I like mine as I've grown quite, quite used to it.
I know my name in 4 languages:
Sean. John. Ioannes. Jean.
Yeah, its pretty much the same, except for the Latin, thats confusing.
Do you like your given name?
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ColdRedRain
I know my name in 4 languages:
Sean. John. Ioannes. Jean.
Here are 3 more. Jan, Juan, Ivan.
And as for my name, I hated my first name. It's fucking inpronounceable. My dad wanted to give me the name of his father, which was Lee. My mom wanted to name me "Alonzo". They comprimised and named me "Alonzo Lee"
At the age of 20, I decided to drop my first name. That same year, I stopped being a dub. The rest is history.
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zaphod
and johan and ian.
i'm sure there are even more
zaphod
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zaphod
there are
- Hebrew: Yochanan
- Ancient Greek : Ioannes
- Latin: Johannes
- English: John
- Dutch: Johannes, Hannes, Hans
- German: Johannes, Johann, Johan, Jan, Hans
- Danish: Johannes, Johan, Jon, Jan, Jens, Hans, John
- Norwegian: Johannes, Johan, Jon, Jan, Hans
- Swedish: Johannes, Johan, Jon, Jan, Hans
- Icelandic: Jóhannes, Jóhann, Jón
- Cornish: Jowan
- Manx: Ean
- Scottish: Eoin, Iain, Ian
- Irish: Eoin
- Welsh: Iefan, Ifan, Evan
- Breton: Yann
- French: Jean
- Spanish: Juan
- Portuguese: João
- Catalan: Joan
- Galician: Xoán
- Italian: Giovanni, Gianni
- Romanian: Ioan, Ion
- Basque: Ion, Jon
- Finnish: Jani, Joni, Jouni, Juha, Juhana, Juhani, Juho, Jukka, Jussi
- Hungarian: Jani, János
- Estonian: Jaan
- Latvian: Janis
- Lithuanian: Jonas
- Russian: Ivan
- Ukrainian: Ivan
- Bulgarian: Ioan
- Croatian: Ivo, Ivan
- Serbian: Jovan, Ivan
- Slovene: Yanez
- Macedonian: Jovan
- Polish: Iwan, Jan
- Czech: Ivan, Jan, Johan
- Slovak: Ivan, Jan
- Albanian: Gjon
- Greek: Ioannes, Ioannis
- Armenian: Hovannes
- Esperanto: Johano
- Hawaiian: Keoni
- Niuean: Sione
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Country_Woman
Odrade, I like the sound of your screen name too--
Where you inspired by Dune's Darwi Odrade or by the medieval virgin Saint Odrade ? (she was known from 1107 and was a patron saint for cattle-plague)
As for my given name: It is extremely rare here: have never heard of someone else with my name: Branda
The male form of my name is more common (although still rare) : IJsbrand
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Angharad
I didn't when I was a kid - but I really like it now because its relatively unusual
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coffee_black
I was named after Deborah of the Bible. It's way too formal... no one ever called me that except my mom, and if she called me that, and included my middle name... I knew I was in serious trouble.
I don't let anyone call me Deborah... it doesn't fit me... Debbie is ok... better at least than Deborah.
Coffee
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diamondblue1974
Yes I like mine, first middle and last...although hardly anyone calls me by name anyway they either resort to Gaz (which incidentally I hate) or G which i prefer.
My middle name is David which ive always preferred to Gary but hey...I shouldnt really be bothered, i could be called plenty worse and in fact I am .
DB74
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Country_Woman
Angharad, is your name Welsh or ?
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Black Sheep
I received several multisylabic names, cunning designed to never fit in the space provided.
For some strange reason I was known by my second name, after a homosexual biblical character, a name that I hated.
I have since changed to my first name, Chris, never using the topher.