Do you suit your name?

[Two_Sheds]

I think my name means "youthful". That's fine by me (40 this year, and yes! weighing less than I did at 17 )

[julesapple]

Is shortening, or lengthening, names a regional thing?

I've lived all over and the south west is the worst I've come across for this. My Nan, bless her, used to lengthen names if she couldn't shorten them. Hence my cousins are Shauny & LeeLee.

My name was shortened from a very lengthy Juliana to Julie and then to Ju. I particularly hate Ju. It was the BH who started Jules 27 years ago, but my mother still refuses to use it.

Also, you know you are in bother in this house when full names instead of pet names are used.

Jules

[HeyWayne]

Wayne - Wagon maker.

Hmm.

Maybe I'm not cut out for marketing after all...

[bramble]

My real name can be used by male and female alike and yes, i do think my name suits me, at least my mother always said so.

[Veggiemama]

Well my real name means strong, independent and wise


So, of course i am suited to my name.....(although my Oh may disagree)

VM

[Alison]

I think that you often associate names with the people you know so if you once knew somebody who was a right cow called a certain name then you associate that name with right cows. As far as my name's concerned, it's my name so to me when I look in the mirror I just see somebody called Alison, had it almost 40 years and it's just me but am guessing I'd be the same if I was called something else. Often get it abbreviated to Al (which I like) and occaisionally to Ally but use to hate being called Ali-bongo when I was at school.

[Pumpkin Becki]

I guess my name doesn't suit me...coz I get called Rachel all the time!

[binley100]

I think the name binbags suits me well much to my eldests disgust (she'd give GokWan a run for his money )
I don't do posh stuff being my happiest in my lottie gear.

[julesapple]

I think the name binbags suits me well much to my eldests disgust (she'd give GokWan a run for his money )
I don't do posh stuff being my happiest in my lottie gear.

But Binners, I bet are you one of those people who look great in binbags! I'm sure I invented grunge, albeit quite by accident. Only, we call it 'normal' here....

Jules

[binley100]

Jules you're too kind.......

[bobleponge]

Hmmm, I have just received the details of someone who's coming to work in the near future, including his photo so I can recognise him at the airport.
Its a foreign name but its pronounced "Gurner," and its another one that fits perfectly according to the girls in the office.

[piskieinboots]

...its pronounced "Gurner,"

Don't - just don't

[lindyloo]

i don't like my name and always wanted it to be more dramatic; something like lydia, madeline, leonore. ( both of my sisters have pretty names, so i was always a bit jeolous). now, to be fair, i have just looked up the meaning of my name which apparently means 'of the lake', or 'pretty'. i am hoping that equates to mermaid-like, and not cod-like!!

[di]

My initials are DM...I have one pair of sandals and one pair of boots..both DMs.

Also if you put my surname initial after Di you get DiM....I used to be a DiP

[zebedee]

Apparently, in Gaelic (any experts out there can confirm or deny) my first name Kenneth, means born of fire, and put with my middle name - John - translates as 'Brave Warrior'???