It wasn't me who won a car

@JudyEv (338434)
Rockingham, Australia
October 19, 2024 7:36pm CST
A friend of Vince’s emailed to say someone with my name had won a car on Telethon. Unfortunately it wasn’t me which is a bit of a shame but good luck to the winner. I’m always amazed when I search Facebook at how many others share the name I’m looking for. There are few people that I’ve searched for that don’t have at least one other person with the same name. Even names with odd spellings come up more than once. Do you know how many others share your name?
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@marguicha (222167)
• Chile
20 Oct
My last name is German and it seems that there are only 2 families in my country with that last name. Yet there is a person with my same first namein the other family.
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@marguicha (222167)
• Chile
20 Oct
@JudyEv Sometimes first names get very popular at a certain time. I named my youngest daughter after my first doll and it seemed that everyone that year named their baby girls that way.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
@marguicha I think my sister might have been names after Shirley Temple but that is only a guess. My sister was born in 1938.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
There is another Judith Evans within our (very) extended family too.
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@BarBaraPrz (47061)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Oct
Too many, oddly enough...
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
I'm sure some think they have a quite unique name but it isn't always so.
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@BarBaraPrz (47061)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Oct
@JudyEv Przeklasa, not Smith, Jones, nor evan Evans.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Oct
@BarBaraPrz Is Przeklasa Polish? We had a lot of Polish children in our school. Their parents emigrated to Australia after WWII.
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@Shavkat (139249)
• Philippines
20 Oct
Yes. Whenever I request a certificate from NBI, I have a hit list name.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
What do you mean by a 'hit list'?
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@Shavkat (139249)
• Philippines
27 Oct
@JudyEv It means that there is someone who is the same initial, middle, and last name as me.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Oct
@Shavkat Thanks for the explanation.
@FourWalls (67231)
• United States
20 Oct
I worked at UPS during holiday rush and was surprised to see they had someone else with my name working there. Karen’s not that common a name, and my last name is not common, either.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
The lady over the road is Karen. There are quite a few here with that name.
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@LadyDuck (470441)
• Switzerland
20 Oct
My name (and surname) are very common in Italy, I am sure that thousands of women share my name. My Mom won a car many years ago.
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@LadyDuck (470441)
• Switzerland
21 Oct
@JudyEv - My mother won and Alfa Romeo Giulia in the year 1970, she gave the car to my Dad, she almost did not drive anymore.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
@LadyDuck That sounds a really nice car. I'm sure your Dad would have been pleased to be able to drive it.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
I would be quite pleased to win a car. Was it a nice car that your mother won? Did she like it?
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@Shiva49 (26634)
• Singapore
20 Oct
If someone says I have won a lottery, I tell them there has been a horrible mistake! Indian names are similar and a few are sharing my name.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
I'm sure there are a great many who share names with others. I wonder how many unique names there are.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Oct
@Shiva49 There are neo-Nazi groups here so unfortunately it might come back onto fashion again.
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@Shiva49 (26634)
• Singapore
21 Oct
@JudyEv The names like Hitler got out of fashion for obvious reasons.
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@celticeagle (165740)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Oct
I'm glad my name is rather rare. Evelyn is pretty old-fashioned. The York name however is way too common. My real last name I have only seen on other time anywhere besides the family.
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@celticeagle (165740)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct
@JudyEv ........Thanks. Yes, it is. I could have changed back to my maiden name but I like the history behind it.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
Evelyn is a lovely name. Is York your married name? (You don't have to tell me.)
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@allknowing (134992)
• India
21 Oct
I was named after my paternal grand mother and one of my classmaes shared it. But she is no more.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
There are at least two other people called Judith/Judy in the village.
@RebeccasFarm (89736)
• Arvada, Colorado
20 Oct
Aw..wish you had won it though. No..no one has my name..it is very old Sicilian.
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• Arvada, Colorado
21 Oct
@JudyEv lol ..no you are not.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
It would be nice to be unique. I'm very 'common'. lol
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@wolfgirl569 (105008)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Oct
I know there is a lot of them
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@wolfgirl569 (105008)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Oct
@JudyEv It is. There are a lot here with that last name
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
We had friends with the surname 'James' if you're using your real name.
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@rakski (120025)
• Philippines
20 Oct
I know somewhere out there someone must have the same name as mine. When I was still single, I met a government employee which I share the same name even the middle initial. But it was married name and but we have a different middle name
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@rakski (120025)
• Philippines
20 Oct
@JudyEv oh really?
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
I know of at least three others that share my name but there are more on FB and in other countries.
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@RasmaSandra (79231)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct
Nope, mine is very individual in the US and only my first name is common in Latvia,
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
I come across some uncommon first names here but the people are from other cultures. The names might be quite common in their own countries.
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21 Oct
amazingly there are quite a few ladies with the same first and last name as me. I just searched as my sister does that for other people my search irritated me as to why they put up such private information about me WITHOUT my permission so to answer your question quite a few!
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Oct
I try not to subscribe to anything nor do I add apps, etc. I'm trying to keep myself out of the spotlight but I suspect 'they' are smarter than I am. They probably know as much about me as they want to.
@grenery8 (9250)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
20 Oct
in my country, only one person share even the same surname with me. as for my name, there are a few. i'm sorry you didn't win a car
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
Some names are much more common than others, that's for sure.
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@grenery8 (9250)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
22 Oct
@JudyEv indeed.
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@snowy22315 (179488)
• United States
20 Oct
I think several. There are even quite a few that have my same middle name.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
I don't know any with my middle name but I haven't looked too hard.
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@Juliaacv (50820)
• Canada
20 Oct
There were 3 others with my name when I married. I was kind of happy to change my last name. There has been 1 of those 3 that has passed, but someone married another one with my first name, and with my maiden name the tally remains at 3. With my married name, I felt secure that nobody shared my first and last name. Then a brother-in-law divorced and took up common law with a woman named Julia. Thankfully, his brothers and sisters decided that they did not like her for a host of reasons, and began to call me Aunt Julia, and the next generation does the same. She never adopted our last name, although they have been together long enough that she legally could.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
It's interesting how these things sort themselves out - or don't! lol
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@moffittjc (121487)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Oct
I don't personally know anyone who shares my name, but when I first moved to the city I live in many years ago, there was another guy here who had my same name. He was some sort of handyman, and I'd always get phone calls from people looking for him to hire to fix things around their homes. I used to joke with my wife at the time that I could earn a few extra dollars taking on all these jobs that people would call for.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
In Esperance, there was another Vince Evans, a general carrier. People were always ringing up wanting boxes of Coca Cola or Sprite delivered. lol
@Ronrybs (18933)
• London, England
20 Oct
So far I have only found myself, but lots of others with the same surname. Mind you I know most of them!
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
My maiden name was Candy but there aren't too many of them around in my state. I think there are distant relations in the east.
@LindaOHio (176191)
• United States
20 Oct
Very few. The one coincidence is someone with my name who lives very close to us. She's a distant cousin of my husband's I think. I used to get her test results, etc. There was an article in the local paper about the Rare Cherry Disco. It said that Linda ____ was dancing at the Rare Cherry. Everyone thought it was me!!! Have a good day.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Oct
I'm sure there would be a few misunderstandings if you lived in the same town.
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@Beestring (14458)
• Hong Kong
20 Oct
There are many who share my Chinese name.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Oct
It seems we all have others who share our names.
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