Do you know your name meanings? Do you like using your real name on line?

@icesmile (7160)
Romania
January 18, 2010 3:04am CST
How many names do you have? What does your name say about you? Over the centuries in many cultures a person's name denoted what he did for a living or a character trait. Are you happy with the name your parent's chose for you? Do you know somebody who are shame with his name and want change it?
10 responses
• United States
18 Jan 10
Hi, Ice! My on-line name is the one my students chose for me many years ago, when I first got a computer. My real name is OK - nothing fascinating, but nothing that's a problem. I thought it was pretty foolish when my husband's boss demanded that he change his name from Juan to John, because he sounded too foreign. It's really ridiculous now, after almost 35 years, when most of our area is hispanic, and Juan is probably the most common man's name!
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• United States
18 Jan 10
I like both your on-line name and your real name, too.
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@icesmile (7160)
• Romania
18 Jan 10
Thank you teacher, you are all time nice; seems that your avatar is something from your soul...
@icesmile (7160)
• Romania
18 Jan 10
I remember when i choice this nickname who i use now, i was so angry, sad, and in my mind was just to find a terrible nickname who can say all about my mood.You know that martianwoman work with my avatar, but now this is; icesmile with gren face..is something strange any way; about my name, i am proud with it, and i like a lot just because is so simple.
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@nautilus33 (1827)
18 Jan 10
HI! Yes, i know the meaning of my name, and as I remember I have already told it in some discussion here on mylot. The meaning of my name is: " master of the people", but not those who own them, I mean those, who guide them! I like my name very much, but I don't use it so often in the web! I don't know why I just don't use it so often! Only if someone asks me or when I register soemwhere!
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@icesmile (7160)
• Romania
18 Jan 10
I like your nickname, i remember about captain Nemo, was my favorite in my childhood. master of the people is great.
@coolcat123 (4387)
• India
19 Jan 10
My name means omeone really religious but i am not so. I never use my real name anywhere online even when i am chatting with someone, thats another talk that i dont usually chat these days. I am not happy with my name as its so uncommon and different. I have not heard people saying that he hates his name , even if someone does, he would not say it.
@Purdy52 (26)
• United States
19 Jan 10
When I was a kid I didn't like the name Randal, and went by Randy.Now that I'm an adult I prefer to go by Randal. When I was younger sometimes, I wanted a different name, but there wasn't much I could do about my given name. My last name Purdy, means"By God", according to our Homeland of England.
• Ireland
19 Jan 10
Sorry to but in here,but I have just signed up,and dont know how to go about posting a Question.Can anyone direct me?
• Ireland
19 Jan 10
Oppps I mean "butt"
• China
19 Jan 10
Hi icesmile,i have two usenames,parents gave one,and a stranger gave another on my ID card which i am using now,but i dont like the name ,it looks like a boy's name,while i am a pretty girl.however i dont think i will change my name,cos it's familiar to me and also to my friends.
@Lily55 (35)
• China
18 Jan 10
Hi,I have three names. My formal name was given by my parents, which means the ideal. So I think maybe they hope I could be a person with a great ambition. My English name is Lily, because I like the flower lily very much and I want to be pureful. I really appreciate the name my parents gave to me. I like them. Until now i have never meet somebody who don't like their names or feel ashame. I hope everybody will like his or her name.
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@icesmile (7160)
• Romania
18 Jan 10
Hi there, few years ago, i had a job in to a place where people come to change theirs Id papers, and there i saw so many peoples with strange names, funny names, and they come to change this names just because for them was enaught , people laugh a lot when this person introduce in different situations. So, you can t imagine how many persons have funny names; in my country are many who give names after hollywood stars, are so many with Brad(Pitt) name, or Rolando, or other names from personalities. So, people have so many funny names who don t represint what they are.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
19 Jan 10
Hey icesmile! No I don't like my real name, but I don't think that I am alone there! I have no idea what my name means and I don't think it really matters! I just don't like it and never have! My real name is Leslie! I hate it and my mother knows that I do! But, what can I do about? I have had it my entire life and it is kind of late to change it so I just live with it! My screen name is my birthstone, Opal. I am a Libra! That is where that came from! Most of my friends call me Lez, because my name is really pronouced Lezlie!
@Hubfee (665)
• Thailand
19 Jan 10
I have nickname, firstnam and last name. I know the meanings of them. I love them all because I got them from my mother, father, and grandpa.
@stand87 (664)
• Bulgaria
18 Jan 10
My name is Stanislav. It's a combination of two words. Stani means stand, slav means glory. In a combination the name means - Be Glorious or something like this. It's not easy to translate it in English. I can say I like my name. But when I was kid I didn't. And maybe the name's meaning has something to do with the person's character.
• India
18 Jan 10
I have one name.My name is kept on a gods name.My name says i m a decent simple person kind hearted,helping nature which was true till the age of 15 now i m all bad.Well nobody is really happy with their name specially after seeing other ppls kewl names.But its ok anyway whatevr name our parents may keep for us our friends will make something out of it and make it funny.So i like my name its Yogesh of which people call me yogi so its kinda kewl.I do use my name online many places like on my blogs and even on some forums.I love my name specially after seeing some really wierd names.