’ at ya! ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/52 "2000-08-08T00:57:55Z")
loverboy ---
**Author:** ![Agentakbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Agentakbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agentakbar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/53 "2000-08-08T00:58:36Z")
Inigo. Guess what you did? Guess what you should prepare to do? ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/54 "2000-08-08T01:03:18Z")
Jill ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/55 "2000-08-08T01:19:53Z")
Aaron ;j ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/56 "2000-08-08T01:25:58Z")
Cindi (with two i’s) Isn’t that precious? I started spelling it this way when I was 13 and full of myself. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/57 "2000-08-08T01:40:36Z")
Robert. Though I was called, and still am by some, Robbie from birth. I now generally go by Rob, or “That Big Hairy Guy”. ---
**Author:** ![Nika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba9def/32.png) [@Nika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nika)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/58 "2000-08-08T01:53:56Z")
Rachel… but I think that I already told you this. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/59 "2000-08-08T01:54:01Z")
Vincent. But you can call me Vince. Or dude, or Your Majesty, or whatever you like. Just don’t call me late for dinner. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/60 "2000-08-08T02:03:02Z")
Hi, I’m Michelle. How do you like me so far? I’m really not that arrogant - just a little loopy from lack of sleep, but that’s a boring story that no one wants to hear… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471.md?page=4)