What is your actual first name?

[Rin-chan]

My name's Lauren!

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

Ryan

Haha!!  I knew that!  And have I told you that my real brother is also named Ryan?

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

Ryan

Haha!!  I knew that!  And have I told you that my real brother is also named Ryan?

Rin-chan

Yep, you told me that awhile ago.

I thought so.

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

My name's Lauren!

Rin-chan

That's my mom's name.

Cool!  It's irritatingly common, but I've never known a mom with that name!

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

My name's Lauren!

Rin-chan

That's my mom's name.

Cool!  It's irritatingly common, but I've never known a mom with that name!

Rin-chan

It's also my cousin's daughter's name as well.

Damn!!  Another one!?  Did you know that I was one of 5 Laurens in my Spanish I class?  Ugh!!  "Lauren, pair up with Lauren."  "Which one with which one?  YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY!!"

lol

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

My brother's middle name is Lauren. It's a family thing.. poor guy

That sucks...  lol  Poor thing...

My uncle has the same middle name I do.  It sounds feminine, but it's a family name.  And I thought that was bad...

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

My name's Lauren!

Rin-chan

That's my mom's name.

Cool!  It's irritatingly common, but I've never known a mom with that name!

Rin-chan

It's also my cousin's daughter's name as well.

Damn!!  Another one!?  Did you know that I was one of 5 Laurens in my Spanish I class?  Ugh!!  "Lauren, pair up with Lauren."  "Which one with which one?  YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY!!"

lol

Rin-chan

Really? I've only known two Laurens. But my Spanish teacher said that last year she had 4 Alexanders in one class, two of whom were surnamed Lin.

That's crazy.  I've known a lot of Alexanders, too.  But all through elementary school I was Lauren D.  There was always another Lauren in my class.  ALWAYS.  UGH!!  I've complained to my parents about this and they always say, "Well, we thought we were being original when we picked it. We didn't know very many Laurens when we grew up.  Sorry, sweetie!"

Oh, well...  Can't do much about that now...

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

My name's Lauren!

Rin-chan

That's my mom's name.

Cool!  It's irritatingly common, but I've never known a mom with that name!

Rin-chan

It's also my cousin's daughter's name as well.

Damn!!  Another one!?  Did you know that I was one of 5 Laurens in my Spanish I class?  Ugh!!  "Lauren, pair up with Lauren."  "Which one with which one?  YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY!!"

lol

Rin-chan

Really? I've only known two Laurens. But my Spanish teacher said that last year she had 4 Alexanders in one class, two of whom were surnamed Lin.

I can believe that.  My english class has 4 Bens, my geography class has 2 Andrews, 3 Maddies, and 2 Bens.

Ouch. There's only one other Naveed in my school, and he's in special ed.

I've never known a Naveed before you.  I knew a Naveen, but he was really annoying.  He considered himself a socialist anarchist.  I don't even know if that's possible.  And he had really skinny wrists and HUGE hands.  It was odd.  Maybe his hands weren't that big, but in comparison to his wrists...

He was nice to talk to on occasion.

Rin-chan

[Rin-chan]

My name's Lauren!

Rin-chan

That's my mom's name.

Cool!  It's irritatingly common, but I've never known a mom with that name!

Rin-chan

It's also my cousin's daughter's name as well.

Damn!!  Another one!?  Did you know that I was one of 5 Laurens in my Spanish I class?  Ugh!!  "Lauren, pair up with Lauren."  "Which one with which one?  YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY!!"

lol

Rin-chan

Really? I've only known two Laurens. But my Spanish teacher said that last year she had 4 Alexanders in one class, two of whom were surnamed Lin.

That's crazy.  I've known a lot of Alexanders, too.  But all through elementary school I was Lauren D.  There was always another Lauren in my class.  ALWAYS.  UGH!!  I've complained to my parents about this and they always say, "Well, we thought we were being original when we picked it. We didn't know very many Laurens when we grew up.  Sorry, sweetie!"

Oh, well...  Can't do much about that now...

Rin-chan

http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

I can imagine what your parents felt.

That's a neat site!

But, yeah...  It seems like everyone was trying to be 'original' at the same time.  It's not even that great of a name...

Rin-chan