# Your Given Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366 "2002-05-22T20:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/81 "2002-05-23T12:59:19Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Nacho4Sara:_ > **I also adore the name Colin. Men with that name are instantly hot, regardless of how they look - I have no idea why. That name just does something for me. I’ve never met a Colin I didn’t lust after.** Well, I …uhh…err…hehehe…_blush_ If only there were more like you out there! Colin ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/82 "2002-05-23T14:30:11Z")
Carla. Not giving out middle or last names. ---
**Author:** ![Xerxes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/d2c977/32.png) [@Xerxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xerxes)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/83 "2002-05-23T14:39:32Z")
Nicholas Edward … no last names as mine is as rare as rocking horse poop. Actually, I’m a Nick; never have been a Nicholas. And I don’t like the name Edward. Not at all [sub] at least not for me, I’m sure it suits every other Edward on the planet[/sub]. In my younger, more pretentious days I seriously considered changing my middle name by deed poll to … **Xerxes**. Seriously. How cool would the initials NXR be rather than NER? (apparently not enough to actually _do_ it…) ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/84 "2002-05-23T14:40:02Z")
Peter Stephen Thomas, III I’m named for my father, etc, etc. Grandfather Peter was an emmigre from Greece tho we don’t know the exact date (sometime in the early 20th cent). He set up a restuarant in Savannah, GA and died of a stroke in '38, so I never had a chance to know him. ---
**Author:** ![obidiah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@obidiah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obidiah)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/85 "2002-05-23T14:42:22Z")
My full name is **"He Who Cannot Be Named"** but most people call me **"He-woo"** Kind of like an owl. He-woo He-woo ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/86 "2002-05-23T14:52:12Z")
Mekki Ecmel Pehlivanlý The Turkish way of naming people is that when you have a first and a middle name, the main name is the midle name. So, I am Ecmel (pronounced Edge-mell). Guess what many friends have called me in the last 20 years!!! ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/87 "2002-05-23T15:37:32Z")
First and middle are Sarah Florence. I go by Sally, though. Always have. btw, how does one pronounce “Siobhan”. Always wanted to know-can someone help me out? ---
**Author:** ![white-tigeress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@white-tigeress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/white-tigeress)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/88 "2002-05-23T15:48:04Z")
Julie Michelle Naylor Does that name sux or what. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/89 "2002-05-23T16:11:17Z")
**Sidle** - it’s pronounced “Shivauhn”. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/90 "2002-05-23T16:12:45Z")
Shawn Allen…well, I have the same last name as **friggae** (Hey, there, fifty-fourth-cousin!), but I won’t type it here to avoid the whole google thing. Of course, I’ve gone through my whole life with people mis-spelling my first name (or, even more annoyingly, trying to tell me it’s spelled wrong. No it isn’t, it’s just not spelled the way you expect it to be!), trying to spell my middle name “Alan”, and trying to add an “e” into my last name, which is one of the most common Irish last names out there and is hardly ever spelled with an “e”. Sheesh. In one of my high school classes, I was in the same room as a Sean, a Juan, two Johns and a Shannon. The teacher really had to enunciate and specify if she was addressing Shawn or Sean. She usually didn’t. **Sidle** , I’ve always heard “Siobhan” pronounced “Shib-on” or “Shiv-on”. Of course, this has been here in America, so I’m not sure if either of these is the proper pronunciation… ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/91 "2002-05-23T16:15:25Z")
**Sidle** - it’s pronounced “Shivauhn”. And **Mermaid** , your Scottish ancestors will be turning in their graves. Edin **burgh**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/92 "2002-05-23T16:54:11Z")
Yancey Lee Anderson. According to some baby books, my given name is derived from an east coast American Indian name that means “Englishman” or “Foreigner” and the basis for Yankee, but I have never been able to find any corroboration for that. Growing up as a Military Brat, not only was I always the new kid, but I had a funny name, so I just go by Lee, it’s easier to spell, and there is a lot less explaining and bloody noses going on. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/93 "2002-05-23T17:08:58Z")
Cathy June Troester (hence the “Ceejaytee” user name). Married name omitted to spare the innocents. I was born in June (my parents were very creative). My younger sister was born in April (guess her middle name). My youngest sister was born in February. I have always thought that my parents should have gone for it, but they gave her “Marie” as a middle name instead. Sigh. It would have been so cool having February as a middle name. I get hassled at times by people who insist that “Cathy” must be short for something else. It isn’t–get over it. The last name is a lovely German name, meaning “comforter.” My married name is also a lovely German name meaning “silk mountain.” No one pronounces either one correctly. No one can spell them either. I like my name. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/94 "2002-05-23T17:09:26Z")
It’s Stephen Christoper Byers no big secret its in my profile. Stephen is pronouced Steffin. Now the explanations; Im the 2nd Child my mom already had a boy so she wanted a girl and had planned to name her Stephanie, when I came with the extra equipment she settled on Stephen. Christoper because i was born on Oct. 12. I hated my first name through grade school, accepted it through high school, and now I don’t care what people call me. Most of my nicknames are Steve, Stef, Stuff and in grade school Stove Top (which is why I hated it my first name). ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/95 "2002-05-23T17:51:37Z")
Anastasia Marie. My first and last names are unusual, my last name is _way_ too unusual to put it here. My middle name is incredibly common, especially as a middle name - but it actually is my mother’s first name. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/96 "2002-05-23T20:21:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waenara \* > \*\*Anastasia Marie. > > My first and last names are unusual, my last name is _way_ too unusual to put it here.\*\* I lived in the same dorm as an Anastasia once. Her last name was Easterday; bet yours isn’t _that_ rare! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/97 "2002-05-23T20:36:22Z")
Jo Lyn Of course, no one has ever called me “Jo Lyn” except those female members of the family who were angry with me… And my last name is commonly perceived as French, but in my case it’s English (so the spelling is different than “normal”) and it means “Mighty Spear” Which, much to my mother’s amusement, makes me “Babbling brook (Darling by a pool or waterside) Mighty Spear” Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Doubting\_Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Doubting\_Robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubting_Robert)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/98 "2002-05-23T20:39:32Z")
My first name really is Robert, and that’s what I prefer to be called - not Bob. Considering just how many intimate details of my personal life I have managed to reveal in my few posts, I don’t feel comfortable giving the rest of my name. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/99 "2002-05-23T20:50:57Z")
Jeffery Lee Olsen, at your service. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366/100 "2002-05-23T21:03:02Z")
Kimberly Louise. I get Kimmy and Kimberly a lot. Used to despise both, now I actually like both. But most of the time, it’s just Kim. My last name is hyphenated, and I have learned that having a hyphenated last name can be quite a pain in the ass. But I commonly use only one of them, and having both keeps the daughter, who possesses the first half, and the husband, who donated the second half, both happy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-given-name/110366.md?page=6)