Kristen Rebecca Anderson (insert last name here).
I could probably get that for you.
Melissa Renae (Moore) Merritt
I dropped the maiden name when I got married. I never really hated it, even though I got teased about it alot when I was a kid.
[aside] I did like not having to “change” my initials when I got married. I liked being M-n-M, well ok not with an N for a middle initial, but thats what some of my friends in school used to call me. 
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William Joseph, at your service. My father is Joseph Augustine, III, and there was up to a a Joseph Francis III on my mother’s side, plus various other “Uncle Joe’s” scattered about. I was not going to be called Joseph as my first name.
Elizabeth, but I go by Betsey. Never been called Elizabeth or Liz or Beth.
Both my maiden and married last names are too unusual to post, sorry. Some of you are pretty brave.
Tanya (pronounced Tahn-ya, not Tan-ya) Renee
Deanne Marie.
I’m always stunned at how many people can’t pronounce my name, but they can pronounce Leanne.
Its DEE-ANN, people!
My maiden name is the same as a famous Creek depicted on an American TV show.
My married name is the same as a big zoo in Tokyo.
Remember, Google is your friend 
Katheryn Lois Saunders (nee Barber)
Three boring Anglo-Saxon names:
Clifford Dale Hamm
I’ve always been called Dale, so I’m a lot slower to respond to Clifford.
Kristin Elizabeth Tenletterlong-Italianlastname.
I hated my first name as a first & second grader - I attended a small private school where I was the only Kristin/Kristen/etc. I was mainstreamed in third grade; in my grade were two "Kristen"s & a “Kristyn”.
Which leads me to a pet peeve; it’s “Kristin”. Not Kristen, Christen, Kirsten, Kristine, Kiersten, Kristina, etc. How hard is that? I mean, I realize that “Kristin E. ____” can look like “Kristine”, but only if you try.
Same thing happens with my last name, albeit mostly with telemarketers. It’s a long but straightforward name. No silent letters, etc. - pronounced exactly how it’s spelled. So what’s the problem?
I wasn’t given a middle name - my parents figured my name to be quite long enough without it. When the time came, I chose “Elizabeth” as my confirmation name, & have since taken it as a middle name. So now my name is twenty-six letters long, instead of seventeen. Duh.
Incidentally, I have the same last name as a famous former athlete…Just a hint.
BTW, when I think “Christopher Robinson”, I think The Black Crowes
Larry Gott
My first name is really Larry, not Lawrence or Laurence. I have a middle name, but nobody ever used that except my mother, and then only when I was in deep doo doo (sorry, this ain’t the Pit and Anglo-Saxon stuff is out).
My last name is German for “God,” which is ironic because I’m not a believer (and not especially godly either). Guess I don’t believe in me, which would explain a lot.
I once thought I was descended from one of the Hessian mercenaries who came here to fight for the British in the American Revolution and then just stayed on. Turns out it’s nothing that romantic. The earliest forebear I’ve traced so far was born in the colony of Maryland in 1720. Beyond that I know nothing about him.
It’s late, and I’m rambling again.
Jessica Rae
Well thanks Francesca. I don’t like my name, it is too long. An uninteresting fact: everyone un mt family has the same middle name: Jose (males) or josefina (females) the custom was started bu a great grand mother.
What a cool thread! Reading it has been like watching and listening to people coming up to the microphone, introducing themselves.
I don’t have too many worries about ID revelation on the Net, either.
Ice Wolf’s full name: Elisabeth (known as Lisa) Jane Truttman. My Mum named me Lisa while I was still in the womb (she was that certain I’d be a girl, in th’ days before ultrasound-type stuff). Once born, I was given “Elisabeth” after a Belgian queen of the early 20th century (Mum was a history buff, like me), and “Jane” after Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. “Truttman” has origins in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, but it is a gift name. If my Mum had married my true father (Mum was a widow when she met him), my surname would have been Bruce.
I like my first names, both long and short versions. But very few in NZ can pronounce the “Truttman” correctly. I’ve learned not to wince anymore. English-speakers almost always fail at the attempt, yet those from the Indian sub-continent say it beautifully (like the guy who shoved in the needle today when I gave blood).
Well, I’ll tell you my middle name, which my own HUSBAND doesn’t even know.
Edith
Both grandmothers first names were Edith. I never had a chance…
My husband has five sisters, and none of these people go by their real names:
Terry = Sharon
Willy = Jerry
Beanie = Sherri
Red = Carrie
Mugs = Merri
Nanny = Gerri (pronounced Gary)
How’s that for peculiar?
::sigh:: I’ll bite…
Peter-James Frederick [last name]
Even though everyone calls me just Peter, my legal first name is hyphenated, as you can see. The reason for this is that my mother is French Canadian, and hyphenated names are really common among francophones. My name in French would be Pierre-Jacques.
Frederick was my paternal grandfather’s first name.
- s.e.
Samantha Hiroko Azuse. I get akward looks at parties.
awkward. (heh)
Well, as I’m the only person ever with my name (and really, how many people can say THAT?)…I ain’t gonna spill it all.
Patrick O’Bryan is my first and middle, and I hafta say is the most Irish in this thread outside of Meaghan Patricia Siobhan O’Malley, which could ONLY be more Irish if it were green.
Part of my last name is discernible from a recent andygirl mpsims thread, and the rest is … well, ask anyone I’ve ever emailed. My full last name is in there:)