If someone doesn’t ask your name after asking theirs, is it a sign of disinterest?

[Anonymous]

There’s this shy girl and I talked to her and she seemed to be positive, except for not asking my name after asking her name.

[Jean-Marie_Céline]

This a bit though to crack, so let's go step by step.
It could be both that she's too shy to ask your name back, or maybe she didn't even think of asking your name!
When someone is shy, they won't even think about those basic things because internal anxiety makes them forget it.
If she's cripplingly shy and she likes, she must have thought all the time how to make a good impression on you and guess what? She forgot to ask your name.
A study from the University of Bologna lampshaded that when someone is anxious to make a good impression in a good 68% of the cases they forget to either say their own name or ask the name of their interlocutor!

[Asker]

I see, thanks for the advice.

[Sevenpointfive]

i'm guilty of this. sometimes it's because i don't care, not interested or have to go.

i think it depends on the greeting. sometimes it's expected and robotic and means nothing. you don't want that

[Asker]

By “depends on the greeting” you mean how she said hi to me, right? Whether it was said happily or robotic.

[Sevenpointfive]

that's right

[Zeppelinrocks]

If she was otherwise nice to you, she’s probably just a little socially awkward and doesn’t get cues as well as others.

[GnatSocks]

I don't know. I normally give my name after they tell me theirs. Maybe it isn't the gigachad, first-letter-of-the-cyrillic-alphabet move, but whatever, it keeps momentum.

[Anonymous]

Probably or just nervous

[Asker]

I see. Is there a way to know which one it is?

[Opinion Owner]

No eye contact maybe if nervous

[Asker]

I see, she did the opposite. She gave me good eye contact.

[Opinion Owner]

I guess you should have asked for hers right after, she maybe wasn’t thinking about telling you hers

[Asker]

I think you misread.

I asked her name and she told me it, but she didn't ask for mine in return.

[Opinion Owner]

Oh ok , I did misunderstand, I guess she wasn’t interested

[Leavesbound]

Yes it is.

[Anonymous]

Not necessarily