I never thought about it. My first name is Donna, but I go by my middle name Susan. There were times, growing up, that I wished I went by my first name because there was a girl at church who was a year older, had a beautiful voice and very popular and her name was Susan. Most times I heard my name, they meant her. It got to where I didn't even respond to people when my name was called.
Both Joe and I go by our middle names. When we had children, we made sure that we called them by their first names because sometimes it is a pain to have two names, one for social reasons and the other for legal reasons.
My son, James, went through a period in Jr/Sr High that he wished his name was Clifford. It's funny because we almost picked that name for him. That's my father's name.