Do you like your own firstname?

I like my name when it's said, but I hate the spelling. It's Kathryn, but I've always wanred to be Catherine or Katherine - probably influenced by Anya Seton. It just seems more feminine and romantic

I don't mind my name. Apparently I was to be called Siobhan, as our then parish priest had a sister of that name, and my mother heard the name spoken in his lilting Irish brogue. However, my granny intervened, and pointed out that it didn't sound so attractive in a broad West of Scotland accent!
So, Maria I became!

I'm very happy with my first name, called after both grannies. It's very traditional. When I was young I would love to have been called Pam/Pamela. I was a huge fan of Enid Blyton and I think one of her schoolgirl heroines was a Pam.

Mine is Geraldine. At least I was the only one in my class. I wanted to be Helen when I grew up.

My half sister is Geraldine petra
Badenkate my friend's daughter changed the spelling of her name by simply writing it as Lucie rather than Lucy. I don't think she needed to use deed poll.

Never been very happy with mine because my mum refused to shorten it and was a bit po faced about it!
So I told everyone never to call me Christine, only Chris or Chrissy!

Lynette

I wanted to be called Ann when I was a little girl but prefer my own name now. There are several of us with the same name in my family which can get a bit confusing. My class at junior school had two or three Pats and Susans. Rarely hear these names used now.

I hate it. Suzanne. Can't imagine what my parents were thinking of when everyone else was calling their children Susan, Pat, Christine, Linda, Pauline, Elizabeth, Lynn, Anne, Julie, Josephine, Pamela and other comfortable monicas! I am quite unlike any Suzanne of my imagination and am happy when people shorten it to Sue. I am Suzanne at your peril!

I didn't like my first name at school - not at all and I NEVER used my middle name .... Now, many years later I am proud to have been named after both my maternal and paternal grandmother.

Because I didn't like my middle name we never gave our children middle names - of course they complained bitterly at school because they were the only ones in their classes without a middle name! ??

Oh, I like Suzanne! It's so subjective isn't it? When I was a child I wanted to be called Janet for some reason (my 3rd name) but I'm glad now I didn't change it. My name is a bit boring but tha's better than over fancy I think.

I wish my parents had called me Suzanne rather than Susan but that was after my grandmother. DHL calls me Susie which is nicer

My father always called me Sooz! Which I also hated! We had a girl in our class called Rosemary. I would have liked to have been a Rosemary.....

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I do like my name, but it's a long one so have always shortened it.

My name is Madeline (without the French extra e) but when I was a teenager I longed to be called Veronica. Try pronouncing Veronica in a Black Country accent, as it would have been!!
S'pose I should be grateful - my birthday is Valentine's day and I was almost Valentina!

My first name is the name I was CHRISTENED with so, it is my CHRISTIAN name. Am I allowed to say that in this day and age?

My first name is really Patricia, but I turned a dislike for the name instantly when continually hearing the staff at my father's hotel call me, Patsey, or Miss Patty etc. My close family call me Tish, but I prefer my second name which is above, of course without the 9!

I don't like my first name - it has harshness to it that rattles me. Thankfully it can be shortened and then sounds softer ... I also intensely dislike my middle name - named after an auntie who turned out to be a real man-eater - 5 husbands of her own and 2 of them poached and a string of affairs including one of my brothers so yuk!!!

I have always liked mine although I generally shorten it. I was never the only one at school but you still get the name used today. I was pleased that my parents didn't feel the need to be 'original'.
My Gransnet name is one that I took from my family history.

I dont really dislike it , but Im not crazy about it either. It was quite modern for the time and its hard to shorten to anything really .

It was a family thing though , my Gran was called Catherine, my Mum had Katherine in her name , my name is the scandinavian version of Katherine, I named my daughter Katherine ( Katie) and my daughter has called her daughter Laura Katherine.

I don't like mine much, luckily Mr P very rarely uses it, he either calls me darling or Miss! I would have preferred to be called Sarah.

Of course you can say it's your Christian name Printmiss. I don't think anyone has said anything else. However, it's not appropriate for me to say it's my Christian name since I'm an atheist.

My parents gave me a rather regal and grand name (for the forties) and then promptly downgraded it to a nickname I have always hated. I doggedly stuck to my real name throughout my school years which was fine because everyone gets called various nicknames by schoolmates and I became fond of mine because it was friendly and funny.

Once working I insisted on using my real name which by then had become popular (much to my relief) but when I married I was forced to resort to the dreaded family nickname because life was centred around the home until I went back into the workplace.

My children have lovely names (I think) which can be shortened but not messed around with.

At one time on most forms you were asked for your Christian name, now of course you are not, you are asked for your first name. Political correctness, and I just wonder why on the forms we do not have "First/Christian" name?