# Seriously. What's Your First Name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994 "2014-02-23T02:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/41 "2014-02-23T12:18:53Z")
Peter ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/42 "2014-02-23T12:57:34Z")
Julia ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/43 "2014-02-23T13:04:33Z")
Kathleen. (Emily is my middle name and the name people call me.) ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/44 "2014-02-23T13:28:47Z")
David. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/45 "2014-02-23T14:40:49Z")
Oh, are we on a first name basis now? Are we familial? Are we friends? I don’t think so. You may address me as, sir. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/46 "2014-02-23T15:20:44Z")
Emily ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/47 "2014-02-23T15:21:13Z")
Judy. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/48 "2014-02-23T15:22:22Z")
Jim; which many on the board already knew. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/49 "2014-02-23T15:30:55Z")
Bob. Duh… ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/50 "2014-02-23T15:36:30Z")
I am **El Conquistador**. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/51 "2014-02-23T16:14:42Z")
Mike ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/52 "2014-02-23T16:22:23Z")
A gentleman never asks. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/53 "2014-02-23T16:40:53Z")
Donna ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/54 "2014-02-23T16:55:38Z")
Elizabeth, Beth to most folks. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/55 "2014-02-23T17:08:12Z")
I don’t mean to TS here, but is anyone else uncomfortable with these threads that ask for a piece of personal information most of us would otherwise guard from public posts? No, telling us your first name is pretty harmless. But about once a week a thread wants to know some other fun personal fact - what city were you born in? what’s the name of your street? How many kids do you have? - etc. Since all of these answers become a permanent part of the googleverse, anyone from the OPs to a random Doper to anyone with a browser can assemble a pretty clear portrait of those who respond, even make a positive ID, which (as some of the responses in this thread indicate to me) is not wanted. Many of us are pretty free with life and employment and family details, but there is still a level of masking because we all know 62.5% of Dopers are murderous stalkers, as are 99.9% of Google users. Repeated requests for these deeper, guarded, and more narrowly identifying data concern me. Just sayin’. - — Nunny\* ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/56 "2014-02-23T17:58:37Z")
Larry (same situation as EmilyG, _supra)_ ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/57 "2014-02-23T18:25:58Z")
Rebecca. Use it to axe-murder me at your will. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/58 "2014-02-23T19:18:50Z")
Um…Ellen ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/59 "2014-02-23T21:54:14Z")
Michael ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/60 "2014-02-23T21:55:20Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I don’t mean to TS here, but is anyone else uncomfortable with these threads that ask for a piece of personal information most of us would otherwise guard from public posts? > > No, telling us your first name is pretty harmless. But about once a week a thread wants to know some other fun personal fact - what city were you born in? what’s the name of your street? How many kids do you have? - etc. Since all of these answers become a permanent part of the googleverse, anyone from the OPs to a random Doper to anyone with a browser can assemble a pretty clear portrait of those who respond, even make a positive ID, which (as some of the responses in this thread indicate to me) is not wanted. > > Many of us are pretty free with life and employment and family details, but there is still a level of masking because we all know 62.5% of Dopers are murderous stalkers, as are 99.9% of Google users. Repeated requests for these deeper, guarded, and more narrowly identifying data concern me. > > Just sayin’. > > - — Nunny\* Alright, alright, I’ll stop pointing the gun at your head and let you go. This time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994.md?page=4)