Socrates, Hercules, Leonidas, and Odysseus ( Archived) (12)

I live in Greece. I've been here a number of years at various stages of my life and have dated various men over the years here. I've gone out with men named Socrates, Hercules, Leonidas, Odysseus, Dionyssos (yes, Ambrose...I drank wine with Dionyssos!), and Adonis, among others with great names.
So, I am curious.....to what degree do we associate a name with a pre-conceived image? Just how much are we shaped by our names?
I didn't truly expect Hercules or Leonidas to be powerful, strong, or brave....nor did I expect great words of wisdom from Socrates. Adonis was indeed handsome....but would he have been mercilessly ridiculed had he been homely?
My name is Jeffrey and I have had any possible reaction you could possibly imagine through the years....I have even had people outright laugh when I tell them my name. Think about this....you tell someone your name and they laugh at you. Unbelievably rude, but that was their first reaction. Like "A Boy Named Sue", I think my name put "gravel in my guts and spit in my eye". I can't say that I will ever really LIKE my name, but I have gotten used to it and I wouldn't consider changing it for anything. I might as well have been named Popeye, for I yam what I yam and that's all I ever shall be.
But, I digress.
Names. Does your name fit with who you are? Do you like your name or do you wish it was different? Do people have certain expectations of you based on pre-conceived ideas because of your name? And, finally, if someone set you up on a blind date with someone who had a name that you disliked tremendously, what would you do (assuming you would be interested if the name hadn't been mentioned)?

I went to school with a boy named Kelly, but we soon noticed there were far stranger things about him than his name, so no-one really noticed.

My real name...no, it doesn't really fit me much. However, I have a name that I was given by the Goddess, and it fits very well.

Vivien Sorcha..."bright and full of life". To me, it is my truer name. Druidess, which I use here and on other sites, also fits very well. That one, I chose...it is my Path, one of my associations of who I am.

Real name Michael and I've read that its supposed to mean "godlike". That doesn't quite fit me! lol! The names of your dates would bring to mind lots of things but mainly because their giants of mythology, history, and literature. Would I connect the name with the original? Nope, don't think I'd be one to compare. And yes, I would date someone with a name I didn't care for if the attraction was there. Although your name is unusual, there are lots of those out there. Don't see how that could possibly effect how people react to you. jmho

My name is an english version of Dionicious, also refers to Leber, but most people associate Dennis the mennis. The latter would be a closer fit.
I've dated girls with wierd names and would do it again. Odly i recently met a girl with the same last name as me (not related) that bothers me a little but not enough to not take her out.



Dennis

I have met people with odd names, haven't really dated any with odd names(at least that i remember as being odd to me)
my name is not unusual but i do not like it, it's too common .......my real name is Amy and since i was born in 72, if you look it up that was the most popular name for girls that year. i swear in school you could say that name in the hallway and half the girls would turn and look. my screen names here and elsewhere fit me because i created them and they are part of my personality.

i do have to say as far as staying away from people with certain names, i do tend to stay away from men with the same name as my 2 ex husbands(if they are around the same age as my ex husbands...i have found that other men the same name and age have some of the same attributes) and my 2 boys (cause that would seem weird to me). but then again who knows if someone attracted me just the right way all the rules would fly out the window 'cause i believe in giving everyone a chance