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I like my name because I picked it. I never had good associations with my birth name and it never suited me.

I really don't like my name. I always wish my parents had given me a different one, or that I had changed it myself when I was younger.

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My name is very youthful and short. It's not conducive to nicknames, so there's not much I can do with it.

I love it. It suits me. I wouldn't change it for anything.

I like my name now. I picked it. Sometimes I am not sure if it fits me well, but it's much better than my birth name, which always felt wrong on me.

Love my name, can't imagine myself wearing another one.

I could go on about my name. I actually wrote a psychology paper on this very subject and how it influenced my life for my general psych class back in college.

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I have a love hate relationship with my name. There are times I love it, and other times I hate it. It was the third most popular name my year of birth.

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Things I love about it:
- History behind the name. Its origins fit who I am perfectly. I'd say it was destiny, but my parents had chosen it without that particular knowledge.
- The reason my mom advocated for my name. Its nickname is a very popular song by Barry Mantilow and its full form is a popular hit from the band Boston. Mom loved both of those songs.
- It's easy to pronounce in many of the Latin-based languages so it translates very well when needed.
- Can translate well from "fun" and "spunky" to more "serious" and "adult"

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Things I hate about it:
- Insanely common and in certain context can feel very dated. I rarely hear anyone with my name under the age of 25.
- Because it's so common, it can come across as more vanilla-esque rather than anything more exotic or rich.
- How easy it was to use it in bullying. Even as an adult.

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My name: Amanda

Some people expect me to be younger than I am, though not by much. My parents were ahead of the trend. I like my name, but not its nicknames. My mother felt the same about her name, which I gave to my daughter: she happily uses the nickname her grandmother preferred.

I like it well enough - it's versatile and international. But also so extremely common.

I think my name is a joke. Every part of it.

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My first name's pretty common among people my age or younger also, so it's not because it's unrecognizable. I don't really wish I had another name either.

This message was edited 11/8/2023, 11:41 PM