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You realize theres like 7 billion people on the planet, your bound to have a few with your name.


Just try a more professional email that doesnt have your name. Im sure you can think of something better then IPWNEDYOU or BIGBALLZMCGEE or something along that line.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:My stepdad's last name is Feyereisen It's hell at times.

I'm asking a girl named Taliesin out tomorrow, so our names are going to be hell if they are hyphenated.

"Mr... Felsenthal-Taliesin?"

Hmm... if this ever happened to me, I would have bigger issues to worry about, considering that there are only about 3 people left on the planet that have my last name (to my knowledge), and none of them share my first name.

My first name is somewhat common I think, although most other people with it seem to have it spelled differently.

Mine is the original spelling though. I think.

But my last name? Never heard it anywhere else. It's origin is a mystery. Even to me.

Melissia wrote:Considering how generic my real name is (no, I'm not saying it), I find it more amusing how few people have it.

Voldemort?

If i meet someone with my name exactly. I say. "OMG I FOUND MY CLONE!"

Ive come close. I worked with a guy named Brandon Lee *insert random last name* and mine is Brandon Lee *insert beared name of awesomeness* they would mix our checks up all the friggin time.


But there was a weather man some years ago that had my full name, but his last name was spelled a little differently, but pronounced the same way. That was a fun moment

So, I just send a message to someone with the exact first and last name as me (I usually see different spellings of Markes, but this guy had it exact)

He appears to be 12-14, and his profile pic is of him (I assume) and a chubby chick, both wearing 3d-glasses.

He lives in Missouri, so I can't do anything about him having my name

Also, I asked his middle name. If its the same as mine, I might soil my pants.

FITZZ wrote: Sounds like you need to relax...

I myself share the name of a famous singer,so I've dealt with comments my whole life...no big deal...I simply go by my middle name.

So do I, a very famous celebrity shares my name. I still use my first name.
Don't get many ill comments though. Though I do get assumptions that I have.

My GMail email IS my actual name.

My ISP email IS my real name.

My hotmail WAS my real name, but after I killed it, some yank pinched it. Probably because his name is the more common spelling (and it's also common to drop letters to get one that you can use). My dad chose our surname by dropping that redundant letter when he legally changed his name from the Hungarian unpronounceable wheelbarrow*. My first and second names are rather common though. Being the names of two English kings.

My surname is not the common one. With the repetition of a single letter, though, it can be - and that is the Wife's surname.


*it's a running joke with foreign names. When I was at school (predominantly anglo) and the other children of migrants showed up (my dad changed his name to better blend in and assimilate), we had all sorts of shorthand for their surnames. Greek surnames were commonly "Alphabetopolous", Polish, Czech and Hungarian were often "Wheelbarrow". Later, when the geekiest of us did computer class, "alphabetopolous" became "quertyopolous". We had an Armenian kid in the class too. His nickname was "keyboard, row three-ian." (asdfghjkl-ian).
Mine was "vanilla w*g" (because my dad turned his back on his 'heritage' - he was orphaned by WW2).

I actually met a few people with my name over the years.
Not a bad name to have.

I wouldnt say I was 100% certain but given the evidence so far, I can be reasonably certain there is no-one in the world with the same name or same spelt name as mine.

Case in point - both my hotmail (.com not a regional .co.uk one) and gmail accounts are first name surname @ domain.com - no need for numbers here, none of that joebloggs77@hotmail guff!

I know that is hardly conclusive proof but the same is true for any situation where I have to choose a username - I can always be unique using my real name!

I was annoyed when my name was taken on gmail back when it was still an invite only beta. Though it was the diminuative form, rather than my full name.

I imagine that they are all taken now though (my name is not hugely common, but it is not exactly rare).

From my research, I have found that the only people with my name are either Hungarian monks, Aussies, or 2 college students.

It's awesome to have a name, that when you google search it, more that 4/5 of the first page is you. Although one of them is a link to Dakka.

It's like Dakka can find you.

Who here go's by Alexander Cunningham?

Mr Meatballs wrote:Who here go's by Alexander Cunningham?

No-one, but now we can find you.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

As I have two middle names I don't have the problem at all.

Though I use the initials instead as it's too long if I don't.

chowderhead13 wrote:

Mr Meatballs wrote:Who here go's by Alexander Cunningham?

No-one, but now we can find you.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Come get me.

I'm a Taylor.

There's about a million of me in the UK alone...

But I could kick all the other ones asses.

mattyrm wrote:I'm a Taylor.

There's about a million of me in the UK alone...

But I could kick all the other ones asses.

You could do a show similar to Dave Gorman's but instead of just meeting people with the same name, you can beat them up.

Although this plotline sounds suspiciously similar to "The One"...

I liked that movie..

There's a Matt Taylor plays football as well, I wouldn't have been as ready to boast if he was a wrestler.

Do any of you ever notice that people who share your name, seems to be somewhat like you?

That Brandon fella I worked with, we got along very nicely, because we both liked the same music, were pretty laid back, talked about funny scifi stuff and why zombies are the better "monster movie" badguys. He even had a beard! A wee one, but a beard none the less

Even that weather man was pretty chill. Is this just a Brandon trait or what?

Never met or heard of anyone with my first and last name, i doubt anyone at all has my first last and middle names.

corpsesarefun wrote:Never met or heard of anyone with my first and last name, i doubt anyone at all has my first last and middle names.

Altogether, I doubt anyone has my name either, they'd need to match my first name, both my middle names in the right order and my last name; the first three are easy enough on their own, but when out with my last name it reheally narrows it down.

I have a very common name. I've had classes with four or five men with the same name.

I think I am going to change it someday...

KingCracker wrote:You realize theres like 7 billion people on the planet, your bound to have a few with your name.

Just try a more professional email that doesnt have your name. Im sure you can think of something better then IPWNEDYOU or BIGBALLZMCGEE or something along that line.

LIEZ!

KingCracker wrote:You realize theres like 7 billion people on the planet, your bound to have a few with your name.


Just try a more professional email that doesnt have your name. Im sure you can think of something better then IPWNEDYOU or BIGBALLZMCGEE or something along that line.

My email is chowderhead13@gmail.com.

It's bad-ASS!

Not really an issue for me as I use my RPG characters as email on the Net.

Although if I do search on google for me, (just first and last name) I'm the top five entries, so yeah, don't think many share my name.

Probably helps my dad went and picked the Cornish version by accident spelling wise, instead of the Welsh, plus its an old, not really used name anyways, combined with a Welsh surname.

chowderhead13 wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:I have yet to meet anyone sharing my complete name. I have also yet to meet anyone sharing my last name who isn't part of my family.

In a similar vein, I have yet to meet anyone other than my family who can pronounce and/or spell my last name correctly without help.

Seriously?

Try saying my last name.

It's Felsenthal.

Spoiler:

Fell-sent-thall

That is rather easy for a german, because it is german (and means rock valley in english).

My name is completely unique, too. There are maybe ten families in the world with my last name, and most of them live in the USA, only two live in germany. In addition, I have my email at the domain of a friend, so it is completely unique.

I win!

I have no such problem... since my name is unique in this world... dare I say it?

a Mongolian village is named after it... but it's with an i not with an ı