# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/81 "2003-12-17T06:12:46Z")
Mine’s Lark–yes, just like the bird. ---
**Author:** ![auliya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@auliya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auliya)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/82 "2003-12-17T06:18:16Z")
Leonie ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/83 "2003-12-17T06:34:15Z")
Denise. No middle name. Now that’s the odd part. ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/84 "2003-12-17T06:45:03Z")
Hi, my name is Kathy and I’m a SDMB addict. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/85 "2003-12-17T07:10:51Z")
Leslie. I have a Chinese middle name. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/86 "2003-12-17T07:18:14Z")
Ooh, the first Sarah with an “h”. Always with an “h”. You may not call me Sally, Silly, Sarah-bearah, Sairy, Sully, Rah-rah and you may _definitely_ not call me Sars. For then I will have to cause you great pain. Rar is allowed. So is “darling little cuddlemuffin” but in return I will be expecting at the very least semi-precious gems. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/87 "2003-12-17T07:19:02Z")
I’m Finneas (like the giant), but I’m called Finn. Incidentally, Antares and Nazirah are two really cool names that I had never heard before. ~ Isaac ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/88 "2003-12-17T07:23:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BellaDellaItalia \* > \*\* > And yet I don’t know the first name of anyone here. > \*\* Sure you do. ---
**Author:** ![lurksfromwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@lurksfromwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurksfromwork)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/89 "2003-12-17T07:46:47Z")
Ash… Short and sweet just like me! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/90 "2003-12-17T08:13:33Z")
Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/91 "2003-12-17T08:18:25Z")
My apologies for singling people out, but what does Antares mean? And Nazirah? If I want to look up the less unusual ones, I can, but not those. Ah, the joy of having a weird name. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/92 "2003-12-17T08:22:33Z")
[Antares.](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980726.html) ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/93 "2003-12-17T08:24:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*My apologies for singling people out, but what does Antares mean? And Nazirah? If I want to look up the less unusual ones, I can, but not those. > \*\* Nazirah means “leader or vanguard”. Its an old Arabic name, and isn’t very common at all any more. Hence why no one’s heard of it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/94 "2003-12-17T09:22:22Z")
I’m Shannon. I don’t know if i like it, i don’t think it goes with my last name. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/95 "2003-12-17T10:31:38Z")
flod. What? All right, all right. Cindy. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/96 "2003-12-17T10:54:39Z")
Another Wendy here. Which is not something I get to say often, as I live in a country where it’s a very unusual name. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/97 "2003-12-17T12:21:10Z")
Rhonda ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/98 "2003-12-17T12:23:17Z")
Tatu. ---
**Author:** ![PalJuicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a8b319/32.png) [@PalJuicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PalJuicy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/99 "2003-12-17T12:50:21Z")
Tracy ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/100 "2003-12-17T14:04:52Z")
Vina. It’s an okay name, or it would be if people didn’t keep spelling/pronouncing it wrong. There was also that musical lesson where the teacher asked us to feel the veena’s gourds. Thankfully, we’re not studying Indian music any longer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391.md?page=6)