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Across the Fence:  How Common Is Your Name?  |
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 17 2008 : 6:36:47 PM
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Tonight, I was wondering how easy it would be for "him" to find me on the net, so I googled myself. When I typed in just "Corrine" I got 17 pages worth of listings. Now, I always thought my name was kind of odd, so I was very suprised by that result.
Oh, BTW...I didn't find me at all!
What we write today slipped into our souls some other day when we were alone and doing nothing.
-Brenda Ueland
http://quilandneedle.blogspot.com/ |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Feb 17 2008 : 8:32:48 PM
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| I kind of lucked out...I have a really common first name (Jessica), but my last names have singled me out. My maiden name was Roesner (pronounced reese-ner), and my married name is Yonkovit (pronounced exactly how it looks). I tried what you tried and Googled myself; my work website, MJ Farm website, and an obituary for my grandfather are all that came up. |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 05:04:31 AM
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I'm one of the millions of Jennifers born in the 70's. :(
We have some beautiful family names in my family, I really wish my mother had picked one of those instead. My name doesn't fit me in the least...it's such a trendy name and I'm - well, I'm not trendy!
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
2087 Posts |
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PlumCreekMama
True Blue Farmgirl
730 Posts
Heather
Iowa
USA
730 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 12:01:05 PM
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| Well, I'm one of 3 Heathers that I know of just on these forums, so what do you think? :) |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9398 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9398 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 1:18:07 PM
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I was thinking the same Heather. I've noticed a few Denises on the forum.
farmgirl sister #43
Kind hearts are gardens
Kind thoughts are roots
Kind words are blossoms
Kind deeds are Fruits
www.torismimi.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
1545 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 1:25:30 PM
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On here obviously we have a few! But, in my own life there are hardly any Mary Jane's that I know of. When I was in school there was one other,and that was it all through school. I have no middle name either my name is Mary Jane period. Two words but one name. That is why I ws so happily surprised when I saw MaryJane's book, another MJ and a farm and nature lover too!!How cool was that!
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 1:27:57 PM
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Not only is my first name very common, but my last name, also. There are 6 Lisa's just in my town of 450 people. I know of several other Lisa's with the same last name as mine. I used to be hounded by some credit agency for one of them. My records at the university I went to were always getting mixed up with another gal who was a nursing major because we had EXACTLY the same name including the middle name.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
http://www.freewebs.com/lisamariesbasketry/index.htm |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 1:55:13 PM
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When I google my name..first and last.. (well, Jenny, not Jennifer, which I have never gone by) it comes up as the last person they used the ducking stool in the early 1800's, and as a leader of a dance group..scottish dancing I think, and then me...which surprized me. Several more posts about that ducking school thing...THAT Jenny must have been pretty naughty!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9398 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9398 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 1:57:15 PM
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when you google it do you put in first and last name?
farmgirl sister #43
Kind hearts are gardens
Kind thoughts are roots
Kind words are blossoms
Kind deeds are Fruits
www.torismimi.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
1495 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 2:48:09 PM
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I did first, first and married last, and first and maiden last...
What we write today slipped into our souls some other day when we were alone and doing nothing.
-Brenda Ueland
http://quilandneedle.blogspot.com/ |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 3:28:04 PM
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In my 5th grade class, there were three of us named Jessica...and we all had brown hair and we all wore glasses. So we were each called a variation of that name. There are a few Jessica/Jessie/Jess here on the board too. I was named after my great grandparents for my first and middle name. Jessica and Jennifer were very popular over the years and it never failed that I had teachers that would call me Jennifer. It always irked me when they didn't get it right. Anyone get called another name besides their own name by others?
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~
Be sure to visit my blog & Crafty Clipart for some of my photographs:
http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
http://www.craftyclipart.com |
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 3:35:22 PM
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Yup. I get Jessica a lot. But more than any other, I get called Michelle.
Of course, all the little old ladies in town call me Becky... my mama's name.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 5:24:43 PM
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My name is not common at all...and that's unfortunate, because when I google myself, everything I've done comes up--now, now, don't jump to conclusions--it's nothing illegal, but a lot of Cincinnati Enquirer articles about my husband and I and various benefits we did for animal shelters at the club he used to run, mentions in blogs about the Cincy music scene. Stuff like that.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 5:54:42 PM
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Jessica..yep..I used to get called Jeannie alot...Jenny wasn't common way back when I was in school....more for kids your age!! My oldest son (who is 30) had 3 Jenny/Jennifers in his class...and at least as many Jessicas!! And I always get called Jennifer now...until I correct people. I have learned to say that NO one calls me that..otherwise if they like it better they keep on calling me Jennifer. sigh. I think the name is fine..just isn't MY name..haha
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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chicken necker
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Sherry
Eastern Shore
Maryland
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Feb 18 2008 : 7:33:35 PM
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Sherry: Well, my mom thought she was being original til the Frankie Valle song came out. Note to the other "Sherry.i.'s"" Don't you just hate that. When strange men start singing that to you? - One time, I was a bartender/waitress, and this man, being as obnoxious as possible the entire time, kept singing the song to me then asked for extra sherry for his cream of crab soup...So I licked my finger and stuck in his soup bowl! I would have been fired, and honestly expected to be, except his wife howled with laughter and told the manager that he deserved what he got.
I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ~anon |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 12:33:54 AM
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My name, address,phone and a map to my house comes up.
Ive tried to get it off but to no avale
Its mostly because of art shows that Ive been in
Shirley |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 03:35:12 AM
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My first name is uncommon
Not too many annas out there but 2 in the section where I;m working. It gets kind of confusing, so we go by either anna michele or anna marie
My maiden name is a double L Willson. Not many of those at all
Guess the double L got dropped at some point. Happy to know my brother has 2 boys to carry on the name
We found a double L years ago in Customs going through Sydney. The lady who stamped our passports was also a double L Willson Pretty cool! |
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 05:40:18 AM
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| Everyone calls me Toni, but my real name is Antoinette, so that is not common at all. Couple that with my maiden name of Overturff and my married name of Lovelady and you get a VERY uncommon name!! I have never had to worry about confusion over someone else having my name, just misspelling. Or people thinking I was a guy. |
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Linda Houston
True Blue Farmgirl
538 Posts
Linda
Lake Charles
Louisiana
USA
538 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 12:01:53 PM
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I am a Linda---In the forties that was the most used name for a baby girl (John for boys--guess what my brother's name is)I always put my inital with the Linda because there are so many of us.
Today the name is an old name and I don't see it used as much. In large group of women there is usually another Linda and we are about in the same age range.
Linda H. |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
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PlumCreekMama
True Blue Farmgirl
730 Posts
Heather
Iowa
USA
730 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 12:21:37 PM
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| I have loved the name Annika since I was a kid and saw a Pippi Longstocking movie. There was a girl in it named Annika. |
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emma.birdwhistle
True Blue Farmgirl
187 Posts
Elizabeth Ann
Ontario
Canada
187 Posts |
Posted - Feb 19 2008 : 12:36:09 PM
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I've always loved the name Annika as well. There is something so pretty about it.
As for me...Elizabeth is pretty common, and so is Elizabeth Ann, which is fine by me. I love having a simple, old-fashioned name. It fits my personality. Lots of nicknames to choose from, too! I just don't like being called Liz, as it somehow doesn't suit me. I think that's because they called me Liz in school, before my parents made the very wise decision to pull me out and homeschool me. Ever since then, I've been trying to convince friends and family to call me Elizabeth and give up on the nicknames! Though I don't mind it when my cousin calls me 'Betta.
- Elizabeth Ann
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
E. B. White
http://resolutelyoutmoded.etsy.com
http://myspace.com/elizabethannbarlow |
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