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[absynth aura]

Mine doesn't.
I think because Jarrod is not a very common name here, I can just act however I want and not have to worry about acting like other "Jarrod's."
Also, the fact that most others I have met, spell their name Jared. So again, it's more unique.

I used to think that since my parents named me after an athlete, there was some pressure to try and excell at sport. But I quickly realised that wasn't going to work xD

[CeeGBee]

Mine doesn't.
I think because Jarrod is not a very common name here, I can just act however I want and not have to worry about acting like other "Jarrod's."
Also, the fact that most others I have met, spell their name Jared. So again, it's more unique.

I used to think that since my parents named me after an athlete, there was some pressure to try and excell at sport. But I quickly realised that wasn't going to work xD

Ever feel the urge to walk into a Subway restaurant and demand free food?
(Do you have Subway restaurants in your corner of the world?)

[absynth aura]

Mine doesn't.
I think because Jarrod is not a very common name here, I can just act however I want and not have to worry about acting like other "Jarrod's."
Also, the fact that most others I have met, spell their name Jared. So again, it's more unique.

I used to think that since my parents named me after an athlete, there was some pressure to try and excell at sport. But I quickly realised that wasn't going to work xD

Ever feel the urge to walk into a Subway restaurant and demand free food?
(Do you have Subway restaurants in your corner of the world?)

Oh crap. I forgot about that.
I used to work at a Subway, and for a while my name tag actually said Jarrod, and people kept asking if it was my real name. I got sick of them asking, and it got changed to J.D.

[MauraLeeBee]

These are some really great answers so far guys! Thanks for taking time out of your day to respond!

I can't say I've ever felt like I'm obligated to be anything. As some of you have seen my real first name on FB, I'll confess that I run into people who like to make jokes about my name, or silly puns. I've run into kids who have asked me if my parents were hippies, if I was a hippie, and when I was younger, people used to talk about me behind my back, and upon my confronting them, would say that they were "talking about the season". It was annoying, but it made me a stronger person, and over time, I learned to really like having a unique name.

I think it's different with everybody, but I think, at some point in their lives, everyone doesn't like their name, even if it's for a little while. We all consider changing it, and some actually succeed in doing so, but looking back on it, unless your name is something absolutely horrid or has a connection to something you don't wish to be affiliated with any longer, in retrospect, what our parents called us wasn't so bad.

Heck, I even have a namesake as part of my name, and I've never felt obligated to be anything. If anything, it's made me feel connected to my elders that I would otherwise have no relationship with (my middle name is after my Nana, who died when I was about a year old).

Feel free to continue commenting!

[Captain Oblivious]

My middle names. Well. I have three: Mary, Angela and Catherine. The first is my dad's mum, the second my mum's mum. The last is one I chose as part of making my confirmation (very Catholic ceremony, sort of like a Bar Mitzvah for Catholics). I don't have any real connection to it, but the choices were rather limited and it was my favourite of them all. My cousin chose "Peter" as hers, for our grandfather who had recently passed away. Her sister chose "Cormac" which was her father's name, who passed away not long after we made our confirmation.

That was sort of irrelevant, sorry.

[Tiervexx]

My name is Zach.  I never associated it with anything other than myself so I don't think I ever felt I had to be a certain way because of it.

That said, I do like that my name is relatively rare yet not so odd I'd get made fun of for it.  I don't like it when someone else has my name.

[CottonCandy]

I don't know... My name (Aino) is a character in the finnish epic Kalevala. I didn't like it when I was little because at that time the name was a bit unfashionable -people my age didn't have that name, their grannies or aunties did. But then I read the story of Aino in Kalevala and found the character was really strong and independent (and tragic, but all the stories in Kalevala are, more or less!). I started to like the name after that.

But the problem is that lately the name has become popular in Finland, with the trend of giving old-fashioned names. So now when I visit home I keep on hearing: "AINO! Don't go there! Don't run away!" etc, and I think people are shouting at me, only to see a 5-year-old girl sprinting away from their mum and the mum shouting 

[N.U.]

Mine (Michael) was pulled straight from the Archangel. The name itself means "Who is like God?"


Talk about setting a high bar in terms of expectations.

[Indja]

Mine (Michael) was pulled straight from the Archangel. The name itself means "Who is like God?"


Talk about setting a high bar in terms of expectations.

I dunno. It's a rhetorical question, surely? It's more YAY GOD!! than YAY MICHAEL!! in my mind.

[Savannah]

Mine (Michael) was pulled straight from the Archangel. The name itself means "Who is like God?"


Talk about setting a high bar in terms of expectations.

I dunno. It's a rhetorical question, surely? It's more YAY GOD!! than YAY MICHAEL!! in my mind.

  Yeah and it's more OMG rather than OMM, in my mind. But it also depends on who your god is.

[clarabelle12345]

I tend to use my birth certificate name & nickname interchangeably. Since I've started running with a slightly kinky crowd I use Clara a lot more, as it feels a bit more invented & free. It's something I've chosen to attach to myself rather than Claire Louise, which ...turns out, though my parents thought it was a nice name, was the sixth that month in the hospital. There was a Clare Louise in my class. Clarabelle was Thomas the Tank Engine's name, so when I'd get the Polish treatment from that side of the family, I guess it got tacked on at some stage. In Swahili there's no "air" sound so I was Clara there for ease & my super cool polish Great Aunt never called me Claire once.

When I was at school, I used to get called "Fat _surname_" rather than having a name, so I'm happy to use it.

Claire Louise feels like an adult name, I've been told that they're classy old lady names in France, somewhat refined. Claire is the 30 something professional me. Clara is definitely the young, cheeky version. It's Clara who wears the tutus and corsets, but Claire's in there too. Claire's the one who holds Clara's hand & gives her good advice & stops her being stupid.

[Indja]

Mine (Michael) was pulled straight from the Archangel. The name itself means "Who is like God?"


Talk about setting a high bar in terms of expectations.

I dunno. It's a rhetorical question, surely? It's more YAY GOD!! than YAY MICHAEL!! in my mind.

  Yeah and it's more OMG rather than OMM, in my mind. But it also depends on who your god is.

I might start saying "Oh my Michael" from now on xD

[N.U.]

Yeah, apparently it's a turn-off to say "Oh, me! Oh me! Oh me!" 

[Indja]

You should say "Oh me, oh my!!" like a little old lady. That's hella sexy.

[CeeGBee]

Yeah, apparently it's a turn-off to say "Oh, me! Oh me! Oh me!" 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/VNUUFVLkYII" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/VNUUFVLkYII</a>

(You can cut it off after the first :30...  but if you haven't seen the movie, check it out, it's nice.)