The Friday Five

[Jax]

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
At birth I was named after my birthmother's mother; she said the only thing she had to give me was the name of a great lady (aww ). At adoption, I was named after my adoptive father.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
My daughter was named after my best friend at the time who was killed by a drunk driver while I was pregnant..my oldest son was named after my grandfathers, as well as Ian Gillan..and my youngest son was named after his grandfathers.
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
No idea..I'll ask my birthmom next weekend when I see her. As for my adoptive parents, they already knew I was a girl so I don't think they worried about a boy's name.
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
I'd change it back to my birthname, or some variation of it, because that name is more true to who I really am and where I came from than my current adoptive name.
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?
My adoptive surname is a pain in the ass two word Dutch name that has been butchered mercilessly since I was a child (though now that I'm living in my adoptive parents' hometown where the majority of the population is still Dutch & my name fits right in, it's not as bad as it's been in other places). Amusingly enough, it's really not a difficult name (it's pronounced exactly as it's spelled), but people automatically assume that a two word name must be hard to say, so they make more of it than needs be.

 

[Tubbs]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1. Unless you count a "Joshua" tree as a person, then no.

2. No names yet, but one of them is definitely going to have my name.

3. Josephine

4. Tubbs, obviously because everyone knows me as that. It's been my nickname for years and years now.

5. My last name is "Earle". It's pronounced "Earl", but some annoying people pronounce it as "Early" beause they think the E is a strong one (Or something grammatical like that.)

 

[AutumnGust]

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1.Yes after my great grandfather.
2.Nope, don't know if I want kids.
3.Maria
4.I would pick my current name(Simon)
5.None I can think of.

Np: Virgin Steele - Through Blood and Fire

 

[wchuck]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1) after a porn guy


... well he was a very popular and quite good actor, but he also did some soft porn sometimes


2) I've thought about it, but didn't find anything being worth yet...

3) I once asked my mother, but forgot it, I believe Victoria, or anything like that...

4) I like my name, except when I meet some retarded guys...or when I was at elementary school...

5) Yep...I'm often written with K instead of C, even my grandmother did that a long time

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1. My middle name, Alan, is the same as my dad's.
2. Nope. And at the moment, I don't plan on having kids.
3. No idea - I should ask my parents.
4. I kinda like my name (Jeff).
5. YES! People always spell my full name "Jeffery" (or even Jefferey) instead of "Jeffrey."

 

[Matt]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

I'll try this.

1. my middle name is named after my uncle russell. He drove tanks in WW2.

2. not yet....

3. dont know...

4. i like my name as it is.

5. people always spell/say my last name (which is spelled 'Cantonwine' ) canyonwine, cantowine, or canowine. pisses me off.

 

[Rose Immortal]

5. people always spell/say my last name (which is spelled 'Cantonwine' ) canyonwine, cantowine, or canowine. pisses me off.

People should realize that it's BEER that comes in cans, not wine...

 

[greenaxer]

1. after my dad, my grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather
2. uh, no, not going to worry about that for a LONG time
3. no idea, I'll ask my parents about that. But I like the name Noelle for a girl
(maybe that answers question #2)
4. Alex, it's a good masculine name, and is one name my parents were
thinking about. And it's easier to pronounce!
5. All the freekin' time! I got endless nicknames in elementary school, and
people on the phone always butcher it. That's why I go by my middle
name

 

[J-Dubya 777]

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.

Nope, BUT the first Willcoxon (or back then, Wilcoxson) off the boat in the 1680's was named John. It's good to have Mormons in the family who have access HUGE amounts of data to help the family tree....Am I the reincarnated
image? I dunno....Edit: I may have been named after my grandfather who died LONG before I was born.....

2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)

Nope, D.N.A.



3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?

Unknown....never thought to ask....

4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?

I'm ok with what name I was given....Just as long as they know it's John & not Jon...

5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly

Just accenting the wrong syllable, or calling me willcocksucker, hey will, are the cox in? lol....I've heard them ALL...


J-Dubya

 

[War_Blade]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1. nah, my mother jsut liked the name justin
2.If i have a boy, sebastian. If its a girl... uh, not sure... i just like the name Sebastion i guess...
3. No idea
4. Sebastion!!! I like the name!!!
5. Justin? uhh... nah...

 

[Beelzebub]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1. Yes, I believe I got my first name (Yasmin) from my mother's aunt and my middle name (Rehana) from a friend my mother had in grade school.

2. Not too sure, I like the name David though.

3. I don't know.

4. I like my name a lot, only problem is that it's also the name of a birth control pill

5. UGH! Yes! Yasmine, Jasmin, Jasmine, and some people call me by my sister's name and expect me to not be pissed off.

 

[NegativeVolume]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1. Some actor dude named Andrew Stephens...my name is Stephen Andrew

2. Asskicker: so s/he doesn't get bullied around in school

3. I think Nicole...I don't remember though.

4. I'm not too sure if I would...maybe to something that's NOT of my Italian heritage...like Abe Steinberg

5. Yeah. My last name is spelled "Lella" and it's pronounced as "lel-uh." Not too hard, right? Most people who call looking for any of us are like, "Is Mr/s. lee-la or lay-la home?" That got irritating, but I grew used to it.

 

[Horus]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1. Yes, I think one of my great uncles for my real name (Jewish family, go figure.) My username.... you take a guess.
2. No.
3. Not sure.
4. GOD.
5. There's 2 big ones:
- People always call me HarrisON instead of Harris when they first meet me.
- They also always forget to put "All your base are belong to" before my name.

 

[Yngvai X]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1. Not my first name. My middle name, Philip, is my dad's first.
2. Kids are a long ways away for me, but I thought Eric and Katherine sound good in front of "Moliti."
3. Mattina
4. Krog the Destroyer
5. I've changed the spelling of my last name to avoid this, but yes, before it would happen constantly.

 

[theVikingR]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1. Middle name chosen to be the same as my maternal grandfather's
2. Let's see, these will be Mike, Michael, P, Russell and Jason. Regardless of gender.
3. Andrea? I don't know.
4. Baron, Lord etc some sort of title to confuse people. "The" would be an interesting first name too.
5. not that I've heard.

 

[Jax]

4. Baron, Lord etc some sort of title to confuse people. "The" would be an interesting first name too.

There was a guy on Judge Judy named 'Sir' once..her reaction was funny when she found out it was his given name. *g*

 

[Logruss]

1. That's the name of a Roman Emperor. Hmm I don't know if that's the reason though by the way it's "Flavien", which is extremely unusual, and certainly difficult to pronounce for people speaking english I guess. It was chosen by my big sis (she's 15 years older than me)
2. Nope...
3. It would have been "Fanny". My parents didn't want know in advance my gender and they told me they chose two names in advance.
4. Bender
5. Yep. People always think it's "Fabien" which is a lot more common. In fact I have *never* met someone else with my first name. But I know I'm not the only one !

 

[Rose Immortal]

4. Baron, Lord etc some sort of title to confuse people. "The" would be an interesting first name too.

Haha, remember that dude from Catch-22, "Major Major Major"?

 

[Kenneth R.]

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
>>Kenny Rogers. Hell yeah.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
>>Absolutely not. I think that's creepy.
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
>>I don't really want to know.
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
>>Read This.
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?
>>My last name is ALWAYS mispelled/pronounced.

 

[TuoDrable]

Today's questions:

1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance? (If you already have kids, what is the significance of their names, if any?)
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?

1: No, I don't think so
2: no, that'd be ridiculous.
3: I don't know
4: I would certainly rename myself, because people always miss... Me and my brother's name are very similar, so they call my bro's name to me and vice versa... Even my mom does
But what would be my name? Who knows...
5: yeah, they always spell it wrong... If they don't ask spelling, it's spelled wrong... och well, I don't think anyone can pronounce 'Neyrinck', say it to someone else and ask him to spell it