# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/161 "2003-12-19T16:34:56Z")
I’m Krista, the first here. I can never find my name on anything! ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/162 "2003-12-19T16:40:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\*You can call me Andy ONCE. After that, I get violent. Dunno why, but I hate it. I find it somehow insincere. Shiny suited salesmen tend to call me Andy. \*\* Hee. “Andrew! Good to meet ya! Is it Andy?” “No.” “…Okay. Well, um. Well, lemme show ya what kind of system we’re looking at here, Andy…rew.” ---
**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:** [December 19, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/163 "2003-12-19T17:14:32Z")
My first name is Jill. Not abbreviated from Jillian, just plain Jill. ---
**Author:** ![sultana\_of\_slash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@sultana\_of\_slash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sultana_of_slash)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/164 "2003-12-19T17:27:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*Wendy. > > I’ve always hated that name. So boring and mundane. \*\* My name is Wendy. Hello, Ivylass. ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/165 "2003-12-19T17:36:18Z")
Maryna (said like “Marina”, but spelled with a Y) You wouldn’t bellieve how much I get called Maryanna, Marna, Myrna, Marion, etc. Can’t people READ?? …but I like it anyway 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/166 "2003-12-19T17:50:27Z")
Stephen ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/167 "2003-12-19T18:26:37Z")
Holy hell, I’m the first John. When I was in college, I was nursing a hangover with a few freinds while watching the mind numbing antics of Richard Dawson’s Family Fued. The question posed what “What is the dullest name for a man?” I really really wish my friends hadn’t seen that. One guy in the room didn’t know it was my first name. I was\* Padre\* in college. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/168 "2003-12-19T18:33:47Z")
hmmm. Vital peices of information are missing from my post. Damn hangover. The number 1 name was John. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/169 "2003-12-19T18:50:29Z")
I can’t believe no previous posters have yet had the same first name as mine - in either this or the other thread. Not unusual at all. Hell, there are 2 more in my office of 50 people (only 20 or so of whom I share a gender with!) And its not Norman or Doug! ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/170 "2003-12-19T19:29:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rico \* > You mean I’m the first **Richard** here? > \*\* If you’re the first then I am the second. Y’all can call me **Rich** if you prefer. It does seem odd – isn’t **Richard** something like the 6th most common male name? ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/171 "2003-12-19T19:43:16Z")
Hello, my first name is Doreen. Nice to meet you. ---
**Author:** ![Deadly\_Nightlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Deadly\_Nightlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadly_Nightlight)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/172 "2003-12-19T19:46:32Z")
Hi I’m Tiffany 😃 like the jewelry, or the lamp. I like the name Tiffany and apparently so did a million other people when I was being born. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/173 "2003-12-19T20:16:19Z")
I’m Lea. People often mispronounce it as “Lee,” which is wrong, or “Leia,” which is also wrong, or spell it “Leah,” which is likewise wrong. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/174 "2003-12-19T20:49:10Z")
John ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/175 "2003-12-19T21:34:45Z")
Rune This is a very practical name. Not only is it short, it also let people know right off that I have hippie parents. - Rune ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/176 "2003-12-19T23:51:19Z")
Hi, I’m Lauren. I hate my name, its a little kids name, meant for 13 year old girls who shop at Abercrombie and Fitch. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/177 "2003-12-20T02:10:55Z")
Travis. David Simmons, I think my son knows you. He lives in Rock Springs and used to work at the Post Office. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/178 "2003-12-20T03:33:00Z")
Surprised to see I’m not the first Victoria. I also answer to Vix, but never to Vicki. IANACheerleader. ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/179 "2003-12-20T07:05:18Z")
Cassie. It’s getting popular lately, but I’m 31. I’m gonna get my husband to log in and post now. He’s got a unique one. ---
**Author:** ![albino\_tree\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@albino\_tree\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/albino_tree_frog)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391/180 "2003-12-20T07:08:38Z")
It’s Zigmundt. And I post a lot, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-your-first-name/219391.md?page=10)