Are you happy with your first name? Why or why not?

@helenS Bonus awesome points if you change your last name to Troy.

@LordShadowfire My last name (starting with an 'S') isn't too bad either. My family name, the name of the lake where I live, and the name of my home town – it's the same word, the same name.

@helenS did you face launch a 1000 ships or did you launch a thousands ships with your face ? 😂

@Julien That was about Helen the 1st! I could only launch a rowing boat or five... 😌

@helenS Helen is a fine name - and the middle name of one of my sisters!

@ArishMell My middle name is Magdalene because my grandma thought "Helen" isn't Christian. My sister's first name is Mary.
Mary and Magdalene – could it become more Christian?

@helenS Indeed!

Not sure I understand your Grandma's view but all those names are fine to me!

Many of the most common Western European and American names are those old Hebrew ones.

One of my sisters is called "Sarah" which I think is an Old Testament name; we have a Peter and an Andrew in the family, but most of our family's names were not Biblical ones as far as I know.

They are old English ones though, so likely from all sorts of sources.