I was thinking about this over coffee this evening ( i was alone big suprise there).
It seems like almost all of my friends have the same names. with Guys anyway.
My girlfriend was talking about one of our friends calling him by his real name and not nickname and it took me a few to realize whom she was talking about. I have 10 friends with the same name and its getting harder and harder to tell them appart. Ive had to go through and give ALL of them nicknames to keep track of who is whom.
Heck eve her BF has the same name as a guy I hang out with on a regular basis and one of my guy friends has the same name as one of my girlfriends *sigh* Can't people come up with unique names? My name IRL is VERY unique but I don't go by it. I go by a nickname. . .

ANYWAY How many friends do you have that have the same name? How many people have the same name as you? Do you ever get confused if you hear your name in public but they were talking about someone TOTALLY different?

not ALL that many Cheryls, so I don't often have that problem

I've never met anyone with my name so not usually an issue

dont know many people with my name..
and when i do..its usually their middle name

i know one and...whew...is she a fun one

i've never met anyome with the name Balletdancerpdx either! that IS rare.

I know what you mean about common names... My first name, IRL, is one of the top 20 names in the USA and my middle is one of top 50. Last name is one of the top 500. I get called by wrong numbers all the time. Once, in a city in Florida, I had two fellow citizens who shared the exact name, 1st, middle, and last... Got a call one night for me to come 'Pick up your Camaro, it's finished with the overhaul.' I almost went down to pick it up... free car... anyway... yeah, common names are a bit of a nuisance. I thought my screen name would be at least a little unusual, but there's at least 3 of us captainishmaels on the web. the other two are into some weird stuff, which makes my name start to lose some of its character across the globe.