September 12, 2009

The Name Project


Have you ever wondered how many people share your name? When I was young, I saw an article in Time magazine and was surprised to find the author's name was my own. So I grabbed a phone book and noted two or three locals enjoying my moniker. Years later the advent of the internet allowed me to search worldwide for others with my rather simple name. The numbers were, frankly, staggering. There's a lot of ME running around the globe!

I haven't thought about this little game for some time, until last night. Out of momentary boredom (and we all know how dangerous those can be) I plugged my name into Facebook's search engine and the resulting list was 500 names strong. There were a few variations but for the most part, I had several hundred ladies who'd either been born or married into my name. And so, in the spirit of my uber-friendly mother, I decided to say hello to a few handfuls of them. I sent friend invite with a quick explanation (because no one likes a stalker). In the first few hours, I received 7 replies.

I look forward to reading every profile, every synopsis of a life lived under the same umbrella. An eager eye will be cast to the similarities, the differences, the stories learned on a screen. Perhaps a few cyber-friendships may be constructed on this foundation of a name.

More to follow...

2 comments:

  1. There are a huge amount of Kims about. Considerably less male Kims, and very few Kim Ayres. And as far as I've been able to research, I'm the only Kim Ayres with a beard, certainly findable by Google.

    However, I do enjoy the fact that one of the other prominant Kim Ayres' on the Internet is a female body builder and fitness instructor - about as far removed from me as you can possibly get :)

    A few years ago, there was a guy called Dave Gorman who decided to contact all the other Dave Gorman's he could find, and he made a TV series out of it - it was a fun show :)

    Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment on my blog :)

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