Name

[Shauna]

Shauna. It's decent enough, I suppose. Can't imagine having any other name.

[Mogi]

David.
It's horrible D:
There are so many Davids that I don't even answer to my name. I always expect that whoever is calling me is actually calling one of the other five Davids in the room.

I would honestly change my name to Mogi, but I can't be bothered to deal with all the legal stuff involved.

[rubah]

I love being named Allison

[Yar]

I would have prefer my mom's "if it's a girl" name, regardless of my gender. :/

[sir helix]

its kris columbus but my real names is s...t a...n h...t, and thats all your gettin el oh el

[Unbreakable Will]

William Conner Horton is my full name, but I have many nicknames; Will, Willy, Wilhiem, Will-Bear(Nikki only :P), Wilson(hell if I know), Sir-William, UnbreakableWill, SuperWill(Nikki only again :P),Conrad, Horton-hears-a-Who, Horton-hears-a-Jew.
I love my name, William means "Bold protector, Guardian" and it's what I am to my close friends and family. I try to live up to it's meaning.
I could also see me having the name Vincent. :P
(SPOILER)Yes, as in my favortie FF Character of all time. I AM NOT a fanboy Nikki >:P

[DarkBahamut]

My names means "the Great Income."

[Fuzakeru]

I always liked the name Rupert! I wish my name was Rupert!

[Momiji]

I'll call you Rupert from now on then ;D

[Laddy]

Don't you ever complain about having a common name, Mogi.

Try being a Michael for a day and see how it it. =/ It's not a bad names, it's so plain, though. I'd prefer being named Ashley, Eric, or Ian.

[Denmark]

Robert (Anglo-Saxon "bright fame"), though everyone calls me <s>Bobby</s> Rob. I do not mind it. Not really Annoyed by the fact that I am named after my dad's middle name <s>and his dad</s> while my <s>sister</s> brother had gotten a completely original name. <s>Then again, they were going to call me William....ewww...No offense to any of those here, just not a name that suits me.</s>

I know more Roberts now than I did when I was in high school. Not so many that it's annoying though (i.e. I'm glad my name isn't Michael)

[Vermachtnis]

Brandon, I find it boring. So I started going by DeWayne, my middle name.

[FFIX Choco Boy]

Kyle here, but I always liked the name Leon.

[Vice Nebulosa]

Eric is the name that was chosen for me. I am fairly alright with it; although I find it a strange-sounding name when spoken in modern contexts, the Nordic reference pleases the mythology buff in me for some reason.

Names are odd. They are a practical necessity for our everyday lives, certainly, but that they are given without the consent of the actual recipients can have some pretty major consequences when it comes to basic social interactions. Whatever sequence of letters is selected for you will appear on your birth certificate, social insurance information, epitaph -- everything -- and it is unnerving to note that the selection method was probably based on parental preferences, and nothing in particular was done to earn it. That one should be most easily identified by one of the few things about one's identity that is completely controlled by others . . . is, again, quite odd. <_< >_>

Some of the Aboriginal traditions sound fairly interesting, what with the granting of names based upon a display of character under stress, and certainly there would be more pride associated with one's name under such circumstances than in our own culture . . . :\

[rubah]

I think our society should incorporate Secret Names that you choose when you begin the road to adulthood, kinda like Confirmation names, without having to be catholic and it'd be secret only told in confidence to your true bosom friends or soulmates.