Lessons I learnt: the popular name debate

[emiliaj]

I hated my name in school aswell i was the only one and got bullied for it but from about the age of 14 onwards i really started to love the fact that it was different. I've went nearly 30 yrs without coming accross another Tamsin, met a Tamzin last year with the different spelling. My gran always hated it and a lot of people call me Tammy (which I hate!) purely coz they cant say it properly, I get Tazmin, Tazmind, Tamasin, and even Jasmine.

Tamsin has been one of my loved name for many years. It is such a pretty sounding name. It is interesting hearing your plight about what people call you. That is the reason I would only ever use it as a mn. Being constantly having to correct people must drive you mad?

[saracita00]

Really interesting discussion, thanks for posting it!

I do think that girls care more about fitting in, feeling pretty, identifying with their name, that kind of thing. On the other hand, almost any time a man comes in the forums to comment he's saying go ahead and give your boy an adventurous, rough-and-tumble kind of name and break the mold. Considering that girls are generally more likely to get the names that push the envelope, and boys to get the same old classics, I think that naming tendencies are kind of backwards.