Probably shouldn't pick such a strange question for my first post but here goes:

Would you date a women/man with the same name as your mum/dad?

lol yes it is a slighty strange first post ......... would i date someone with same name as my Dad ............. well coming from an Irish family & Friends and my Dad's name being Patrick, i would have to say Patrick has popped up a couple of times, but never even thought about it, until just now .......... lol xx

I can just imagine the conversation, "yeah, I really like that name, it's the same as my mum's....', que long period of silence.

I call my mum, mum and my dad, dad so I dont see what the problem is

LOL haha thanks... and PS dont ever name your mother on first dates or when trying to pick up - even if she is cool trust me

I hadn't thought of it till now but i have

Saying that John is a fairly common name

My dad's name is John and I'm interested in a guy named John (not on FB) but I never thought it was weird. Now if I meet a guy with my mum's name, then I'll worry...

hehe cant say i have this problem, i hate my parents! lol

I dated a chap many moons ago with the same name as my dad. Must admit it never occurred to me that it might be a problem - I guess when you've got married and all and have kids named after the parents too it could get confusing who's talking to who....
But when I was 15 or so, I was soft on a chap whose surname was Chalice, and my first name being Alice, shallow bitch that I was back then, I refused to even go on a first date with him, no matter how gorgeous he was, cuz my dad's nickname for me when I was a baby was Alice Chalice and I shuddered at the thought of us getting married......
I don't think any name would put me off a bloke nowadays though....as an aside, my son's g/f thought his name was Humperdink for weeks til he fessed up it wasn't true, it didnt put her off going out with him in the first place!

Hmmm... I once dated a girl called "Jilly"... My mum's name is "Gill". Now that I think about it, that first introduction was kinda strange... But I got over it!

I just call my parents mum and dad, but my best mate has a boyfriend with the same name as my dad, Len, and I realised that some names I think of being age related and this guy was about 35 yrs younger than my dad, so I guess I might actually come across a guy with the same name. Don't think it will make any difference to me though, 'cos I can't imagine any man being anything remotely like my dad.

Alot of elderly women are names after flowers and months like: April, June, May, Rose, Lily, Daisy, Viotet..........

Made me think of my own name which is Susan by birth but I'm always called Sue, Susie Q or Suzy, unless someone is cross with me then it is SUSAN!!!.........but I do think it's a name that primarily dates women to being of the 45-60 age range. Do you know younger Sues? not many I bet, or more likely to be Suzanne and Suzy

It is interesting how names are often chosen in 'drifts' from certain years due to popularity of the famous at the time of their birth e.g. royalty, sport and pop stars.

Then there are some names that are always popular in any generation...Steve, John, David, Michael, Emma, Paul, Jane, Victoria.....

I was with a girl for a very short time with my dads name

Sam (Samantha)

My mums name is Ann-Marie (well, actually its Ann-Marie Ellen, as I just found out when I went to double check on my birth certificate) so from a Flirtbox point of view (more accurately, the forum) I'm pretty much limited to one person Not that I'd complain, mind! Although I think Stephen might object. Don't meet many Ann-Maries for some reason. I d once see a woman with the same name as my dad - George, obviously hers was short for Georgina