# What's your name? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698 "2004-10-17T19:04:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/21 "2004-10-17T20:39:50Z")
Susie to my parents. Sue to my friends and co-workers. Susan to the IRS. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/22 "2004-10-17T20:50:03Z")
Julie ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/23 "2004-10-17T21:24:18Z")
Joseph (Irish speakers already suspected as much) ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/24 "2004-10-17T21:24:23Z")
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt! Okay, fine, it’s Sara. Shocker! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/25 "2004-10-17T21:25:23Z")
Kevin ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/26 "2004-10-17T21:26:23Z")
Wendy. Dull dull dull name. I’ve always hated it. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/27 "2004-10-17T21:32:22Z")
Anastasia. Surprised? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MiniMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MiniMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MiniMoose)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/28 "2004-10-17T21:51:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Hey, maybe she was following the Robin-Phoebe path by naming you after a [crow-like bird well-known to cruciverbalists.](http://www.bhsc.org.au/wordlist.html) Thanks Bob! I have a new perspective on my name now. It’s actually not that bad. And I can now win at Scrabble! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/29 "2004-10-17T22:02:53Z")
Hayes. Yes, that’s the first name! ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/30 "2004-10-17T22:04:18Z")
Lindsay ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/31 "2004-10-17T22:12:14Z")
> [@Mirror Image egamI rorriM](#): > > Lindsay Not Lindsay yasdniL ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/32 "2004-10-17T22:12:22Z")
> [@saramamalana](#): > > John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt! That’s _my_ name, too! ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/33 "2004-10-17T22:24:27Z")
My name really is, believe it or not, Hamish. I used to hate it. I even changed it to its English equivalent, James (which many of my friends still call me). I started to warm up to it about the same time I joined these boards. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/34 "2004-10-17T22:26:25Z")
314 ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/35 "2004-10-17T22:27:42Z")
David ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/36 "2004-10-17T22:40:04Z")
Mom named me Marilyn, people call me either Margali [those in the SCA from when I lived in Atlantia] or Ru short for Aruvqan for those that know me in Everquest or more recently in the SCA. Never liked ‘marilyn’ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/37 "2004-10-17T22:47:10Z")
Robert to most, Rob to close friends, and John to creditors. Going by your middle name has some advantages. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/38 "2004-10-17T22:49:16Z")
Judy ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/39 "2004-10-17T22:55:12Z")
I’ll be generous and give you SIX guesses. Robin ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/40 "2004-10-17T23:03:58Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Wendy. > > Dull dull dull name. I’ve always hated it. Hey, I like Wendy. It’s “cute.” 🙂 (you probably hate that, huh?) Mine is Logan… and I’m a girl… I mean, I’m a **woman**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698.md?page=3)