# 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:** 3
**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:** [October 17, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/41 "2004-10-17T23:07:50Z")
Plain ol’ Mark. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/42 "2004-10-17T23:09:06Z")
I’m Stephanie. Not Steph. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/43 "2004-10-17T23:13:00Z")
David, which I’m told means “Beloved of God”. I always liked the sound of that. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/44 "2004-10-17T23:19:32Z")
“Jared” ---
**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:** [October 17, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/45 "2004-10-17T23:19:43Z")
Julia ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/46 "2004-10-17T23:20:55Z")
Me too. I mean me David too. Dave to most, except mother, brother and ex-wives. Although I had always just heard the “Beloved” definition, but “of God” makes sense, knowing the Biblical character’s favor in the eyes of God (though, literally, God only knows why, King David seems a bit of a bum to me). Sir Dave Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/47 "2004-10-17T23:24:13Z")
Justin Not too common, not too rare. I like it! ---
**Author:** ![Sqwerticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Sqwerticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqwerticus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/48 "2004-10-17T23:32:30Z")
Siobhan ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/49 "2004-10-17T23:47:02Z")
John I _love_ the name Siobhan! If I ever have a daughter, that’s first on the list. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/50 "2004-10-18T00:10:50Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Kelly Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/51 "2004-10-18T00:14:14Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > Me too. I knew that from some other thread, and was wondering if you’d post here. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/52 "2004-10-18T00:19:53Z")
Tamara I’ll answer to any pronunciation of it, but I was raised to say it as rhyming w/ Gamera, the flying turtle from Godzilla. It’s Hebrew and means ‘palm tree’. I’m not Jewish, it’s also a run of the mill Russian name. ---
**Author:** ![fireman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fireman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fireman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/53 "2004-10-18T00:21:12Z")
Charles, aka Chuck, aka Charlie. For some reason, throughout my life, several older women, with no apparant connection one to another, have called me Michael. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/54 "2004-10-18T00:24:13Z")
Woo! First Greg in the thread! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/55 "2004-10-18T00:25:28Z")
> [@IGJoe](#): > > Woo! First Greg in the thread! Actually, Tamara can also be pronounced ‘Greg’. Sorry to burst your bubble, latecomer. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/56 "2004-10-18T00:26:04Z")
I’ll give you three guesses. Wrong. Wrong again. Strike three, you’re out. My name is Marjolaine, but I generally go by Marj, as it’s easier to pronounce. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/57 "2004-10-18T00:35:06Z")
Jenny (it’s “really” Jennifer, but only on my bills and credit cards; even my business cards say “Jenny” 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Goes\_To\_Paris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b77776/32.png) [@Kitten\_Goes\_To\_Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Goes_To_Paris)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/58 "2004-10-18T00:37:25Z")
First name Summer, middle name Genevieve. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/59 "2004-10-18T00:40:59Z")
Holly ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698/60 "2004-10-18T00:43:11Z")
Jonathan. Hmm, does anyone else feel naked now? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-name/269698.md?page=4)