Your OH's name?

No I don't like my husband's name, it's a typical popular 80's boy's name. I always shorten it.

Ermm, yeh, suppose, never thought about it!!

its Shaun, pronounce SHAWN too not SEAN, altho he likes to call himself SEAN as he know it annoys me!

My OH is called James but all of his friends call him Jimmy.

ETA: I neither like nor dislike his name, but prefer Jimmy.

Jay. Although it's a shortened version of his real name, I've never known him as anything else, all his formalities/banks etc use 'Jay'.

Yes I do.

Jack is really a John and I love both, although I prefer Jack, he suits Jack slightly more than John.

It's just his name. Common but alright.

I would pronounce this as 'Shawn', is there another way? Like 'seen'?! ?

H is Steven. I like it.

I don't really like Steve (for him) but people insist on calling him it so it riles me less than it used to. None of his family call him Steve, it's always Steven.

My dad just won't listen and always calls him Steve.

Forgot to say... I don't actively dislike H's name, but wouldn't have picked it myself really.

This? I'd pronounce them all 'shawn'?

yeh, its Irish i think..also spelt Sean (pronounced SEEN) Mummy F STILL writes Shawn on his cards ?

Yes I do, it's David.

Never knew this! Will be careful in future if I meet a Sean!

Mine is an Andrew. I love his name, although everyone calls him Andy which I like slightly less. His middle name is Hamish. I love to tease him about that *bad wife icon*

I have an A...... Don't like it because apart from him all A.....s are under 7 or over 70. He is neither, but named after his dad which just makes it confusing. His family call him "wee A....." - they are Scots - which annoys the hell out of me.

I have a Michael, it's ok I suppose. Never really thought about it. Most people call him Mike. When I first met him for some unknown reason I referred to him as Mikey so a few people (especially my niece) call him Mikey. I call him Moo. ?

My dad's family are Irish and my uncle is Sean (pronounced Shawn).

I wouldn't worry about it too much, I AM Irish and have never come across a Sean who pronounced their name any way other than SHAWN, not even in the Gaeltacht regions where the true natives are ?

I thought it was always pronounced Shawn. I've never heard it pronounced Seen.

OH is Kevin but known as Kev to everyone apart from my Grandmother who insists on calling him Kevin yet she called me Becca! I'm not that keen on it but I didn't name him. He is mainly Kev to me unless he's done something wrong then it's either Kevin or his surname.

I know his parents caused a family to-do by not naming him the same as his father and grandfather.

Its a stupid to spell it that way isnt it!

I've known quite a few Seans and it's always been pronounced Shawn.. I always assumed it's actually 'see-an' which pronounced in an Irish accent nice and quickly would sound like Shawn??

Same way as Sean and John and Iain are all quite closely related as names, all in the accent and the speed at which you say them, you can see how each could develop into each other. Or maybe just me...?

ETA: mine's a James, but is Jim/Jimbo to me and most friends and family or Jimmy to older blokes for some reason? It suits him, not my favourite name ever but a good solid name - prefer it to the Marco I was with before him!

I have a Dickie but his real name is Paul - Have to remember when his parents are around. Dickie is a nickname he had since school and he was introduced to me as Dickie so Dickie he is. Also my brother is called Paul so it is just wrong calling him Paul?

Me neither Kharv, I think Flow's making it up.

I lived in Greece and picked it up from there. It means 'my'.

Darling Moo, beautiful Moo, hence Mikey Moo.

you may have a point..!!

I like H's name, it's boring but it's fine. He doesn't like it though.

It's Peter which I had never thought about until I met him but I really like it. He is named after his grandad and it really suits him. It means rock and he is a bit of a rock, strong and solid and very dependable.

I call him Peter, Pete or Pizza (my god daughter calls him this and it has stuck) His parents sometimes call him Pedro.

I have a David. Not a Dave. A David. I like the name, though it is very popular!

It always makes me laugh (and roll my eyes) when MIL says she doesn't know any Hebrew names, yet she gave her son a name that is as Jewish as they come!

you sure its not just an accent making it sound like SEEN?

I know a Shaun (Cornish) and a Sean (N. Irish) and they are both pronounced 'shawn'

I have a Dave, Everyone knows a Dave! he gets David if he is in trouble and his family all call him David. He introduces himself to new people as David otherwise with his accent it sounds like Div!

this may be it!! But i have heard if definatly this way, its why he calls himself it ?

Mine is Huw. He always gets emails/letters addressed to Hugh. Annoying.