A new survey of 2,567 U.S. adults found that 42 percent of people “love” their first name, 31 percent of people “like” it and 19 percent of people are neutral on it. This leaves an interesting remainder: the 4 percent of adults who dislike their first names and the 2 percent who outright hate their names, meaning 6 percent of the time parents blow it. Women were slightly more likely to dislike their names (8 percent dislike or hate), and older respondents were more likely than younger respondents to declare they did not care for their first names. Only 2 percent of respondents said “not sure.” However, to my dismay, it does not appear that it was even an option to respond to the survey with “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” screamed into the general direction of a digital survey.
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