My real name's Emma, which was the most common name for girl's in the UK in the year I was born. I quite like the name- it's a bit annoying there's so many of us floating around, I know many people with the same first name, and one of them I can't stand XD But as a name it's not bad. Simple, functional, not ridiculously old-fashioned or especially wierd. Middle name's Elizabeth, which again, is a pretty common name. I know a lot of people with Elizabeth as a middle or first name, too XD I never use my middle name, however, except when I'm filling in forms, so it doesn't really bother me what it is.
I have several nicknames, of course- Himiko (obviously- this is an internet only one, though. My friends in real life have never called me this, but people I've met online know me as my username), Bob, Pyro (I like fire...), President (I'm president of one of our university societies), and a couple of people call me by my last name.
I think my favourite female name would probably be Miranda, but I'm biased, I have a large fangirliness for Miranda Richardson <3