Week 9 Pet Peves: Name Edition

My name is really popular, in fact in my year at school at one high school I was one of 4 Lauren’s. And the second high school I was one of 7/8 Lauren’s. One of the funnies stories from that second high school was that there were 3 Lauren’s in my German class, and we were one after the other on the register.  

In the year I was born Lauren was the 9th most popular name. Since then it’s gone from a top 10 name to just scraping into the top 150 in 2017 at number 148. Even my dads name is more popular than my name in 2017. 

Most of my life I’ve had very few people actually call me Lauren.  


Pet Peves
1. Being called Laura
One of the most popular names I get called is Laura. I’ve had it for almost 19 years since starting high school in September 2000. I’ve had people at school, college, jobs, at doctors offices, and other places calling me Laura. And this the biggest pet peeve that I have. Thankfully it’s not on things such as my passport or health card or any important documents like that, but I really dislike the name Laura. I understand it though. Having the same first four letters, but I have 6 in my name where Laura has five.  

2. People spelling it wrong
There are many ways to spell my name, but I have the most popular way of spelling it. I can understand if people spell my name the Italian way Lauryn (I don’t mind it, in fact I’ll take the Italian way of spelling my name over being called Laura). But any other way of spelling my name is so wrong. I’ve had people want to spell it Loren, like in Sophia Loren, Lauran, Laurin, 

3. People calling me every other L Name
I had this a lot with my second high school, where after I was permanently excluded they’d call up my house and ask if I was coming into school. Even when I left school in 2005, they’d call my parents and ask if I was coming to school. This lasted for a good two and half years from leaving school and moving to Canada. I’ve had Lucy, Leanne, Lydia, and obviously Laura. 

4. I Hate The Nickname Loz
Loz is such a popular nickname for Lauren, and for 6 years it was one that I had. But honestly I hate it. I much prefer Lozy if people want to use Loz as a nickname.  


My Nicknames

I have lots of nicknames, and people hardly ever call me Lauren. I’ve had one nickname that has grown with me, when I was younger I was called Lollypop, as I got a little older I was called Lolly, and now I am mainly called Lol, which is what a lot of people call me and I answer to the most.  

My dad sometimes calls me Doris or George. Which I find brilliant I love it.