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snippy:
1. Is the name you have now the same name that's on your birth certificate? If not, what's changed?
Yes, it is.
2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what would it be?
I don't know. I've never had any desire to change my name.
3. Why were you named what you were? (Is there a story behind it? Who specifically was responsible for naming you?)
Yes, with a short common surname like mine, my parents were very careful to give all their children short, simple first names. They've seen too many examples of people with stupid sounding names like (and I kid you not, this was the real name of a real tv newscaster when I was growing up) Hiawatha Johnson.
4. Are there any names you really hate or love? What are they and why?
Amarantha is name I really like. Not that I'd ever saddle a child of mine with it, if I ever had a child (see my answer to question #3 above for the reason why).
5. Is the analysis of your name at kabalarians.com accurate? How or how isn't it?
It seems fairly accurate at first glance, but then so does any sufficiently generic "analysis" based on pseudo-science or mysticism (astrology, numerology, etc.). And some of the descriptors are way off base--I'm not an outdoorsy kind of guy. I don't doubt that I could type in any name and get an analysis that at first glance would seem to fit...yeah, Remo, Chester and Napoleon all get different from vaguely-fitting analyses.
snippy:1. Is the name you have now the same name that's on your birth certificate? If not, what's changed?
Yes, it is.
2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what would it be?
I don't know. I've never had any desire to change my name.
3. Why were you named what you were? (Is there a story behind it? Who specifically was responsible for naming you?)
Yes, with a short common surname like mine, my parents were very careful to give all their children short, simple first names. They've seen too many examples of people with stupid sounding names like (and I kid you not, this was the real name of a real tv newscaster when I was growing up) Hiawatha Johnson.
4. Are there any names you really hate or love? What are they and why?
Amarantha is name I really like. Not that I'd ever saddle a child of mine with it, if I ever had a child (see my answer to question #3 above for the reason why).
5. Is the analysis of your name at kabalarians.com accurate? How or how isn't it?
It seems fairly accurate at first glance, but then so does any sufficiently generic "analysis" based on pseudo-science or mysticism (astrology, numerology, etc.). And some of the descriptors are way off base--I'm not an outdoorsy kind of guy. I don't doubt that I could type in any name and get an analysis that at first glance would seem to fit...yeah, Remo, Chester and Napoleon all get different from vaguely-fitting analyses.