argh! i'm not unique on this internet!

[Aeson]

Legally change your name to Markos Giannopoullos. If that doesn't work, just keep adding L's (and perhaps silent H's) until you're unique again.

Then find yourself a nice Philippina and convert to Buddhism

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Lancer

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by MarkG
but my name is not Boring!

But the Markos Giannopoulos (TM) brand has been significantly devalued by this reckless and deliberate elimination of its uniqueness!

[Lancer]

[Zkribbler]

Re: argh! i'm not unique on this internet!

Originally posted by MarkG
but now there is another "markos giannopoulos" on facebook

what do i do?
is anyone else like me? should we create a help group?

Last time I googled my name, I found a newspaper article about some legislation I was backing....only the real me had never heard of this proposed law. Further investigation revealed there's a state legislator with my name in South Carolina. To make it worse, he's better looking than me.

[Ninot]

Still the only Derek Tonin on facebook,

there are other Derek Tonin's on google though

[Blake]

Originally posted by MarkG
buddhism cant make a person change his name

or does it? do you get a new name when you convert?

(Well, when you ordain!)

[FrostyBoy]

What's the point of a new name really?

[Lancer]

I had a gf that would change her name every time she had a 'life changing experience', maybe twice a week if things were slow in the life changing experience realm. Tough to keep track of and she would get bothered if I called her by yesterdays name. Complete nutjob really. Other than that she was ok.

[Dinner]

My name combines two of the most common English names on the planet.

[Theben]

Which plant would that be?

[Ramo]

My name combines two of the three most common Arabic names on the planet.

On a related note, check this out. It tracks the rise and fall of the 1000 most common American first names for both genders for over 120 years. It's pretty bad ass.

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

For no reason I can tell, my name went into decline in 2003 (though, I'd bet long term trends would be up).

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Theben
Which plant would that be?

The tree of life.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Ramo
My name combines two of the three most common Arabic names on the planet.

On a related note, check this out. It tracks the rise and fall of the 1000 most common American first names for both genders for over 120 years. It's pretty bad ass.

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

For no reason I can tell, my name went into decline in 2003 (though, I'd bet long term trends would be up).

If it's an Arabic name then 9/11 and the war in Iraq is probably playing the same roll WW1 & WW2 had on German names in the US.

[Wittlich]

Markos, my dear, you are Greek. Accept it.
You trying to register such a common Greek name as : Markos Giannopoulos ... Is like Americans trying to register the name: John Smith ... and wonder why the hell that it is already been taken!