the real question is would you prefer .name instead of .com may be it's much more logical to have a .name domain for your name
.com for your name is better, even though .name seems more logical. since there are so many people in the world with the same name, being able to secure your own .com shows a sense of forward thinking or vision.
I like .com best too but if you want to make the name sound more personal I would probably go with .me before of .name There is also the new .tel extension coming out that is supposed to also be for personal use.
I have firstnamefamilyname.com parked in sedo ! my first name is common in my country , but it is take by an american company ! My familyname also common and taken ! .name ( firstfamily ) I won't use , although Godaddy always asks me to register it !!
I had the .com of my name back in '06/'07 I'm pretty sure but I ended up letting it expire because I'm an idiot. Managed to grab the .ca though so that's what I will be using for a personal website if I ever decide to develop one.
I picked up my name last year, i had been trying to buy it from another person with the same name for 3 years, and suddenly one day as i was going through godaddy checkout it said it was available so i grabbed it up, i had offered the guy 1000 bucks for it the year before and he didnt respond, i ended up getting it for reg fee.
my name is available. I thought about registering it many times, but never really got to do that yet.
i registered my namesurname.com with the 0.99 godaddy coupon, just for fun, havent published nothing yet lol