Do you like your real name?
 

Do you like your real name or not? Why? What name would you pick for yourself instead of the one you have? What names do you find nice or do you like in general, or which ones would you pick if you had to, for example for your babies?

I love both of my names. Ricardo, as far as I've read, has related meanings to "strong leader" "powerful governant" "leader of the wolf pack".

I don't know Julian's meaning but I relate it to old scientist-religious individuals whom achieved great discoveries that we enjoy today.

I am not sure how would I name any of my sons though, but if I have a daughter I would like to name her Juliana, or Julianne.

My name is Anamaria. I like my name considering its both of my grandmothers names put together. If I ever have kids I would like the girls name either to be Adriana or Anastasia, notice how ana is in everyone of them :laugh: . I gotta put my name in there somehow. If its a boy I would like Gavin or Alejandro or even Dante, i always liked that name.

my name is diego, its the words die and go together

Dutch names in general suck, so does my name. But I don't care cause the country is full of stupid names. I always liked hispanic and italian names, they have the tendency to sound real cool.
If I should get any children they will probably have hispanic names(boy) or italian names(girl).

Seperate my names are not that great Johnathan and James, but combine them and you get a whole lot of goodness.

HENCE ====> JJ

who doesn't want to be called Jay Jay

and the best part is...my licence plate can say DOUBLE J!

Yep I like it!

I do. Czech names aren't nice, but mine is not that bad. The fact is they just don't have much "personality". I wouldn't like to pick a too exotic name. when you go somewhere and you hear a name that is too exotic for that place, it sounds weird and sometimes ridiculous.

Agreed, a big blond russian bloke called Antonio, Guiseppe etc. isn't really right is it??

Lol, but that would be funny to hear :D

I like my name even though it's very common, Matthew. I told my parents this and they said they named me Matthew because it's biblical (Matthew one of the followers of Christ and such.) I dunno, I like it. I use to just go by Matt but I like to be called Matthew now, it sounds alot better to me now then when I was much younger. However I dislike my middle name and it is Phillip...It just doesn't sit well with me and I feel it doesn't click with my name or last name. Matthew Phillip Shaw...my middle name just feels like it sticks out like a sore thumb. XD

And if your from the south (like me) my last name can be a play on the word for "sure"

"That shaw is a great tune Bubba J"
"It shaw is Jimmy Jack, it shaw is."
XD

I'm indifferent towards my name. Lawrence isnt a bad name but there are many better ones. I would rather have my name to be Jean-Luc. But that is just my inner nerd speaking.

I found out the true meaning of my name, just a week ago it turnes out to be from a greek god and it's quite a nice story( i feel another tattoo coming on..), so maybe it's not that bad(allthough I don't like the sound of it).

What god and what story? I used to be a greek mythology fanatic when I was younger, so I'm curious now :)

I went to the ancient city of Olympia this holiday and if you're a mythology fanatic you really should go there. My name comes from the greek god of wine, the story about the son of Zeus he made with a mortal wife and needed to hide from his jealous wife Hera and give it to Hermes in order to bring it to the nymphes to raise it?? I've seen the statue with Hermes carrying the baby with Hermes' arm missing where he used to hold grapes and the baby reaching for it. Very impressive to see the huge statue in real life!

So you must know my real name by now, but pleazzz keep it sssshh :lmao:

i was curious so i google your name. there are 2 names that came out, which one is it, the roman name or the greek name ? :ghost:

Oh yes, I got the name now. Do you know my last name is abbreviation of the name of the same god? Yes. So we have something in common. And I don't think your name, I'm guessing you are talking about the Dutch version of it, is bad at all.

Some of the myths regarding the god you're talking about are very obscure and mysterious. He's one of the most complicated figures in Greek mythology. He's a very controversial deity, with strong influencial presence in modern culture as well.

If you read carefully you will know but keep it to yourself please...

That's cool, having a last name that's coming from an ancient god! Around here people have mostly last names that came from where they were from or what there job was(thanks to Napoleon for that). On the other hand if it wasn't for the small frenchman we probably would still be naming each other son of ... son of... from the daughter of....

I'm starting to read myself into it right now and he seemed to had some strange followers with bizar rites and methods. He seemed to represent more the illogical and free element in ancient greek society in contradiction to the philisophical and otherwise logical considered greeks. I also like the stories about the titans and centaurs, pretty interesting stuff. I already learned some stuff in college, but now that I've been to Olympia it has renewed my interest.
I would like to go to the Forum Romanum one day...

If you liked Greece, maybe you would like Rome as well. Rome has so much to offer if you're interested in ancient ruins and history. There are so many places to visit. It's not that great as a city, and compared to other European capitals is horrible, because the climate sucks, it's dirty, and people are less civilized :lmao:

I want to change my name to Kratos

I could answer my phone, and be all.. "Yes this is Kratos, who is this calling me?"

90% of people calling you won't get your name and will think you said "Carlos" :laugh:

I will visit it for sure, is it best to stay slightly outside the city, is public transport do-able around Rome or is it neccesary when you don't have a car there that you stay in the innercity? Is it as expensive as people say, regarding food and drinks.

:laugh: And then they'll try to order a pizza.

It is quite expensive anywhere, but there are some differences among zones, so it also depends on the zone you choose. Staying near the Vatican for example is almost impossible if you are not a billionaire, but other central zones aren't that expensive. Anyway, suburbs are awful and transports aren't like those you find in other major capitals, so I wouldn't recommend to anybody to look for accomodation there.

Funny to read back those posts from a while back.

Sounds you've undergone quite a change for good, there speaks a lot of positivity from your posts!