# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Boricua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boricua/32/3225_2.png) [@Boricua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boricua)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/161 "2014-03-01T19:05:42Z")
Angel. In Puerto Rico no problem. In the states people don’t believe me. I’m 6’5 260lb btw ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/162 "2014-03-01T21:36:05Z")
> [@Boricua](#): > > Angel. In Puerto Rico no problem. In the states people don’t believe me. I’m 6’5 260lb btw Mexico is full of Jesuses, so I can believe Puerto Rico is full of Angels. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/163 "2014-03-01T22:05:38Z")
> [@Boricua](#): > > Angel. In Puerto Rico no problem. In the states people don’t believe me. I’m 6’5 260lb btw > [@Nobody](#): > > Mexico is full of Jesuses, so I can believe Puerto Rico is full of Angels. 😃 I’d think there would be plenty here familiar with Angel (no relation) Batista from Dexter. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/164 "2014-03-01T23:20:42Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Huh. I actually find it kind of weird that I’m the first Jessica in the thread–it’s one of the two most popular names for women my age (the other being Jennifer, which I will also answer to because it’s easier than explaining _again_ that my name is not Jennifer). And I’m a Jennifer, and I’m also very surprised to apparently be the first one in this thread. There’s _always_ another Jennifer. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/165 "2014-03-01T23:28:41Z")
Uh, Robin? I’m not shy about revealing my real name; if you do even a half-assed search, you’ll find it along with my hometown. I still leave some details off the board, however. A girl has to have _some_ mystery. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/166 "2014-03-01T23:54:49Z")
Lamon. Pronounced like Lay-mon. Odd and old family name. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/167 "2014-03-02T01:25:00Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Lamon. Pronounced like Lay-mon. Odd and old family name. Any relation?: [Ward Hill Lamon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hill_Lamon) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/168 "2014-03-02T05:05:51Z")
> [@Boricua](#): > > Angel. In Puerto Rico no problem. In the states people don’t believe me. I’m 6’5 260lb btw > [@Nobody](#): > > Mexico is full of Jesuses, so I can believe Puerto Rico is full of Angels. 😃 I met a few Hispanic male Angels in West Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/169 "2014-03-02T07:38:31Z")
I had an Hispanic male coworker named Angel years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/170 "2014-03-02T12:43:45Z")
Anna ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/171 "2014-03-02T17:49:51Z")
I have a lovely string of names, the first three of which most people either can’t spell or can’t pronounce. Fortunately my parents gave me a fourth which is easy enough and rarely gets butchered so that’s the one I use. It’s Andrea. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/172 "2014-03-02T18:26:39Z")
Kevin. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/173 "2014-03-03T03:10:19Z")
Rob. Tripler I am serious, and don’t call me “Shirley.” ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/174 "2014-03-03T05:59:01Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Rob. > > Tripler > I am serious, and don’t call me “Shirley.” Baseball tidbit: The Cubs once had a slugger named “Kiki” Cuyler; his real given names were Hazen Shirley. No wonder he took a nickname. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/175 "2014-03-03T19:51:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Any relation?: [Ward Hill Lamon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hill_Lamon) I’m afraid not. My family was not in the USA during the Civil War. As best as I have been able to figure it, both sides of my family came to the states in the 1880s. Too bad, as it would have been a cool story. It’d be right up there with the fact that I share a birthday with Rasputin and Mussolini! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/176 "2014-03-03T21:00:47Z")
Ah, thanks! He was a good guy. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/177 "2014-03-03T21:31:16Z")
^^^^^^^^ ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/178 "2014-03-04T12:11:34Z")
I’m sure you can guess mine. Though in real life I have had people actually, for real and not as a joke, guess that my first name is scifi. Or even Skiffy. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/179 "2014-03-04T16:07:22Z")
I am Tom. My _nom de guerre_ is DrumBum. Drat… Ninja’d by Treacherous Cretin. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-whats-your-first-name/681994/180 "2014-03-05T08:20:12Z")
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