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Nov 2020
10:20am, 25 Nov 2020
36,596 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Having a slightly more unusual name (Gavin) I have the other problem which is that I always assume I'm the only Gavin in the room. It always totally throws me when there is another Gavin in a group, club, meeting etc!
Being one of many Johns or Ians or Annes etc. might almost be easier / better!
(I'm also someone whose name has suffered from globalisation / American influence. In USA it seems to have certain connotations!)  G
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Nov 2020
10:54am, 25 Nov 2020
12,746 posts
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JK *chameleon*
When we were much younger, my sister had a (female) friend called Jamie and so refused to call me by my name - and so decreed that I would henceforth be known as Bob, Bobbles for short. Fortunately it didn't stick
:)G - my housemate is a Gavin, and he believes it to be the "worst name in the world, apart from Keith". I don't agree with him, I hasten to add!
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Nov 2020
11:08am, 25 Nov 2020
36,597 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Lol! Well, I haven't heard anyone calling it the worst name in the world! I think for Celts (Welsh, Scots, don't know about Irish and Bretons!) it's not so bad as it's more common and better "understood" (Gawain - pale hawk) but in USA and possibly England (?) it sounds a bit effete?
I think Jamie is a brill name. Are you a James, with Jamie as a diminutive or is Jamie your given name? My grandson is James and I've started calling him Jamesy, as my daughter in law didn't want him to become a Jim or Jimmy. But Jamie is great too.
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Nov 2020
11:17am, 25 Nov 2020
4,226 posts
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ThorntonRunner
I'm a Nigel - named at the height of its popularity in the 60s - now there's only 2 or 3 Nigels named a year. It was never a name with the most positive of associations, and of course now it is forever tarnished by association with Farage
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Nov 2020
11:19am, 25 Nov 2020
36,599 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
I'm showing my age TR, but Nigel is an aspirational connotation "Making Plans for Nigel..." etc. (XTC or XRay Specs or something back in 70s>?) DIdn't even think of the Farriddge.
One of my most successful and convivial pals is a Nigel. G
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Nov 2020
11:20am, 25 Nov 2020
4,227 posts
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ThorntonRunner
Thanks HappyG
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Nov 2020
11:21am, 25 Nov 2020
12,493 posts
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geordiegirl
Ah-ha I must have done that at some point (maybe I need a new name referring to my loss of memory 😂) updated now.
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Nov 2020
11:23am, 25 Nov 2020
20,622 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
I always think of successful racing driver Nigel Mansell. And my mate that always looked out for us at cadets, Big Nige
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Nov 2020
11:26am, 25 Nov 2020
36,601 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Lol gg - the list was originally created by um from all the thread posts. But then a number of people have gone in and amended or added theirs. Which is the whole intention...!
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Nov 2020
11:27am, 25 Nov 2020
12,494 posts
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geordiegirl
Phew!! Thanks um (I don’t feel as bad now)
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