Do you like your last name

taylor5877
taylor5877 Posts: 1,792 Member
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so many ways to go with this, but I think I'll leave it alone and let the thread decide where to take this.
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  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    No. It's long and nobody pronounces it correctly. Back when I was dating I would literally ask a guy their last name and if it was crappier than mine, I'd pass over them. My ideal man has a short last name. Coincidentally, my man friend has a 5 letter last name that is very common. *whew*
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Yep. There are 13 letters in my last name.

    Every time I am at a counter spelling it out, I get one of two responses:

    "That's a long one." or "That's a mouthful."

    I just smile and respond, "I Hear that all the time."
  • SeaChele77
    SeaChele77 Posts: 1,103 Member
    Its unique but always gets mispronounced. Its really not *that* hard and for some reason an "R" always gets added to the end. Uh...no "R" people!!
  • mhouston2011
    mhouston2011 Posts: 155
    No, I hate it....put it this way...it is a word that rhymes with ox..and add a c on the front....you can't even begin to imagine how many times people spell my name wrong...and my poor kids are teased and tormented at school..especially my son in athletics..:laugh:
  • Merrychrissmith
    Merrychrissmith Posts: 231 Member
    Without it there would be no Merry Chris Smith! A tragedy! A Travesty!
  • Clumz27
    Clumz27 Posts: 60 Member
    My last name is Dill. I'm kind of a big dill. I like it.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
    It's o.k.

    My maiden name is Polish. Everybody was always misspelling or mispronouncing it.

    I though life would be easy when I married my husband--his family name is pretty plain (along the lines of Smith, Jones, Baker...)--and yet people still misspell it! Crazy!
  • RiverMelSong
    RiverMelSong Posts: 456 Member
    Hate it. I'd much rather have my mum's last name: Lewis. Much easier to pronounce.
  • amelia_atlantic
    amelia_atlantic Posts: 926 Member
    I HATED mine for many reasons (some shallow, others not so) so I changed it to my mother's maiden name for $70.

    Why live in misery or wait to get married? I took matters into my own hands!
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    Mine's SUPER generic, so I'm cool with it. Although because of where I live, many people assume I'm Hispanic (which I'm not) but if I say my last name quickly it kind of, sort of sounds like a common Hispanic last name, so that's kinda confusing sometimes. But for the most part, it's pretty normal and easy to deal with.
  • candctaber
    candctaber Posts: 274
    Yes I Love it because it is my husbands name! I am blessed to have such a wonderful loving husband!
  • raynavarro
    raynavarro Posts: 19
    I descended from the Cox's. Lovely people from ireland. Studying up on family history makes me value my name more.
  • crazyellybean
    crazyellybean Posts: 999 Member
    My last name is just fine, it's the people that can't pronounce it that irritate me, if you can't pronounce it, don't say it! Dominick's the grocery store does this and it irritates me "Thank Ms. Sa-dive-eee" ... Nope, "Said-iv-ee"
  • sullykat
    sullykat Posts: 461 Member
    My maiden name? Young… I like to think I look like it :)
  • MadeOfMagic
    MadeOfMagic Posts: 525 Member
    My adoptive last night I hate, it's Stallcop, aka "stall" and a "cop", two very unpleasant things. My birth last name is Vinogradova, "Vino" means "wine", "grad" means "hail", when combined together into "Vinograd" it means "grapes"! Just like a fine wine, I get better with age :P
  • cheerforsteelers
    cheerforsteelers Posts: 686 Member
    As a child I didn't like my last name because no one could pronounce it correctly. I was also really shy at the time. Now, I love my last name.
  • redredy9
    redredy9 Posts: 706 Member
    My last name represents my family and my history and I love it. It is also a very common last name and shared by an infamous person. Every once in a while I get asked if I am related to said person.

    Its also only 6 letters long and easy to spell and pronounce - so win-win.

    I might decide to keep it if I ever get married.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    No, because it's only five letters, easy to pronounce, yet everyone mispronounces it. I hate people.
  • allifantastical
    allifantastical Posts: 946 Member
    I actually still have my ex husband's last name and I HATE it.

    I l ike my maiden name. It's just such a PITA to change it....lol
  • erinfog
    erinfog Posts: 95 Member
    i'm indifferent really. but i didn't change it when i got married so i guess i like it.
  • Erica0718
    Erica0718 Posts: 469 Member
    I like that I have a unique last name.

    However at work I hate being asked by customers several times a day how to pronounce it, then they try to say it and always screw it up. Then they always ask what nationality it is, it gets old since it happens daily. I have considered taking my name plate off my desk!
  • 0Karina0
    0Karina0 Posts: 131 Member
    LOVED IT, and then i got married :(
  • TamaraGraceS
    TamaraGraceS Posts: 273 Member
    I love it. Because it comes with great pride. I married the amazing man!
  • Chapter3point6
    Chapter3point6 Posts: 1,233
    Sits back and watches how many women will actually post their last name for some creepy dude on the internet. :noway:
  • misslindseylou
    misslindseylou Posts: 141 Member
    My last name is rather common and plain...I wouldn't mind it if I didn't associate so much with my father who has never really been around. =(
  • Victoria0046
    Victoria0046 Posts: 41 Member
    I have two last names. The first one is Sandström. It is Swedish and I love it! The only thing that irritates me is when when people here can´t get that an Ö is not an O. I have even been asked: "But how do you spell it in English..."
  • Muscles_Curves
    Muscles_Curves Posts: 385 Member
    I HATED mine for many reasons (some shallow, others not so) so I changed it to my mother's maiden name for $70.

    Why live in misery or wait to get married? I took matters into my own hands!

    How did you do that? I have wanted to change my first AND last name for YEARS.
  • loliblullama
    loliblullama Posts: 140 Member
    I like it, just hate that nobody pronounces it properly, and even when I say it, then spell it I have people go "ooohh [mispronounce]" - as if I don't know my own name. Not like I've had it for a quarter of a century or anything!
  • xTenaciousJx
    xTenaciousJx Posts: 555
    THIS!!
    Yes I Love it because it is my husbands name! I am blessed to have such a wonderful loving husband!
  • kit8806
    kit8806 Posts: 222 Member
    I love my last name! Up until about 2 years ago, I thought my family were the only ones who had it till I got 2 friend requests on facebook simply because we had the same last name, and as far as we know, we aren't related in any way! I also find it amusing that no one can spell my last name right because it's spelled exaclty how it sounds, but people add a dash... add a 'd'... flip letters around... I'll never forget that my elementary school principle still spelled my last name wrong after 6 years there and having a sister AND cousin in the school as well.. Little things like that amuse me sometimes lol

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