without saying your first name , is your first name common or uncommon?

[reecejackox]

i would say mine is fairly common.

[Kate!]

Mine is very common.

[UserSince2005]

unique

[Niamh.]

It's fairly common in Ireland

[Cherie]

not too common any more

[Crimson Dynamo]

Retro

[Oliver_W]

Been pretty common since the Victorian times, apparently :D

I'm pretty sure my name does come front that book/musical, as my dad would sometimes give me not quite enough food, so when I asked for more he would sing that song at me...

[Babayaro.]

Neither. My name is Marc.

[Nicky91]

quite common, for both men and women :laugh:

[joeysteele]

Not sure of the exact present.
A couple of years ago my name Joseph was 23rd on the list of 100 boys names.

So I guess fairly common on that listing.

[Zizu]

Slight tangent but I believe that Michael has the most number of extremely successful people / world champions / best in field of ANY christian name .


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[Swan]

Not sure of the exact present.
A couple of years ago my name Joseph was 23rd on the list of 100 boys names.

So I guess fairly common on that listing.

Same.

Didn't think was as popular as it used to be, but i guess it must be.

[Zizu]

Neither. My name is Marc.



Ah ... just you Marc Bolan and Marc Overmars then :)


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[Zizu]

Been pretty common since the Victorian times, apparently :D

I'm pretty sure my name does come front that book/musical, as my dad would sometimes give me not quite enough food, so when I asked for more he would sing that song at me...



Mmmm Oliver Reed as and Oliver Cromwell is all I’ve got for you :)


Maybe Olly Alexander of Years & Years


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[thesheriff443]

It’s, John, say no more.

[Nicky91]

Ah ... just you Marc Bolan and Marc Overmars then :)


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don't mention him :fist: such a shame how he made ajax a strong team, rather than what they should've become a weak team and relegation candidate number 1

#GetRidofcorruptAjax

[MB.]

My name is

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https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/491857/common.jpg?w=600&q=75&f=e5af5ad838263610d5576afd6cc81b20

[Zizu]

Not sure of the exact present.
A couple of years ago my name Joseph was 23rd on the list of 100 boys names.

So I guess fairly common on that listing.



Mmmm ... so a few more famous / successful Josephs than the other two BUT only if we allow Joe ...

Joseph ( and Mary ) , Joseph Stalin , Joe Grazier , Joe Pesci , Joe DiMaggio ( baseball legend) and Joe Montana ( American football legend) .


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[Zizu]

It’s, John, say no more.



Maybe more to go at there ... John Lennon , John McEnroe , John Barnes , John F Kennedy , John Wayne . John Cleese .


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[Kazanne]

Slight tangent but I believe that Michael has the most number of extremely successful people / world champions / best in field of ANY christian name .


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Michael21 is our Tibb world champion,lol :wavey:

[Kazanne]

Not sure of the exact present.
A couple of years ago my name Joseph was 23rd on the list of 100 boys names.

So I guess fairly common on that listing.

Love the name Joseph and Joey so win win for you :wavey:

[Niamh.]

Ah ... just you Marc Bolan and Marc Overmars then :)


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And MIA Moderator Marc

[Dogeatdog]

“Shaun is the least popular spelling of the once-wildly popular name, more usually spelled Sean or Shawn.”

Wtf!! That’s the only way the name should be spelt :fist: although... that does mean it is less common and therefore unique :hee:

[Niamh.]

“Shaun is the least popular spelling of the once-wildly popular name, more usually spelled Sean or Shawn.”

Wtf!! That’s the only way the name should be spelt :fist: although... that does mean it is less common and therefore unique :hee:

Seán is an Irish name, so that is the correct and original spelling, Shaun and Shawn are anglicized versions of it

[Oliver_W]

Mmmm ... so a few more famous / successful Josephs than the other two BUT only if we allow Joe ...

Joseph ( and Mary ) , Joseph Stalin , Joe Grazier , Joe Pesci , Joe DiMaggio ( baseball legend) and Joe Montana ( American football legend) .


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Joseph, son of Jacob/Israel!!! The dude with the sexy coat.

[Dogeatdog]

Seán is an Irish name, so that is the correct and original spelling, Shaun and Shawn are anglicized versions of it

So it was improved :smug:

[Liam-]

Well there was about 7 or 8 of us in my year at school so

[Niamh.]

So it was improved :smug:

No it wasn't improved, it was bastardized. It's an Irish language name. Words starting with S in Irish make the sound SH makes in English. People seem to think that Irish is just Irish people speaking English badly......it's whole different language :nono:

[Dogeatdog]

No it wasn't improved, it was bastardized. It's an Irish language name. Words starting with S in Irish make the sound SH makes in English. People seem to think that Irish is just Irish people speaking English badly......it's whole different language :nono:

I was only joking I’m aware it’s an Irish name :shrug:

[Niamh.]

I was only joking I’m aware it’s an Irish name :shrug:

Sorry, it's just really annoying when people go on about Irish names and how we can't spell etc. It's never said about Russian names or French names etc because people don't seem to have any trouble understanding that they are different languages to English

[Liam-]

Don’t get so outraged by it, it’s just a discussion

:smug:

[Dogeatdog]

Sorry, it's just really annoying when people go on about Irish names and how we can't spell etc. It's never said about Russian names or French names etc because people don't seem to have any trouble understanding that they are different languages to English

Well I’m sure they can spell I didn’t say they couldn’t :laugh: I was just having a little laugh because a lot of the time my name gets misspelt for Sean instead of Shaun so I was just joking that ‘Shaun’ should be the only way it should be spelt. Thanks for calling my name bastardized btw :laugh:

[Niamh.]

Don’t get so outraged by it, it’s just a discussion

:smug:

My name is Niamh I'm allowed get outraged by this subject :nono:

Well I’m sure they can spell I didn’t say they couldn’t :laugh: I was just having a little laugh because a lot of the time my name gets misspelt for Sean instead of Shaun so I was just joking that ‘Shaun’ should be the only way it should be spelt. Thanks for calling my name bastardized btw :laugh:

Sorry anglicized then

[joeysteele]

Love the name Joseph and Joey so win win for you :wavey:

:joker:
Thank you Kazanne.

I've had Joey since I was at school.
Even my Parents came over to calling me it.

My Grandmother I was really close to however, oh no it was always Joseph from her.

It eventually got to where I thought I'd done something wrong if I heard Joseph called out to me.:joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

My name is Niamh I'm allowed get outraged by this subject :nono:



Sorry anglicized then

yes and it should be neem

thus saving letters and ink and people typing

I worked out that 6 and half years of typing have been lost in the last 10 years by people on tibb having to type that extra H in your name


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[Niamh.]

yes and it should be neem

thus saving letters and ink and people typing

I worked out that 6 and half years of typing have been lost in the last 10 years by people on tibb having to type that extra H in your name


:oh:

Ok "LeatherTrumpet"

[Zizu]

Well there was about 7 or 8 of us in my year at school so



Manchester area ?


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[James]

.....is one of the most common male names in the English-speaking world. In the United States, ..... was one of the five most common given names for male babies for most of the twentieth century. Its popularity peaked during the Baby Boom (Census records 1940–1960), when it was the most popular name for baby boys. Its popularity has declined considerably over the past thirty years, but it still remains one of the twenty most common names for boys.

In Northern Ireland, the name has appeared among the 10 most popular for the last quarter of the 20th century and into the 21st. In 2013, ..... was the eighth most popular name for boys in Australia.



It seems to be very difficult to find the most popular names in total - or over the last 100 years - in the UK.

[James]

Names get changed all the time by countries. The Gaelic version of James is Seamus, which then got turn back into Hamish.

I just found out that Thiago and Diego are versions of James also, which came from Jacob.

[Zizu]

Names get changed all the time by countries. The Gaelic version of James is Seamus, which then got turn back into Hamish.

I just found out that Thiago and Diego are versions of James also, which came from Jacob.



Interesting


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[Niamh.]

Names get changed all the time by countries. The Gaelic version of James is Seamus, which then got turn back into Hamish.

I just found out that Thiago and Diego are versions of James also, which came from Jacob.

That's more of a translation though rather than same name with a different spelling. Like Guillermo in Spanish is William in English type thing. Seán would actually be John is English

[Ammi]

My name is

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https://d.newsweek.com/en/full/491857/common.jpg?w=600&q=75&f=e5af5ad838263610d5576afd6cc81b20

...finally, the mystery of your name revealed...!!...I’m just working this out and hello there, Ms Nobody Puts MB in a Common Corner...:love:..it’s lovely to meet you...

[Cherie]

The row over Sean :joker:

I have an American cousin called Shawn and one called Connor they add an extra n :sad:

[Jessica.]

My name was in the top names for girls when I was born and is still popular in many countries.

[DouglasS]

Douglas isn’t too common

[Denver]

No it wasn't improved, it was bastardized. It's an Irish language name. Words starting with S in Irish make the sound SH makes in English. People seem to think that Irish is just Irish people speaking English badly......it's whole different language :nono:

We love Shally :love;

[Strictly Jake]

Jake is very common

[Josy]

Its a secret

[Zizu]

Jake is very common



Mmmmm .. .. Jake LaMotta then .....


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[user104658]

Never heard of anyone else called Toy tbh.

[Zizu]

Never heard of anyone else called Toy tbh.



Toy Awilcox ?


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[Kazanne]

Mine used to be popular now its quite unique