Would you date someone with the same first name as yours?
 

With some of the gender neutral names out there, it is not impossible to find someone of the opposite sex with the same name. Obviously, this can happen in same sex couples too. I knew a few.

Would this be a turn-off? A turn-on? Have you done it before?

my name is definitely female, i dont think there's a male equivalent (you know like Michael/Michelle).

but in HS i went to school with a Pirouette (who went by Perry) and dated a guy who went by Perry (i forget what his real name was). i dont think it caused problems.

now what about same last names or names of ex's?

My name is also very feminine... no chance of meeting a guy with that name or even anything similar.

Along the same line of questioning... how about seriously dating someone whose name rhymes with yours (think "Julia Goulia" in The Wedding Singer)? This happened to a friend of mine... and she wound up marrying the guy. She has a totally cheeseball name, but has a fantastic husband, so I guess it all worked out okay.

It would never happen. I have a hard enough time finding other women with my name, let alone a man.

Although I do know a Kelly (Male) and Kelly (Female) that were engaged. There are "partners" across the street from me that have the same name, but they are of the same sex (Sue and Susan).

Seeing as a male with my first name would be a nancy-boy, I'm gonna go with no.

No chance a male would have my first name either, but I do have a friend whose maiden name was Kim and she married someone with the last name of Kim. I was so jealous she didn't have to go through all the name-change rigamarole! :)

My bf and I are Chris and Kristen. :p People don't usually catch on unless they meet us both at the same time.

I also have a friend named Mai. I guess she was seriously dating a guy whose last name was Mai. I'm not sure how he spelled it but srsly? Mai Mai!

A boy named Sue? What would you do? I think I'd die! LOL.. couldn't resist.

My mom had a friend, Georgette who married George George. So they were George and Georgette George.

As a Denise, I would probably feel weird getting serious with a Dennis in part because sales people always ask for Dennis on the phone and that would make me nuts, not knowing who they wanted to talk to. On the flip side, he would get all the phone solicitor calls, so that wouldn't be so bad.

Honestly, I'd find it irritating. I like having an unusual name, mostly because I always know that if someone calls my name they're looking for me. I don't know how the six Stephanies in my undergraduate chapter put up with it!

This is totally off-topic, but my (married) cousins are Ken and Barbie. Seriously. :)

But, on the topic, I've definitely seen a Chris/Chris couple. I don't think I'd have a problem with it personally, but it would be weird for a guy to have my name as a first name.

What do y'all think - for heterosexual couples - if the woman has a male-sounding name and the man has a female sounding name. For example, I know a woman named Brian (pronounced breeAHn) and a man named Kim (short for Kimble). They aren't actually together...but what if?

When I lived in AZ, I met this newly-wed couple through a friend of mine, and their names were Erin and Aaron. People kinda called them "Erin/Aaron squared"

They seemed to have no problems with it :)

I knew a couple by the names of Daniel and Danielle once. Thankfully, when they had children, they named them Tara and Elizabeth. No dumb variations of their own names.

Speaking of Stephanies, my friend dated 5.... IN A ROW. Yes, they go by numbers, and know this since 2 of them hung out in a group before.

I don't think I could date a Phillip. Or someone with my brother or father's name.

I just had this conversation with some people last week. My name is male, so I would not want to go out with a guy who has the same name as me. The name would make us sound like a law firm.

I totally couldn't do it. Leslie used to be predominantly a man's name. Now I believe there are many more Leslie's that are female (at least in the U.S.). It would actually really creep me out. "I love you, Leslie." "Oh, Leslie!" ICK!!

for my real first name, it would be weird

i''d date a girl named billie or trae or whatever else girl-name version of whatever other nickname people give me

My name rhymes! Well, not my full name. My last name rhymes with Jess. It used to irritate me in middle school, but I kind of like it now. People remember me. I know a Jen Hren (her maiden name) and a Janice Kaplanis (her married name). I think one-syllable rhymes aren't as weird as multi-syllables ones.

Dating a Jesse would be okay, since I do not go by Jessie, though it'd annoy me if other people call him Jess.

Dating someone with my Dad's name would be weird for sure, though Larry isn't very common in my age group, so probability is on my side. I don't get along with my one brother, so Daniel/Dan would be tough, too.

I dated a Rashad! I didn't find it weird but all my friends did.

My name is too feminine to ever worry about this happening, but I've known both a Leigh/Lee and a Lynn/Lynne couples.

But the best one was the roomie of a friend of mine in NYC. His name was Frank, and his boyfriend's name was Frank (he was totally gorgeous!). My friend & I visited them one weekend, and afterwards sent a thank you note that had dauschunds on the front and said, "Franks A Lot!" on the inside!

My name is Chris and I had a girlfriend Chris in college - same spelling. I never really thought about it much and it certainly didn't affect our relationship.

my name is a derivitive of a male name with an "A" tacked onto the end. however, i've never run into a man from this generation with the root word for my name.

I haven't dated someone with my name, but here's something I think is strange. My current boyfriend's last girlfriend had the same first name as me AND my ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend also has the first name as me...

I'd actually be quite scared if I met a man named Brianna. ;)

There something kind of hot about a cute guy with a kiind of girl name. Not too girly but I knew a Stacey & he was so cute...Jaime...is also a good one..

I don't think I would particularly care for my SO to have my name, or a name similar to mine. With my name, the combo is possible and happens. I guess it's one of those things you'd have to get used to ...

My husband has the same name as my dad and my grandmother's husband, but they use a different nickname of the name, so it's not as strange as it could be.

Cynthia is obviously a female name, so unless I start batting for the other team, I won't be going out with any Cynthias. I did know two Alexes (an Alexander and an Alexandra)who dated though. We used to joke that if they married and had kids, their children should be Sasha and Lexi.

I've seen Chris/Chris several times. In my HS many years ago, there was a Monica /Monte couple. I currently know a Taylor/Tyler couple.

The closest masculine name to mine would be Emil, but I really don't think it would be that weird for me to date some with that name.

I know a girl who is dating a guy and she has the same first name as his ex. She also has the same last name as as her boyfriend.

A girl i grew up with was dating a guy named edward which is also her grandfather, fathers and brothers name. When they broke up she said she should of known it wouldn't work from the beginning when she had no idea what to call him in bed:p

LOL

I could never date a guy with the same name as me!

My name is very feminine (to me) but after looking up my name on facebook, I see there are several guys with it, too. I definitely don't like running into ANYONE with my name (my sister made it up so I didn't know anyone else in the world had it), so being with a man is out of the question.

One of the little boys I babysat for married the girl next door last year. His last name is Kristin, her first name is Kristin. She's hyphenating her last name.

As for me...since I've never met a boy named Sue, and I highly doubt anyone would use my maiden name for a first name, I never had to worry about it.

Glad she's hyphenating her last name lol....

Anyone here watch "Trading Spaces"? Paige Davis, the host...I remember her "Wedding Story" episode on TLC, from when she got married. Her real first name is Mindy Paige (which she said sometimes she goes by Mindy, sometimes Paige, sometimes Mindy Paige), but her husband's last name is Page. So her name is Paige Page. Not sure I'd like that.

This made me think of the Johnny Cash song "Boy Named Sue." Hilarious!

Gosh, if my husband had my name as his last name then I simply wouldn't take it. It's not worth the effort. He can have that, and for obvious reasons.

I know there are boys out there with my name...would I date one of them? No. The type that tend to have my name are definitely not my type.

Highly possible that I could date someone with my same name, as it is used for males and females. Something I've never thought about, but I would be open to it.

I will say I made sure to name my daughters with decidedly feminine names so there would be no question as to their gender. I hate getting mail addressed to a male [couldn't resist the homophone!].

My friend's son Jesse is living with a girl, Jessa. They both go by "Jess".

Les and Leslie Parrott are pretty well know on the Christian marriage lecture circuit. They are also written several books. I heard them speak a few years ago at a conference and they made a lame joke about having the same name.