# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/61 "2000-08-08T02:04:54Z")
Briana, sounds like Zyada, which rhymes with Miata. And I answer to both, or Breezy. (but only Mom calls me that anymore) ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/62 "2000-08-08T02:05:15Z")
Natasha, but I personally prefer Tasha. It’s shorter, and it’s cuter than the first name, although I have gotten some pretty strange nicknames. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/63 "2000-08-08T02:09:27Z")
another Sarah Silver\_fire & SmoothOperator have you ever noticed that if you tell people it has an H they spell it Shara? I hate that. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/64 "2000-08-08T02:12:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ssskuggiii \* > \*\*Natasha, but I personally prefer Tasha. It’s shorter, and it’s cuter than the first name, although I have gotten some pretty strange nicknames. \*\* Yes, and most of those, I think, are independent of your first name. At least, the nicknames I’ve given you . . . ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/65 "2000-08-08T02:12:35Z")
Uhhh, Robin. I spell it with a y to avoid gender confusion. I also hate Batman jokes. Robin ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/66 "2000-08-08T02:17:41Z")
You’re kidding, right? **Shara**?!? P.S.: I like your handle, by the way… ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/67 "2000-08-08T02:21:51Z")
My _cat’s_ name is Inigo! Neat! (As you might guess, I always thought it was a neat name.) There’s pix of him on my web pages, of course. And, in case my sig line doesn’t give it away for yah… I’m Laura. ---
**Author:** ![Emilee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@Emilee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilee)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/68 "2000-08-08T02:24:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andygirl \* > \*\*Kristen. andy is from my middle name, which is Anderson. > > Kristen was a common as dirt name at my school. There were five or six in my grade alone, and once I was in a health class where there were four Kristens. The most surrealistic moment of that class was when the teacher said, “Kristen, get rid of your gum” and all four of us stood up. Weird. > > andygirl \*\* My name is Emilee, which is incredibly common in my area (though it is usually spelled Emily.) When I was in fifth grade I was on a softball team with three other Emil(ee)(y)s. Three of us were in the outfield, one was the catcher. Imagine the confusion when someone shouted “Emily, its yours!” ---
**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/69 "2000-08-08T02:26:45Z")
Cracker. :D:D Just kidding. Actually it’s Pat. But my friends call me, well, Pat. ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/70 "2000-08-08T03:17:44Z")
I’m also Kristen. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/71 "2000-08-08T03:20:12Z")
first: Justin middle: Kent Strangely, my friends all address me by my last name (see sig) ---
**Author:** ![jjjfishe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jjjfishe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjjfishe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/72 "2000-08-08T03:27:24Z")
JESSICA ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/73 "2000-08-08T04:33:54Z")
Jacqueline. I am very proud of having a first name with the letter “q” in it. I think that makes me very special. 😉 However, too many people just automatically call me “Jackie”, which pisses me off. I only tolerate close family to calling me that. So, in order to avoid being called “Jackie”, I only go by my initials. If people don’t know my first name, they can’t put a nickname to it. ---
**Author:** ![TaleraRis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@TaleraRis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaleraRis)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/74 "2000-08-08T04:57:54Z")
Candace, but I hate it. And everyone spells it Candice. That’s annoying. If I had my choice I really _would_ be Talera, or Sabrina. Or maybe Verity. Just something a lot prettier and with a lot more style. Oh and Virgil, I love that name. I’ve got a thing for the older male names like Virgil and Ambrose and Jules. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/75 "2000-08-08T05:01:55Z")
Dan. ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/76 "2000-08-08T05:04:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > \*\*Kara (and it rhymes with Sara not Lara) \*\* Kara is my daughter’s name too. I have got to say, I don’t think there is a single other Kara in her whole school. My name is Dana. I always thought that my parents purposefully gave me a guy’s name just to screw up my whole life. Why didn’t they name me Kimberly, which was supposedly their other choice? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/77 "2000-08-08T05:10:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ssskuggiii \* > > \*\*Natasha, but I personally prefer Tasha. It’s shorter, and it’s cuter than the first name, although I have gotten some pretty strange nicknames. \*\* > > Yes, and most of those, I think, are independent of your first name. At least, the nicknames I’ve given you . . . \*\* Don’t get into all my nicknames now. There’s too many of them. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/78 "2000-08-08T05:15:52Z")
Katya. Some people call me Katie or Kat. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/79 "2000-08-08T06:02:21Z")
Hello there, Kevin here. I also go by “KC”. Or . . . - **NM** ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2000, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471/80 "2000-08-08T06:23:23Z")
Karyn here. Yes, with a ‘y’. Pleased to meetcha. Nicknames, now that’s a whole 'nother kettle of fish. I have several nicknames. Tigger\, Rice Krispies \, Chela, purplebear \, and the most recent one is nursebear\ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-first-name-here/28471.md?page=5)