Do you like your first name? Would you change it, if you could?

[atfc village]

Im not a fan of my christian name, however pointless changing it as everyone calls me Marshy anyway.

I have long standing friends of over 15 years, and Im pretty sure they dont know my christian name....

Yep i know there are people who ownly know me by my nickname and have never known my first name.

 

[fat old seagull]

My names Richard, didn't like it when I was a boy. But it seems okay to me now, other than when people call me 'Dick' as appropriate as it might be!

 

[Triggaaar]

My name is Greg. It's short for Gregory. I hate my name. The only person who calls me Gregory is my mum when she is annoyed or telling me off!

Thanks for the heads-up Gregory.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

My names Richard, didn't like it when I was a boy. But it seems okay to me now, other than when people call me 'Dick' as appropriate as it might be!

That must be so annoying Dick[emoji23]

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[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I hated my first name for no good reason why I was under 5. Then a school mate started using a diminuitive version, that stuck for 7 years, which is how all my old Brighton mates from school days (and my brothers) know me. But when I moved to Canada I was rechristened because the English diminutive of my name that I had become used to is almost unknown there. When I came back to the UK the second version had stuck. So now I have two separate lots of people who know me by a different name. I think [MENTION=459]Bwian[/MENTION] has almost an identical experience, except his and my first names are not the same.

If I had reason to change my name, I think I'd go for Luke Morningstar (or Lucifer, for short).

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I would change mine to Clint or Logan, something macho

Clint or Logan macho? Please tell me that you're avin' a larf.

 

[fat old seagull]

That must be so annoying Dick[emoji23]

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Oh no! That's so hurtful...my life is in ruins.

 

[Blackadder]

I have never understood this modern fade for spelling Mark with a C rather than a K.

I always thought that it was the late Marc Bolan who started the fad of spelling it with a C, Probably because he was the first person I came across who spelt it that way,

 

[AZ Gull]

Thanks for the heads-up Gregory.

You're [MENTION=29908]gregbrighton[/MENTION]'s mum?

 

[Colonel Angus]

I always wanted to be called Aberdeen instead of Colonel.

I quite like my name now though as it sounds more distinguished.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I always thought that it was the late Marc Bolan who started the fad of spelling it with a C, Probably because he was the first person I came across who spelt it that way,

The French spell Marc with a C, and it can be short for Marcus.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

"Hilary"?!! The Viscount Stansgate must've had a glass too many of port when he named his son.

 

[Garage_Doors]

I have never understood this modern fade for spelling Mark with a C rather than a K.

You mean modern as in Marc Bolan who was born in 1947?

 

[Eeyore]

When I was adopted my Mum tried to change my first name to Kevin. She wasn't allowed too. She was pretty intuitive, but a Kevin I am not.

I got to choose my last name when I was christened at four.

 

[Gwylan]

I didn't like my first name much so I use my middle name - there's nothing stopping anyone doing that. Two of my friends also use their middle names, it's more common than you think, look at our politicians: Harold Wilson, Gordon Brown and Boris Johnson all eschewed their first names

 

[Thunder Bolt]

"Hilary"?!! The Viscount Stansgate must've had a glass too many of port when he named his son.

Hilary is male or female, in a similar way to Lesley/Leslie.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Prefer Phil to Phillip, as Harry Enfield says Dr Phillip

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Hilary is male or female, in a similar way to Lesley/Leslie.

Yes, I know, but I really wouldn't want to be called Hilary or Leslie ��

 

[studio150]

You mean modern as in Marc Bolan who was born in 1947?

Yes that one whose given name was Mark Field before he changed it to Marc Bolan

 

[grubbyhands]

I like being Pretty, but it is frowned upon by some of my fellow racists.

I thought your name was "Regards"