I love my name because it means, gift of God and I am Christian so that is awsome!

but my brother's bus driver's last name is driver! so he is called MR. Driver and he is the bus driver!

The article says that baseball players with names starting with K are more likely to strike out. Well, wouldn't pitchers be more likely to strike people out? My name starts with a K, and I consistently strike my dad out 15% of the time, but I rarely strike out, maybe 4-7%.

Personally, I love my name. I've never met anyone named Helen that's younger than, say, 50 years. As a matter of fact, I've developed a sort of morbid obsession with the way my name's dying out. I check the obituaries fairly often, to see if any Helens have died. I know this sounds a bit strange, but you've probably done so before as well.

If I could change my name, I'd probably make it Caladhiel. (It's Sindarin for Light, which is what Helen means.) 

I like my name, because it's very unusual for a girl. I found out recently that it is from the Hebrew name "Elijah", which I find funny, since I'm not really very religious at all.

However, due to the general gender relationship with my name, it can sometimes be embarrassing. People assume I'm a boy if they read my name off a list. Once, we had a substitute who was calling people Mr. or Ms. (their last name). I was Mr. P. Got a lot of laughs. Oh well.

If I could be named anything, I'd want to be named Max. XD I found out later that if I had been a boy, that's what my parents would have named me. Maxwell Keegan. I was a little freaked out at first, but I continue to love the name.

My name not only means "pleasant" in Hebrew (a lot of my family is Israeli), but I recently found out that it's also a Japanese name meaning "honest and beautiful"! Is that a lucky name coincidence or what?

Hi, I'm camryn and I believe my name is absolutely perfect for me because it exudes an outsider, intruiging sense which I am.My name just fits me perfectly!

Interesting question. My initals are CEG, C scale on the piano, and I became first chair playing scales. (It wasn't the C scale, and it was saxophone, not piano, but still!) I like my name all right, but if I had to choose another, I would choose... drumroll please... anything starting with the letter R. Or perhaps I would choose Alexandria. It depends on how I feel at the time.

Anyone else write their middle initial with their name? Like when you write your name on papers for school? (Just curious.)

I am really happy with my parents for naming me "Clare"!  Clare means "illuminated" or "clear", which is cool because Clare is an anagram of clear.  I also love my name because I share the name of Saint Clare of Assisi, who is my favorite saint.  Plus, my name has an unusual spelling.  Most girls with my name spell it C-L-A-I-R-E, or some other way.

I believe my name is one of the best you can have because it means the rock, and I strive to be that every day.

I personally really like my name, because it is unique! I have never met anyone that has my name that is my age or older. I have met a few younger, since apparently it's coming back into fashion! I don't know if I am happy about it coming back...I have mixed feelings. I like being the only Addie.

My name means Son of Adam when you spell out the full thing of Addison, and when just Addie it means Dark and Rich! Addison is a males name, while Addie is a female! There are so many differences, when the two names I go by are so similar!

I think my name is awesome!!! My name is different. Not the actual name, but how you spell it. Most people spell it Jenna. Alot of people call me Gina when they first see my name, I hate it when people call me that!! I think it's a big disgrace when people call you the wrong name.

I just got Muse from the library and this issue looks tailor-made for me!!!  THANK YOU, MUSE!!!!!  I am obsessed with nomenclature and entymology (or etymology...I mean words, not bugs!) [Etymology. Bugs is entomology. --Ed.] and anyways...my name, Emily, is kind of common.  I don't like being common.  It is youngish but not at all unusual, which bugs me.  Therefore, I change my usernames as often as possible!!  I live among friends who agree about the randomness of everything, and when I recently asked my friend Misha for a new nickname, she gave me "Queen of Randomness"!  The thing I do like about the commonness of my name is ho hard I am to stalk.  If you googled my name, you would find thousands of entries...on completely different people than me.  I g2g now, lunchtime.  Tacos.  My preferred nickname is Emilissima M...Latin for "the most Emily."

Ciao, Musers.  Rock on. 

I love my name because it's so short, although my parents had some pretty silly names picked out for me if I had been born a boy. Unfortunately, the name Emma has become increasingly popular in the past decade, so even if I have no friends with my name, there are many, many Emmas in the elemantary schools.

Today I read in the paper that people are naming thier babies after the Twilight series. Why would you want your precious baby to be named after a vampire?

My initials are E.F.G. This was not intentional, but I am happy that it happened!

I love my name! Spelled full out, it's Liliana. (Lily-Anna. Do not pronounce it Lily-Anah.) I like Lili or Ana, but mostly I'm called Lili. People normally spell that name Lilly, but I like Lili much better. If I could choose any name in the world, it would be either Andromeda or Liliana, my real name.

I like my name because it is very different from most other girls'. Sometimes me and other girls with names that are usually for boys get made fun of though......

My name is Sylvia, after my great grandmother (you're right that greatgrandparents' names sound coolest, but then again, I may be slightly biased). My name is Latin, meaning imp of or living in the forest, healthy and graceful. It's perfect because I love the idea of mystical creatures and enchanted forests. Also, I'm a dancer and I pride myself on being graceful and healthy because of so much exercise and training. My name in itself is very rare, but a variant, Sylvie, is a common French name. It's great because I love French, it takes me about a half hour to switch my brain back to english after French class. I don't know what name I'd want, something with a Z, an R that you can roll and it must be one syllable or shortenable. Maybe Zara. My middle name is Marie, after my poor dad with seven sisters who all shared the same middle name with him: Maria.

My totally awesome name is Vivian, which means 'alive' in latin.I have some to say on the subject of names. The first is that I actually know someone with the initials of 'COW'. I don't know what that means for his future, though.My second thing is that I have something to add to the list of names that sound like jobs; Diana Naiad, champion swimmer. And for those of you who don't know, in Greek mythology, a naiad is an ocean spirit.And I will not tell you what I would change my name to, because I wouldn't want to change my name. It's just too cool.

Hey, Peeps! Who knew taxonomy could be so interesting? Anyways, my name is SUPER unusual (actually, that's why my parents chose it), BUT I get an alphabetical advantage in the rare case that they use your first name. My last name means nothing, but I wish it was something musical because I sing and play cello and that would realy fit me. Write a comment if you wish your last name meant something, and PLEASE tell me what you would want it to be!!!

Cheers to all you fellow brainiacs,

Ada :D

My name is Rachel (Rayray is my nickname). I don't really like my name. I would rather be called Selene, the name of the moon goddes in greek mythology. I dont care if I would be more likely to go into a crazy house!!!! ;-D 

I have an interesting name crisis. John is my first name, but I go by Benjamin, my middle name. This happened because my parents wanted to call me Jack, short for John, but my parents friends were having a child at the same time and named him John Michael, wanting to call him Jack too. My parents didn't want me to have the same name as one of my best friends, so they decided to call me Benjamin. That was awkward because my dads name is Ben, and there were 7 Bens in my kindergarten class. I was wondering if anyone else went by there middle name, because usually when I tell people my middle name is Benjamin, they ask if I am Benjamin Benjamin F.

I love my name because it is after Gabriel in the bible.

I don't know-- I was named for a French Saint-- Saint Madeleine--who, more likely than not, died a gruesome death... on the other hand, my sister was named for Cassandra, the Greek prophetess of doom, so who's complaining?

Well, my last name is Biever, but people pronounce it like a certain high-profile pop singer's last name a lot. Throw in the fact I look sort of like him and sound exactly like him and you have a Kokopelli Bully Pie special. Whee...

Interesting facts about my first names, though. Chad means "Warrior", and my middle name, Jacob, means "Deciever" ,so I was literally named to be a spy. Interesting.

I do go by a pen name, however, as Nessie Correr, which is a lot more awesome than my real name.

My sister's name is Maeve, which means "She who makes men drunk". I think it's kind of creepy to think about:"Hi, She Who Makes Men Drunk!" Weird!!

When my uncle was little, his pediatrician was Dr. Lawyer. No, seriously.

Also, I've seen signs advertising Dr. Phang, the dentist. (Phang = Fang)

First of all, my name is not really "Anonymus," just that my name is so unusual, and nobody wants a stranger knowing who they are.

It is to my experience that people with strange names actually recieve more attention from teachers. This works strangely, because it depends on your behaviour. If you goof off, the teacher is more apt to give you a punishment. But, if you do well, the teacher is more likely to like you.

I do like my real name. I wouldn't trade it for big loser smith, or anything else.

I WOULD LOVE TO BE CALLED ANASTASIA. 

I REALLY LIKE MY NAME CUZ,YOU KNOW,MARGARET IS NOT A EASY NAME TO MIX UP.I DON,T KNOW ANYONE ELSE NAMED MARGARET, AND WHEN THEY SAY THE NAME AT SCHOOL,YOU DON'T GET IT MIXED UP.[THAT CAN ALSO BE BAD IF YOU ARE IN TROOOUUUUBBBBBLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEE. P.s.HI MUSEOS.

I like my name, LIBBY!! BUt everybody calls me LIBBY THE AWESOME which is even better!

I love my name. It means "gracious" in Latin. The wonderful thing is, my name is somewhat common, so you'll find it on those keychains, but it's not so common that there will be three Anna's in one class. My name is awesome!

I LOVE my name. It makes me feel special.

P.S. It's pronounced (Mih-lay-nah)

my name is pretty good.

I HATE my name. Who ever heard of having the name "Adrian" what is even worse is that my middle name is Finlay. I wish I had a reeeeeely cool name like Slasher or Ripjaw but those are dog names.

My name is GREAT!

It means "Man" and as everyone knows, it was the name of the first man in the world (at least in the Bible). And the dude sinned and ate the apple, so mankind got smart. YAY! I'm responsible for mankind!

My real name is Margaret, but my mom was going to name me Scarlett, after this movie called Gone with the wind. I love the name.

My name is Isabelle and I like it.   BUT...  People are always calling me "Elizabeth" or "Isabella" and that annoys me so much!!  Does anyone else have names that people confuse with other names a lot?  Does it annoy you as much as it does me?!?!?!  <----- interrobang :-)

I absolutley love my name, Kiley. It means beautiful girl in Ireland. Also my middle and last name represent who I am. My dad's from Mexico, so no wonder my middle name is Angelina (pronounced an-hel-leen-a) and my last name is Torres. Angelina means girl angel in Mexico.

I do not agree with how baseball players tend to strikeout if their name starts with K. When I play Wii ( I am an avid fan)I strike home runs. My brother Nathan is the one who strikes out. I do agree, though, that naming a child Big Loser Smith could contribute to his downfall (I, even though I am not a bully, would throw a pie at him).I just don't see how someone (like my friend) would be ashamed to have a simply wondrous name like Avery, or Katrina(Katrina;the most brave, heroic type of name).

If a could have a different name, I would suggest Brooklyn or some exotic, soothing name. as for you, Helen, I think Helen is a perfect name ( I greatly admire Helen Keller). You could be just like her! Except for going blind and deaf, which is a downfall for having the name Helen.  

P.S. I don't know if you can see it through my words, but I simply admire exquisite literature.

P.P.S. I lllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeee you Muse!!!

so, my last  name is todd, which is a boy name. in my science class there was a list of every person and it had the first name and last initial (example pat g.) except for mine. mine was T. Brooke. i was so annoyed. my teacher even called me todd and she knew i was a girl! i was not happy. she said she was so sorry but how do call a girl a boy name? i mean brooke can be a boy name but i don't look like a boy...so i wish i had a name that was just a girl name.

My name is Aida, which I like, but it's not very common. It's a combination of my great aunt Ida, and my great aunt Amanda.

I love my name!!!!!!!! It comes from the shakespeare play The Tempest. It also means "admirable" in latin! My brother's name is funny. HE got his name from some stupid show and, in Welsh, it means "big village"!!!!!!!! By the way, HI KOKOPELLI!!! HI PWT!! HI CHAD!!!!(in sleeve language)HI AEIOU!!! HI URANIA! LOOK OUT FOR PIES!!!!!!!!!! HI FEATHER!!!! HI MIMI!!! HI BO!!! HI CRRAW!!! YOUR'E ALL AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

If I could have the name of a Greek Goddess....probably Selene, the original moon goddess before Artemis...oooh! Maybe Persephone, the Goddess of Spring. Or Pomona, the Roman Goddess of Plenty (Plenty video games would be awesome)...I think I'll go with either Selene or Amphitrite, the Goddess of the Sea. Yeah...Amphitrite would be awesome...Though, if I could make up my own goddess, I'd be Kitkat, the Goddess of Candy! I'd be a blessing among children. The reason I chose Kitkat as my code name is because my initials spell out KAT. Original, not like the boring, pleasing CAT initials...speaking of which, I have a friend who's initials spell out CAT...KAT and CAT, the catlike friends! Ahh...actually I don't really like cats...Hey, how did I get from Selene to cats?

My name is Elizabeth. It means meadow.

I LOVE my name!  It's Aubrey and it means "brave and strong" in Latin!  It can be kinda weird, though, since it's a boy's name in England and some old British guy was weirded out that I was a girl!  It also means "ruler of the little people" or "ruler of the elves"!  My mom found it on a soap opera and that was the nickname the guy gave Adrianne or someone.  It's also in a song by Bread, it's called Aubrey.

My full name means: Wonderful, Strong, Prophet, who is Son of a Strong, Bold Man.

Pretty Cool. >:-}

I would choose Rosalina because she's the one princess in Mario games that hasn't been kidnapped by a villan ever.

My name is Bhramari. The odd thing about my name is I think I'm the first person to have my name who was born in america. My name means bumblebee in Sanscrit. (Many people have tried to call me that as a nickname, but it has too many syllables for my taste) Also, when I was born, my grandfather put a birth announcement in an indian newspaper (my mother immigrated to america when she was 9. She met my dad at college). Another couple in india decided they liked the name and named their un-born kid that. So therefore, I have a namesake.

my name is kinda weird. People always call me "pancake breakfast", which i don't really get.

A counselor at my summer camp knew a girl called La-a ( pronounced ladasha) and another girl called Pajama ( Pa-zhuh- may).

I like my name, Katrina, (exept with the hurricane I got teased a lot), but i would like my name to be Harmony or Melody. Anyway, my name means pure in Irish. I LOVE my middle name, Marie. It means rough seas, also in irish. My last name is boring though- Smith. it means worker. It's Irish/British. (My family is mostly European.)

My first name means from the isle of the linden tree (my parents really love them for some reason....) and my last name has to do with a mystical river in a valley or something strange like that. So in a nutshell i'm mother nature.

And i HATE when my teachers or anyone for that matter spells my name lindsay. my name is unique like me, but not unheard of or anything like that.

ps i am a girl!!!!!!!!!!

My full name is Rebecca. Apparently, in Hebrew it means Captivating. I find it a bit boring so in fourth grade I started calling myself Becka. If I could change my name I would probably change it to Regina [I like it, plus it means Queen in Latin] or Blue. I love the color blue. And the books by the author, Blue Balliet. 

Well i was named after saint Catherine and saint Nicholas so not much exciting there. I have a friend who was named after a rodeo :) The funniest name in my family is my mom's great uncle Liman!

My name is Olivia and it means olive tree in Latin. My middle name is Ayucalantha, which is a combination of an Indonesian word and a Greek word. My last name is Zapantis, which I have no idea what the meaning of it is, though I'm pretty sure it's Greek. My mom was going to name me Abigail (insert interrobang here), but my dad persuaded her to name me Olivia. Hooray for dads!

sup people! i love my name because it means olive. but i dont really like olives that much but thats o.k. dorothy.h is my sister by the way. i dont read muse i read cricket. but i like cricket even though i dont read it that much! well bye!

My name's Samantha and i really like it. Mostly because there is only one other Samantha at the school i go to and she is in another grade. Also, subs never missay my name (is that even a word?) unlike my sister who's name is Jocelyn. (jo-sel-in). Anyway, Muse rocks so if i could do anything i would change my name to Muse-lover. Muse is more-awesomerist!

I absolutely LOVE my name. It means victory, and I like to win, so that's good! It's also an uncommon name, so I feel special among all of the Jacobs and Sarahs in my school. It's awesome to be a Victoria because there are many landmarks named after Queen Victoria - Victoria Falls, Lake Victoria, etc. Do any of you have names that are also place names? I totally hate it when people call me Vicky. It just doesn't fit me. Are there nicknames that just don't fit you, too? If you have an uncommon name like me, do you like it or do you wish you had a more normal name? What would you name your children? If you had to rename all your friends, what would you call them? What would you name your parents or your teachers? 

i must confes i doun't know wat my name means. all i know is that i shore do like it. its easy to say, and fun to repeat( maby thats becse it can get inoying) maya maya maya may maya may maya. my nikname is Maya the piea. its a farly uncomin name but i like all the same.

my first name means strongwilled warrior my last name from the muddy town or raiviene  

my name means reborn and my full name means reborn little black lion. IT'S COOL RIGHT!? if i could change my name i'd change it to alexia or (the greek godess of magic)Hecate.

My real name starts with an E and my last name starts with a Z... now say that out loud...