My last name is my husband's name. It is the name of a bird which is kind of nice since we are both birdwatchers.

Reba, 50+
Silver Spring, MD  USA

No. Not at all. I think my name is silly and childish and cheerleader-ish. I wish I had been named something a little more dignified, such as Kate. In my profession (engineering)...it's hard enough being a woman..but being a woman with a "cute" name is even worse!

Tam

I think my last name does. I'm half-Korean and I'm very proud of my Korean last name. The province in Korea that my dad's family originally came from has historically been one of the most powerful. Plus the fact that I love being Korean. =P

Jeremy, 14
Highlands Ranch, CO  USA

All it says about me is my name. I've know several people named Judy, some with similar interests, some not at all like me. Same for the last name. Therefore, I don't think names mean much.

Judy, 62
Easton, KS  USA

When I was young, I was dubbed "Carol the barrel" so I'm not crazy about my first name....I wasn't even really fat, just chunky. Kids can be so cruel. To family I was always Cari...which just felt better. As to my last name, I think it's pretty ironic that, with a name like it, I work at an aquarium. I also love fishing, so I'm more than comfortable with my last name.  Cute question, Reba.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

My name is an creation of strong family tradition.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA

My husband has been known to say "I have a Karen Hart." What's funny is to put my maiden name and married name together. Karen Black Hart. I don't know what this says about me as a person, but it amuses me.

Karen, 22
Ames, IA   USA

My first name says that I come from the kind of family that latches on to a name and stays with it. I was named for my grandmother and she for her grandmother.

Jane, 62
West Linn, OR   USA

Not really.

Firelady, 24
Frisco, TX USA

I don't think that it does.

Ryan, 28
Riedlingen  GERMANY

My first name is Christopher and people like that name. My last name is a common German word. So people automatically assume I am from Germany and call me Hier (Last name)........ My fathers side of the family where I received my name is from Denmark. I think I am a regular white man. My family is not responsible for killing Jews. I know the history of my name and it did originate in Germany, but this was pre WWII. I heard the Danish were the inventors of the first economy class sailing ship. I do not feel that my name says things about me because I am an individual, but other people treat me differently because of my last name.

Christopher, 28
San Mateo, CA   USA

Not really.

Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ  USA

nope ..

Alice, 21
Winchester  UK

I think my name helps to define me as a person, but the name itself doesn't say anything about me. I don't think I've ever read anything into someone's name and tried to guage their personality by that name.

Doug2, 29
Overland Park, KS  USA

I've never been totally happy that I took my husband's surname when we married. As a compromise, I kept my maiden name as a middle name and he changed his name to include my maiden name as a middle name. However, because it's such a long name, we only use it as a middle initial. If I  had to do it over, I wouldn't have changed my name when I married. 

I'm grateful to my sister Janet for convincing my mother to name me "Laura". That way the initials for all the girls in our family would be "J, K, L, M" in order of birth. My mother wanted to name me Heidi! And we have a very German last name.

Laura, 37
Lowell, MA   USA

Obviously my last name being Irish has resulted in lots of early childhood request to dance the Irish jig. However, my first name, I've always identified with. There are not many Felicia's that I've  come across and I'm please that my parents choose an atypical name for me. Now "Felicia" means happy and I wouldn't necessarily say that that defines me.

Felicia, 36
Lowell, MA   USA

I'm not too sure as to how to answer this question, but I fdo eel that if I had a different name it would be really weird. I look like a Sarah Jane and that's that.

Sarah Jane, 15
Preston, CT   USA

I was named Nicole, in honor of my grandfather Nicola. So, my first name is special to me. My last name, which I won't reveal on here, belongs to my shitheel of an ex-husband.

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas, NV   USA

My last name speaks to my Russian heritage.

Eric, 20
San Jose  COSTA RICA

My first name, Emily, means industrious, and my last means wise or white. All are true. I also find Emilies are pretty much all the same--think of the Pink Floyd song or the Simon and Garfunkle song.  We're all the same.

Cancer, 20
NYC, NY   USA

My name is me... My first name is Nicole It meand She who brings victory, my middle name is Dianne which means she who hunts. And my last name is Blanchette, which translates roughly to Little white one

Nicole, 17
El Paso, TX   USA

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