Whats in a Name?

Does a person's name affect how you judge them?

I mean girls, would you date a fella called Cyril or Rupert? And would the lads fancy a girl called Gertrude?

Is a name cool, do you like your own name? Do you wish you had a different name?

only if you see some letters after his/her name.

like P.L.O.D for example.

which is not dissimilar to T.W.A.T.

Maybe His Holiness can answer this one.:)

Indeed!

Ya not gettin me name Copper. Not till I've talked wiv me brief.

The 'old' names are coming back into fashion now I think. If another friend calls their child Archie or Henry I may cry!

Cyril has never and will never be ok though!

(And on the subject I rather like my name - Catherine)

rupert penry-jones? yes please.

and only a fool would turn down cyril sneer...

You'd have to be pretty shallow to not want to date somebody just because of their name. I remember girls at school going through who they'd get off with at the School Disco and stating what their names would be if they married and rejecting any they didn't like the sound of!

Some names you do tend to get a mental image in your head, which is why you sometimes see people saying things like 'oh I didn't have you down as a ...'

I really do not like made up names. Reading your local paper after some 15 year old tart has given birth and invented some really 'cool' name for their offspring or misspelled a traditional name :dead:

Well Steve One, here's my 2-pence dose of on the whole matter...

Does a person's name affect how you judge them? Well, I probably wouldn't judge them on their name. Haven't done so, never will. I judge on their character anyway. [Hell, I knew a guy named Ariel in middle school and I have a coworker named Thomassina--she lets me call her Tom!!]

I mean girls, would you date a fella called Cyril or Rupert? And would the lads fancy a girl called Gertrude? In this case, it depends on the person on all accounts. Mainly the personality.

Is a name cool, do you like your own name? Do you wish you had a different name? A name can be cool [hell, I love the name Tristan; it just sounds so fuckin' neat!], it's all about the perspective of it--the name bearer can make it cool or otherwise.

Personally, I love both my real name AND my nickname. To me they're just a distinct part of who I am as a person, an identity. There are times, however, that I wish I had a different name, like Alexander/Alexia/Alexiel. Or Josephine, or Jordan. Or maybe even Jaime or James. Something that sounds just as cool, at least, in my opinion.

Well, hope this sheds some light on the matter, pal.

Sub-Cultured wrote: Maybe His Holiness can answer this one.:)

Indeed!

You got something against my name?

Unless the name leans towards something like Rainbow Brite, then uncommon names are great. Also, I love old names on little people. My neice's name is Evelyn and she's 4. My nephew's name is Javier Gomez and the child is the whitest Mexican you've ever seen, with white blonde hair and blue eyes. *smile*

Well, how about names of artist/bands?

I remember the name "The Get Up Kids." At first, i thought they're a Hanson type group, you know, MMMBop! But I find their cover of regret quite ok.

Indeed!

I get called lots of different names.........

Kath by most Kathy by the Irish element in the family Kathryn by my Mum/family/Clients Kay by one only

My son, Michael, gets called

Michael (really!), Mike, Mikey, Mick, Mickey.......

Names are names!

However, I think I may draw the line at Cyril.

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:

Kath wrote:

My son, Michael, gets called

Michael (really!), Mike, Mikey, Mick, Mickey.......

but at least nobody calls him Jeff...that would just be, well, wrong!!!

That's an insult of the highest order!!!

Well said Jeff

CrazyCat wrote: The 'old' names are coming back into fashion now I think. If another friend calls their child Archie or Henry I may cry!

Cyril has never and will never be ok though!

Well, funny you should say that....my son is called Henry (although he is still the only one we know of in Darlo among people we know), and we actually thought we were being original at the time!!

So start crying (although strictly speaking I may or may not be a friend....Newton Aycliffe, where exactly!?...approx. 9 miles North of Darlo, and where I grew up! :)

My Grandad was called Cyril.

But then again, a rose called by any other name would still smell sweet.

...what!?

bloodynora wrote: rupert penry-jones? yes please.

Dear heavens, yes, yes, yes... RPJ is utterly gorgeous.

Shed Peel wrote:

bloodynora wrote: rupert penry-jones? yes please.

Dear heavens, yes, yes, yes... RPJ is utterly gorgeous.

*blush* Oooh, got a pic?? *is now curious*

RPJ in a jacket

I really liked his portrayal of Captain Wentworth. I think I need to rewatch it now, to get my fix! Love those blue eyes of his.

Shed Peel wrote: RPJ in a jacket

I really liked his portrayal of Captain Wentworth. I think I need to rewatch it now, to get my fix!

...oooooooooooooh, yummy!

*now has trouble deciding who's cuter--the actor or her boyfriend!!*

For some reason Rupert = Rupert Grint in my mind.

My proper name is Tarquin jones Lexington -Smythe but to all and sunsry Steven Smith or

People think my name is pretty wanky and I've never struggled for birds.

Mind you, I always tell them my name is Steve

Jimll wrote:

CrazyCat wrote: The 'old' names are coming back into fashion now I think. If another friend calls their child Archie or Henry I may cry!

Cyril has never and will never be ok though!

Well, funny you should say that....my son is called Henry (although he is still the only one we know of in Darlo among people we know), and we actually thought we were being original at the time!!

So start crying (although strictly speaking I may or may not be a friend....Newton Aycliffe, where exactly!?...approx. 9 miles North of Darlo, and where I grew up! :)

My Grandad was called Cyril.

After a long think about names (and a read of the local newspaper), and have decided that the old names such as George, Alfie and even Cyril are not as bad as the corker that I saw today...... Asti! (I am hoping that the parents thinking of the place in Italy...and not the drink!)

BIGINOIL wrote: People think my name is pretty wanky and I've never struggled for birds.

Mind you, I always tell them my name is Steve

Thats just plain weird cos my 'other' name is Colin...

My mate Cyril, who is 42, has a twin brother called Cyrus. I think Cyril got the better deal!

Every fookin' kid round here is called Jordan, Tyson, Tyler or Ellie. State of the nation.

NOOLigan wrote: For some reason Rupert = Rupert Grint in my mind.

i think he's pretty cute too. and funny. if i was 15 years younger...

maybe i have a thing for ruperts

I feel vexed at times when I encounter people whose names are those of the opposite sex. Say, girls with names like Ashley, George, Misha, etc.

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Lindsay.

It is a good question. Sometimes names do not help.

I remember that I had a date with a girl called Collette in my Irish time. Well the girl was beautiful and very kind (a lot of men used to look at her in pubs or in the streets), but Collette sounds so old in French that I had the feeling to go out with a fake granny... It did not help us.

In my Slovak time I met a girl called Monika. Monika, if you are reading these lines, I behaved like a real c**t. She was very beautiful and interested by my person (and not the way an Eastern girl could be interested by someone from the West - especially by the early nineties). I was deeply and truly attracted by her, but the problem was her name. Indeed, my mother's name is Monique which is the French counterpart (+ a baby boomer name - no Monique before 1945, no Monique after 1954). As son of the seventies, I never call my parents ma&pa but by their names... So calling Monika by her name got me into Freudian problems if you get what I mean.

My mother wanted to call me Cyril or Nicolas. But as I was born by the end of 1971, those names had been already used by her friends who had babies by the beginning of the year. The time had been my greatest ally. Then the choice was Guillaume or Jean-Philippe. They chose Jean-Philippe. Never had a problem with it except that miss Jiphy particulary hates this name...

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Misha as the short version of Michaela ?

oldmonkey wrote: Every fookin' kid round here is called Jordan, Tyson, Tyler or Ellie. State of the nation.

It is the same everywhere. A lot of kids had been named like characters of American TV shows. To name of few : Brandon/Brenda, Dylan, Christopher, Jennifer, Steeve... and the less the accent of the parents is neutral, the uglier it is. Well I cannot tell more as it is very middle-class in my area, for people give French names to their kids (sometimes very outdated but it seems to be hype at the time). But in low-class aeras, it is la folie ! Put it on globalization, one may think...

NOOLigan wrote:

|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: I feel vexed at times when I encounter people whose names are those of the opposite sex. Say, girls with names like Ashley, George, Misha, etc.

Lindsay.

Gladly by the time I had no idea that it's men's name. ;)

Jiphy wrote:

|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3 wrote: I feel vexed at times when I encounter people whose names are those of the opposite sex. Say, girls with names like Ashley, George, Misha, etc.

Misha as the short version of Michaela ?

Hmmm I didn't see it that way. By the way, I'm also not fond of female names that derived from male names: Roberta, Michaela, Philippa. But dear girls (if you happen to bear such names), don't think that I'm shallow. I appreciate a person over her name (it'd be silly otherwise).

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like derek

I had a bit of chew with her indoors when our youngest was born. He's a boy.. She wanted to call him Brandon,Mason or Morgan.. I thought it was a wind-up,but no,she wanted to give our boy a girl's name...I argued we might aswell just call him Susan

We called him Matthew..End of...Thank Fuck! Eldest daughter (Hayley) Joint choice. Second daughter (Sophie) her indoor's choice, So the last kid was lucky it were my turn...He'll thank me one day,I rek

Matthew was a compromise..I wanted Danny,she wanted Pansy or summat. Have a word Missus.

We all call him Mash now though (long story) Not a real name as such but it beats the hell out of Puffda

Morgan's not a bad name either. I kinda like it.

[okay, i'll admit, i once wanted my name to be morganne. ]

Don't think it would bother me much. Even if they had a 'boys' name, as long as it wasn't the same as mine, that would be a bit disconcerting.

I don't like class snobbery about names, nothing wrong with Sharon or Darren or even the made up ones stereotypically associated with 'chavs'. And to be consistent I guess one shouldn't make fun of Cressida's and Tarquins either.

Am I right in thinking first names can be rather important in Northern Ireland (presumably if you're called Billy or Seamus it can be rather significant to some)?

However, the golden rule has to be if they only seem to have the one name, then they are probably an annoying egomaniac (e.g. Sting, Bono, Madonna - I'd steer clear of these)

Some of the kids I teach... were their parent(s) on? Class I've just finished teaching: a girl named Billie, 3 Charlies (2 male, 1 female), Jordan, Jayden, Archie, Louis... Can always spot the troublemakers by their names...

Snorri xxx

Snorrimon wrote: Some of the kids I teach... were their parent(s) on? Class I've just finished teaching: a girl named Billie, 3 Charlies (2 male, 1 female), Jordan, Jayden, Archie, Louis... Can always spot the troublemakers by their names...

Snorri xxx

archie is a great name! a pair of twins in my last school were called michael and owen. another little boy in their class was called trafford. horrific.

Assuming anyone's dumb enough to breed with me, I'm calling my Son Juan-Pablo and my daughter Emily/Emma[1] Fairlight.

Fairlight is as far as I'm going, there will be no, Shergold Campbells, no Moog Modular Campbells, no Davros Campbells, and defintely no feckin Bernards!

Archie is a good name, in honour of that most excellent of creatures, Archie the Octospider.

[1]Emily and Emma are proper ladies names, although I appreciate that anyone who's been on the tear with any of our resident so-named ladies, may currently be having a seizure.

Doctor? wrote: Assuming anyone's dumb enough to breed with me, I'm calling my Son Juan-Pablo and my daughter Emily/Emma[1] Fairlight.

Fairlight is as far as I'm going, there will be no, Shergold Campbells, no Moog Modular Campbells, no Davros Campbells, and defintely no feckin Bernards!

Archie is a good name, in honour of that most excellent of creatures, Archie the Octospider.

[1]Emily and Emma are proper ladies names, although I appreciate that anyone who's been on the tear with any of our resident so-named ladies, may currently be having a seizure.

Your current Doctor doesn't offer jelly babies.

bloodynora wrote:

Snorrimon wrote: Some of the kids I teach... were their parent(s) on? Class I've just finished teaching: a girl named Billie, 3 Charlies (2 male, 1 female), Jordan, Jayden, Archie, Louis... Can always spot the troublemakers by their names...

Snorri xxx

archie is a great name! a pair of twins in my last school were called michael and owen. another little boy in their class was called trafford. horrific.

My nephew is named Owen after Michael... I also teach a Trafford, named after the Stadium... I certainly ain't calling any child of mine Upton...

Snorri xxx

I like being called Steve

apart from when someone shouts "hey steve!" in a bar and twenty people turn round....

Initially the name can give an idea of how they were raised and what the parents hoped they would be when they grew up. Parents pick certian names seem to be trying to envoke a certian idea of the kids future. So I don't hold it against the person, as they didn't have much of a choice in the name. However, it can be a good precusor to understanding a person.

My mother had named me Iren because it was the only Eastern European name my retard of a father could pronounce.

She also wanted me to be a scientist, but I don't know if that has anything to do with my first name, but maybe my last name which is "Test."

I think both of my parents were totally off the deep end when they decided to name me.

if i have any bin lids i think i'll call my first born bastard,may save a lot of time in the long run!

I fancied a girl at work that was called George.

the fact she had a male name didnt put me off.

I was only after her cock.

wrote: if i have any bin lids i think i'll call my first born bastard,may save a lot of time in the long run!

There are far better possibilities if you change your SURNAME to Bastard.

note the following for ideas.......

face down wrote: I fancied a girl at work that was called George.

the fact she had a male name didnt put me off.

I was only after her cock.