Results: Your And Others' Names

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jlrake

05/02/2026

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Living
1.
1.
Do you have an/.or do you know anyone who has a color or variation of a word for a color (such as Browne instead of Brown) for a last name?
Yes to at least one of those
24%
282 votes
Unsure
18%
210 votes
No
57%
664 votes
2.
2.
Do you have and/or do you know anyone who has a last name you've heard as someone's first name?
Yes to at least one of those options
40%
467 votes
Undecided
18%
213 votes
No
41%
476 votes
3.
3.
Do you have and/or know anyone who has a first name you've heard as a last name for someone else?
Yes to at least one of the above
37%
422 votes
Uncertain
23%
264 votes
No
41%
470 votes
4.
4.
For heterosexual female Tellwutters who are or were married and took your husband's last name: was the last name of the man you married, perhaps especially how that name would sound following your first name, a consideration in marrying the man you did?
Yes
8%
92 votes
Uncommitted/Not exactly that, b u t...
11%
129 votes
No
39%
453 votes
Not Applicable
42%
482 votes
5.
5.
Does your first and/or last name reflect anything about your occupation, behavior or anything else about you (for example, I sometimes wear a hat at a rakish angle?
Yes to at least one of those
9%
105 votes
Unsure
29%
332 votes
No (but my middle name may...)
62%
719 votes

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