# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/21 "2003-12-16T22:02:22Z")
Jonathan, but everyone knows me as Slick. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/22 "2003-12-16T22:06:51Z")
Another Julia here though everyone calls me Julie. I’m named for my grandmother and also have a niece Julia. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/23 "2003-12-16T22:19:38Z")
Robert, but you can call me Gumby or Venus. Nice to meet you all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/24 "2003-12-16T22:20:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > \*\*Judy. But my friends call me “twicks.” \*\* I don’t. My first name is Robin. I got used to spelling it “Robyn” while online because I dislike being mistaken for the opposite gender. It’s a minor kvetch, really. Robin ---
**Author:** ![SJSB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@SJSB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJSB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/25 "2003-12-16T22:21:22Z")
Hello, my name is Roxanne. No jokes about Sting & the Police, thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/26 "2003-12-16T22:27:37Z")
Ian ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/27 "2003-12-16T22:30:20Z")
Joel ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/28 "2003-12-16T22:33:46Z")
Marley. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/29 "2003-12-16T22:34:29Z")
My name is Valerie And if you are old enough to remember the K Mart commercial, no jokes about that. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/30 "2003-12-16T22:37:23Z")
Hi, my name is Brooke. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/31 "2003-12-16T23:00:12Z")
Hi, my name is Tom and I’m a Doper … ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/32 "2003-12-16T23:16:29Z")
Another Lee here. Called me ‘Le’ for short. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/33 "2003-12-16T23:18:49Z")
Sara. But I think I like “koee” better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/34 "2003-12-16T23:35:39Z")
Robert, but I prefer to be called Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/35 "2003-12-16T23:37:09Z")
Laura ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/36 "2003-12-16T23:38:52Z")
I’m the third Julia here. Nice to see that other Dopers’ parents also had impeccable taste in choosing names. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/37 "2003-12-16T23:51:04Z")
Adam. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/38 "2003-12-17T00:06:42Z")
Sara. No “h”. My parents believe in short names, thus dooming me to a lifetime of misspellings. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/39 "2003-12-17T00:11:53Z")
Antares. Really. But everyone (and I mean _everyone_) calls me Tara. So you can too. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/40 "2003-12-17T00:12:48Z")
Gemma. (Yeah I know, a real shocker) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391.md?page=3)