Is it normal to avoid saying peoples names?

Yeah I don't either. It's like your honoring them too much if you do.

It might be some kind of disorder...

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It depends on how well I know the person. I've noticed that when I've just met a person that I tend to be awkward around them. For some reason, that awkwardness makes me uncomfortable when addressing them by their name.

I always do that because I don't want to say there name wrong

I tink its normal. I mean. I usually adress people with "umm" or "excuse me" or something like that. I only really say a friends name if their really close to me. Or i use "man" or "dude" or nick names. I have a think with saying someones nickname like "kuri" or "Bunny" or "Kabuki" when that is far from thier actuall name. Be carful however not to forget their names. I've ran into this problem and actually lost a friend because of it.

why!!!!!!!!!!!

i was going to ask the same thing. i hate using people's names when i'm talking to them. i don't mind it as much when i'm talking about them, but unless the person knows them well, i usually prefer to say "my best friend" or "my friend" rather than actually naming the person. i also hate it when people call me by name. i don't mind nicknames or pet names so much (a lot of my friends and i have pet names for each other.) and i absolutely cannot stand it when my partner calls me by my name. it seems very formal or stuffy or something.... or maybe it's because of some superstition about once you know someone's name you have power over them (or something like that).

I don't like saying their name if it's weird like mildred or jeremy but I also don't like telling people my name because I don't like it (it's christine) I think it's a name for old people and I'm 28 lol. Oh and when I phone my bfs parents it feels weird to say their names!

I am uncomfortable using people's names too, it just seems very forward or formal or something. Even my best friends or boyfriends I rarely use their names unless I really need to.

I always feel super-uncomftorable calling someone by their names until I do it a few hundred times.
I recently started physical therapy for my knee and and it took me about 15 sessions before I stopped using "hey, you!" to get the therapist's attention, even though I knew his name and it was a simple and common name. I'm about 30 sessions in and I still try to avoid calling his name when possible.

That's only normal if you don't know their name