# So, what's your first name? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391 "2003-12-16T20:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/201 "2003-12-21T21:22:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*My first name is Dale, but nobody has ever called me that. > > It’s a shame, really, because I think it’s a lot less dorky than “Larry.” \*\* Who sez “Larry” is dorky? I’ve been a Larry (not Lawrence) for over sixty years and I’m not dor. . .um . . . never mind… ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/203 "2003-12-21T22:05:58Z")
Hello, my name is Anonymous… im pretty famous, but i dont like to gloat… ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/204 "2003-12-21T23:18:25Z")
Hi. My name is Kristen. If I had been a boy, it would have been Kristoffer. My mom was a huge Kris Kristofferson fan. When I was still a baby, my family took to calling me Nikki, a diminutive of my middle name. When I was about 15, I rearranged the letters and became Kniki. 1. Because it was unique, and being unique is _very_ important when you’re 15. 2. So I could sign things “K. [LastName]” and have it stand for my real name _or_ my nickname. 3. Because the name Opal, just didn’t suit me. (Yes, I know: I suck.) When I started college, I started going by Kristen. I met a lot of new people in a short period of time, and it seemed easier to tell everyone my given name and just leave it at that. I went through a brief phase in my early 20s where I signed emails with “Xen”. “X-tina” Aguilera, eat your heart out! Nowadays, my family and friends from high school still call me Kniki. Everyone else calls me Kristen or Kitt. But _never_ call me Kris. That’s my brother. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/205 "2003-12-22T00:17:14Z")
Topaz. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicBanana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@AtomicBanana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicBanana)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/206 "2003-12-22T00:55:57Z")
Nicholas. ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/207 "2003-12-22T06:22:31Z")
I’m Jessica. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/208 "2003-12-22T06:45:04Z")
Jonathan, though I go by Jon. But NOT Johnathan, Jonathon, or John. Or anything else, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/209 "2003-12-22T08:18:32Z")
Clayton. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/210 "2003-12-23T23:50:23Z")
Tyler. I don’t think people really feel they _know_ me, but there ya go. ---
**Author:** ![WhereAmI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@WhereAmI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhereAmI)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/211 "2003-12-24T07:46:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sqwerticus \* > \*\*Siobhan > > and I have spent most of my life having to spell it for people and then explain why it’s spelled that way, or correcting the pronunciation and explaining why it’s pronounced that way…Just one of the joys of being born of Irish parents. \*\* It’s pronounce Sha Von isn’t it? That’s the way Siobhan on Ryan’s Hope was pronounced. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Abdominal\_Snowman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Abdominal\_Snowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abdominal_Snowman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/212 "2003-12-24T12:15:35Z")
Scott… Although I am not Scottish, nor do I have a particular interest in sheep. ---
**Author:** ![Sqwerticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sqwerticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwerticus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/213 "2003-12-24T15:29:38Z")
* * * Originally posted by Sqwerticus **Siobhan** ## and I have spent most of my life having to spell it for people and then explain why it’s spelled that way, or correcting the pronunciation and explaining why it’s pronounced that way…Just one of the joys of being born of Irish parents. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WhereAmI \* > \*\*It’s pronounce Sha Von isn’t it? That’s the way Siobhan on Ryan’s Hope was pronounced. 🙂 \*\* I’m more of a Shavawn than a Sha Von, but that’s just what I’m used to. You think of a way of saying it, I bet I have been called it. It doesn’t seem to be as uncommon as it used to be when I was little but I still find it really strange to hear my name spoken in relation to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/214 "2003-12-24T15:53:39Z")
Just plain ol’ Mark. ---
**Author:** ![caymus28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@caymus28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caymus28)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/215 "2003-12-24T17:46:25Z")
Bretton, named after the region Bretagne (Brittany, France) ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/216 "2003-12-25T04:06:28Z")
Leah. With an “h”. ---
**Author:** ![danixa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@danixa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danixa)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/217 "2003-12-25T12:19:53Z")
my name is daniela. mkay? mkay 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gawen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@gawen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gawen)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/218 "2003-12-25T16:06:49Z")
hi i’m Guillaume, HI Guillaume!!! it’s pretty common here, growing up i was never the only one in classes ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/219 "2003-12-25T17:47:39Z")
Hayes. Not very common, but I’m fond of it. ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/220 "2003-12-25T22:18:07Z")
My first name is Julius. Mmm… ok, Julio is the real one but I like to be called Julius. Keep it secret, please. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@Absolute\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute_God)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/221 "2003-12-25T22:27:46Z")
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