Different Name... Different Life...

That souns like me my name was suppose to be Deanna but my mother decided when I was born to name me Shaunee. It a alright name there is a actress named Shawnee Smith. There have been lots of times I ished I had a different name at the same time everyone knows me as Shaunee or Shaun.

Interesting topic. Simply put, my parents already had three boys. When it was my time, they were of course hoping for a girl. Well, much to their short disappointment, I showed up as a male. My name was supposed to be Davida, so, for my parents, it was not difficult to make the change to David, being named for my grandfather on my father's side of the family. When I tell this story, sometimes my friends like to return the 'a' to the end of my name.

yes i believe that our name somehow can influence the of our life...like me..my name is iraida..which is very foreign and far away sounding name...people find it hard to remember my name, find it hard to say it...maybe that is why i am aloof and just like to be left alone most of the time because i hate to introduce myself to other people because of my name.

I think your name can influence your life to a slight degree. I think if a person is named a name that they get teased about then they will become a different person then if they do not get teased by their name. My maiden name was Vickers, now I was called Vicks vapor rub, cough drop, and other vicks product. I think that influenced me on my self esteem. I treat people differently because of my name. I have a twin, my name is one letter off of her name, we do not look alike but no one ever tried to get my name right. I try to pronounce peoples names right and use to get mad at people I worked with when they did not even try to get a patient's name right. Yes I am a different person because of my name.

April is a lovely and special name. There is a candidate called April in America's Next Top Model:) I think our names won't have a big difference on our life. After all, it's a name. If a name can give anybody a successful life, then I am afraid all the people will have the same name:) I love China

I believe my name has nothing to do with what is happening in my life right now and even to my future.

no I don't think so. It's not my name that affects my life, it's the choice that I make, it goes for all of us. The choice we make will affect each other's lives. If parents do not make the right choice when raising their children then these children grow up becoming criminal and so on. When they get older they may realize they can make the choice to be good, but it will take them time to get to that point because when their mind is young they were not taught what they supposed to learn. It's not easy to make the right choice, but name is not why we live the life we have now or any time in the past or future.

we i think you are who you are thats just like saying what if i was born a different color will my life be different.

[i]Hi aseretdd, Hmmm....maybe we will have the same life..I am not sure either..LOL! But, the personality and attitude would be the same so most probably, it will still bring us to what we are right now because of the same traits...ANyway, I am also open for a contrary opinion..LOL! It's nice to talk about! I have also that saint name which was insisted by my Grandma during my baptismal and they added it to my name, when I enrolled COllege, I had to remove it since it was not part of my name in my original BC![/i]

Hello aseretdd, I am not sure about this. I just saw a discussion about how name can show your personality. I was supposed to have a different name too when I was born but ended up with my name instead Name plays an important role in our life as people can easily recognize us if they know our name. But, I don't think it can really influence who you would be... I wished to have a different name before but now, even if I have a second chance, I still want to have the same name...

The name is not likely to make a difference because its still the same you. People tend to think a different this or that can change their lives and forget its still them and their own character there to deal with. The real cause is the character and not the name or anything. If you tried praying like the saint nd doing less to cause yourself trouble things might be better. Prayer and God do make a big difference. The saint knew that and so became one.

You'll be amazed to know how much your name can influence your life. Parents sometime give the strangest name to their kid not knowing that it can have serious repercussions. I hope your name hasn't made your life difficult, if it did, you could change it for something else. Good luck...

Ohh yeah... My given name was absolutely a horrible name. I won't even post it here! I was teased mercilessly and changed it legally when I was old enough to do so. I definately think I would have had a different childhood if I had had an acceptable name.

i think definately different people will have different name and all of them having different life......so name and life is not the same according to me what do u feel about this .name doesnot matter for all the factors

I am not quite sure in this fact whether a name can truly influence the life. atleast totally. i never liked my name. But i think having a nice name makes some changes in life. But there is saying that a name is name. by whatever nmae you call arose, it will be rose.

Hmm, I don't know. However I would have to guess it wouldn't make much of a difference, if any, so long as the name wasn't something drastically different where it might have caused issues for someone. My parents planned to name me Kathleen June, because I was due in June. But I ended up being born in July instead so they named me something else. This name was still common enough so I didn't have any issues with my name growing up, other than it being a little plain. LOL

My name would also be different. My father has a different name in mind for me. It was not realized because he was away the time I was given my name. I think, there's nothing new actually if my name will be changed. I'm not also sure if there would be influences in it.

I am pretty sure that if I had kept the name my parents gave me I would be nowhere today. There was a huge battle in the family when I was named with some wanting one horrid name and others wanting another. So when I got old enough, I just changed mine to what I wanted it to be. Now that is who I am. I don't even know that other person. I don't know why people keep names they don't like.

Hi there! Well, I don't really feel the name would be so powerful. Only when I hear extremely strange names would I sympathize them. For example, one of my friends' friend's name sounds really like SPERM in Chinese. i just can't imagine how could SHE survive this, especially in traditional China. And I also believe if she could survive this, she could survive anything else in this world. So, don't deny yourself for a name, it's probably only a tag in your life. Good day!

People will be influenced by themselves. The name is just a signal, but the more important thing is that what is the good wishes for the given-named person. We don't have a chance to select our names when we are just babies. Of course we can do when we grown up. But for myself, I will keep the name. Because it is a very cherish memory and it will never happen again. My grandfater named me when I was born but he is passed away now.