Why do i have a name????

Hi blondie, I liked the name Mario gave you - tinkerbell.

Hi Saphrina, Well I had to take some time to help myself here. Your question on the discussion says or asks "why do I have a name?". Ok, I thought to start without addressing you with your name and as this is not me I was really finding some way. First I tried to put your Avatar but MyLot wouldnt allow me do that on the discussion/response (however I can get it attached at the bottom). Then I tried with "Hi,"... That doesnt seem familiar to me ... I am writing it to you and without your name no that is not me again.... So I do need to address you some way or the other... Saphrina? My Angel? or Angel? or anything but I need one for sure. Now for your discussion - call me by any name you want I wont mind - you can also make or give me a new name and I would accept that as a token of friendship or acquaintance or whatever (I am too greedy I guess and can take almost everything)

If you remind me when I mess up, I will promise right now to not call you by your surname, or any other name you don't like. If I mess up I will feel bad.

Hi, sweetie, I think this is because in some countries their name come first and in some countries your name comes second. In India We use our dad's name as initial and then we write our names. For example if my name is vijay and my dad's name is Ajay, then I am called as A.Vijay. Hope this is enough to add to the confusion, more will be added by our professor Vannie..

It depends. Seriously. The culture here is more formal and I am called Mrs S --- as a courtesy from the people who worked for us on the farm to just about everyone else unless they were a friend. I found this a bit difficult at first to get used to. Then a change happens. When they have known you for a while then I was/am called Miss Cynthie. At work I use the word Miss if I speak to the housekeepers. For example I would call them Miss Mavis or Miss Cherry. I am now giving them or returning to them the respect that they show to me. Some young people who are not my friends will ask if they can call me Cynthie but I sometimes have to tell them that I am not comfortable with them doing that. However, my grands call me just Cynthie but this is something that we do in our family. I called my GM Kathleen. I would find it very objectionable online for anyone just to use my surname without either putting my first name before it. This is s crass. By the way I have a bone to pick with you. I had expected you to say what good looking family we are but your silence has made me feelBlessings and have a wonderful weekend.

names and surnames are tools to identify people. It doesn't matter which one is used, as long as everyone gets who they are talking about, it shouldn't really matter how they are referred of them.

well, i was used hearing everybody else using my surname when calling me when i was in school specially when i got college. but my closed friends call me prime, just those few acquiantances. how are you my B?

I hate it when I'm called differently too. I like it when people call me Zed .. just stick with it. But if it's Facebook I don't mind people calling me by my initials .. but other than that , I don't like other nicknames too.

I usually don't put my surname on social networking sites so I don't have this problem. The only sites that have my surname are probably Facebook and Linkedin, and with Linkedin it would be acceptable for this since it's a professional site. I think if it is in a business and professional setting then it is ok for someone to address you by your surname. If this isn't the case then it's kind of strange for someone to do so. I've never had it happen to me before but I don't think it would bother me much. Once I know that I am the one being addressed and it doesn't cause confusion then I don't see why it should be a problem. It might be weird but it wouldn't bother me.

Well, If we don't have a name. How they can call us. It's very struggling for people if they don't have a name. Think about it, friend. We have a name so that other people call us when they meet us...

No body addresses me using my surname (coz they aren't aware of it)

Both my first name and my family names are parts of my name, so for me it would depend on the situation and the language what I'd find it logical to be called. In Norwegian, we rarely use anything but the first name. Maybe if you interview something on TV or radio, you'll either use their full name or their title. I've had some teacher that were called by their family name but that's quite unusual now. If I went to an English speaking conference, I'd suppose they would use the whole name. In German, it would depend on who. I lived in Austria for some years (and I'd love to do it again), and there people greet more formally than here so at least in professional settings I would expect title and my family name. Or if I was teaching, I would expect that. Among friends, definitly first name. (they manage to make my family name sound really rude anyway ;-) )

In the military that's pretty standard routine, but elsewhere I would think it a bit odd. I'm never ti impressed with what some people consider cool.......

I think it is to put order into society and stuff and to help organise stuff. Like taking registers at school and stuff and to provide you with an identification on your driving license.

I don't know missy all the best urban

Actually, neither, that's why I don't have my "real" name on here...

I don't mind anybody calling me by name on here. My name is jo & it's alot less trouble to type that instead of my user name.

Hi saphrina, I would really feel bad if someone called me with my surname but fortunately I don't use surname with my name. Actually in our country we hardly use surname with our names (except Hindus). Some surname in Muslims are also common and they use it generation after generation but now a days we, generation Y...like to have a more stylish name so we never use surname..even my dad don't use surname. About 70% times (I think) we have our very own name and we never force our children and wives to use it with their name. Only if they want they can use. Women, after marriage sometimes use their husbands surname alone with their own name (generally in Hindu families) but this tradition is also declining day by day even among Hindu families except a very conservative and traditional family. In our country, you'll be surprised to see young generation even age ranged from 0 to 35...they all have their unique name...no surname or family name..Like my name is 'Naurid Kashpia Senjuti', my father's name is 'Abdus Sattar' and grandfather's name is 'Mojahar Hossain Pramanic'....here 'pramanic' is the surname. But my dad didn't use it and so do I. Again some people like to use their father's name with their name and start to form a new surname generation. Like my grandfather's (mom's dad) name is 'Ahmed Ali' and his father's name was 'Monir-uddin Kabiraj'..here the 'Kabiraj' was the surname but my grandfather didn't use it with his name. But my 2 uncles use 'Ahmed' as a surname with their name 'Tarek Ahmed' & 'Tanvir Ahmed'...and my uncle had 2 sons their name is 'Ahmed Muntaha' and 'Ahmed Muntad'... I don't think it is as like as surname. They just use it as it sounds good with their name and it's a religious name and they want to show respect to my grandpa...may be my another uncle can give different name to his children. It depends. our parents give us names and most of the time it doesn't contain any surname and if it has then we get freedom to say how we feel about it..even we can change it while registration for certificate exams. Here nobody will call you with your surname, only with your name. We call someone with the first name so surname isn't important at all.

After one finishes school, one's first name becomes rather personal in my opinion. Those that know you informally can use the first name and those that know you formally can use you last name. It really doesn't matter to me what they call me on social site.

If someone is to address me then i would prefer them to use my first name rather than to call me by my surname. I have not been called by my surname since i was last at school, that was a long time ago. But that is what some kids do, this is to be expected by some kids to act in this way. I would not expect an adult though to address somebody by calling them by their surname. What would be the point in having a first name if it is not going to be used. This is really kids, for those adults that do this, well that is just a sign of dissrespect really, it is inappropriate.