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zarabia
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Dec 2 2012, 5:52am
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I was going to list that as an option
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But I didn't know how common it was considering all the red tape. That's really interesting. 
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Alcarcalime
Dor-Lomin
Dec 2 2012, 10:01am
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then was uncertain, so I went with the conventional spelling.
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Misto
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Dec 2 2012, 12:29pm
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I like my name. Short enough, easy to pronounce in most languages (save for my hometown's accent *sigh*), no social stigma attached. No complains at all.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Elvenhome
Dec 3 2012, 5:23am
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The only bad thing about my name
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is that it's pretty common for women of my age. There are thousands and thousands of women with the same name (first and last) as mine. When I was a kid there were always two or three other kids in my class with the same first name as me, but I kind of liked that.
One thing I love about my name is that there's a Simon and Garfunkle song that has my name for a title :-)
I had to click "Don't call me late for dinner" because that's one of my dad's favorite quotes. He's used that as far back as I can remember, which is about fifty years. <3
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Magpie
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Dec 3 2012, 2:56pm
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common names for different generations
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for me growing up, the girl's name that seemed to outpace all others was Debbie/Debby. None of them were called Deborah, although that might have been their proper given name.
And when I first started folkdancing, amongst the overlapped folk dance groups I knew a Lara, Laura, Lori, Laurie, and Laurel!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Elvenhome
Dec 3 2012, 4:07pm
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That's one of the things I pay attention to when I write novels.
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I wrote one a while back that spanned the years from 1969 to the present, and I was careful to pick names for the different generations that reflected those generations. My name is Karen, which was very common, but I also knew a lot of Debbies and Cheryls. In my daughter's generation, Jessica was ubiquitous. Now as a teacher I'm noticing a resurgence of older names like Lydia and Nathan and Dorothy, names I associate with my grandparents' generation.
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Dec 3 2012, 4:08pm
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When I was a kid, I hated my name.
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My name is unusual. I have never met another one out there, but I've had other people tell me they know another one.
In school, I was the only one. The thing I didn't like most was never being able to find my name on a necklace, or key chain, bike license plate, or cup or anything else. That must have been a trend in the 80s, when I was in those peer pressure years, and everyone had their names on stuff except me. Wah. I"m sure it scarred me for life.
However, I've always been called by a nickname, except in school. I was always called Cookie by my family and close family friends. Even today, my nieces and nephews call me Aunt Cookie. At the vet hospital where I used to work, my coworkers called me Filly.
I had nicknames in college, but they are too embarrassing to mention here. The less said, the better!  
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Kassandros
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Dec 3 2012, 5:27pm
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I absolutely adore Kathy's Song by Simon & Garfunkle.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 3 2012, 6:12pm
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"Mrs. Robinson" Only I am *nothing* like the character in that song. It is a great song, though. When I first used to hear it as a teen, I had no idea that would be my name someday. :-D
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Dec 3 2012, 6:15pm
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Yeah, my daughter has that problem.
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As a teen she went by her middle name, though, which is very common, so we'd get her mugs and stuff with that name on it. We still do, even though she goes by her first name now (or more often, her first initial.) Since we made up her name, she doesn't use it much on the internet; if you google just her first name, you find her.
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Kassandros
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Dec 3 2012, 8:24pm
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I never wanted stuff with my first name on it.
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I had a few things with my name on them back in the 80s too and I hated them. Of course, even as a kid, I tried to change my name once or twice, but it never stuck. Of course, looking back onit, I don't like the names I tried to change to!
I wonder if this is an "always greener" situation. People with common names wish they had rarer names. People with rarer names wish they had common names. Well, some of us. Many seem to be happy as they are!
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zarabia
Dor-Lomin
Dec 4 2012, 7:00am
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I was thinking of first names so thought of Cecilia, but I didn't think that was a very common name.
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FlyingSerkis
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Dec 4 2012, 2:59pm
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Particularly among people my age (at secondary school, in my year of 150 people, there were 7 others who had the same first name as me!). That can be annoying but I don't mind too much.
However, my surname happens to be a LOTR-related name...
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 4:13pm
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back to my maiden name after my husband's death mainly because I'm tired of being associated with his family. I didn't do it because it's also the name of our daughter & granddaughter & I think having the same last name is way less complicated than different ones. I changed the spelling of my first name when I was about 15 from conventional to non. It was my older sister's idea & I thought it was cool at the time. As I matured I changed my mind about it but never changed it back because I always get compliments on it & it was just too much hassle. Now I'm thinking about changing it back so I could be more anonymous, especially on the Internet.
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sherlock
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Dec 4 2012, 5:16pm
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D & is fairly common but not as common as Debbie or Donna is for my generation. Kathy, Susie, Linda & Laura/Laurie/Lori were all common, too. I've never had anyone in my class or worked with anyone with the same name so I like that.
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macfalk
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Dec 7 2012, 7:54am
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I like my surname a lot more than my first name. I don't like it very much, but have learned throughout the years to co-ope with it.
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Annael
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Dec 8 2012, 5:54am
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Seemed like half the girls in high school with me were named Debby, Cindy, Margaret, Barb, or Joan, while the boys were Steve, Tom, Bill, and Jeff. When I was in my mid-20s and working at a peds clinic, all the kids that came in had J or K names. Later it was the time of the Heathers and Brittanys and the Aidans and Evans. Now everything old is new again; my great-nephews have family names that haven't been used for four generations (Samuel and Henry).
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alienorchid
Menegroth
Dec 9 2012, 7:59am
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My name (Roisin) is really uncommon where I live. My mother gave me an Irish name, which I like, but the spelling is pretty crazy. I got really sick of people mispronouncing it, so when I left home I started using a nickname, 'Rosie', instead. After a couple of years though, I started calling myself Roisin again, and just worked out a couple of cute ways to remember how to say it, and I'm much happier now.
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Starling
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Dec 11 2012, 6:47am
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What is the correct pronunciation of your lovely name? I don't know.
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alienorchid
Menegroth
Dec 11 2012, 8:40am
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Ro-sheen - the 'ro' in 'robot' and the 'sheen' in 'machine'. Robot machine!
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Laerasėa
Dor-Lomin
Dec 12 2012, 2:59am
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Well, kind of. My initials are "EMM," which is pronounced like "M" (which is actually why people started calling me "Em" in middle/high school/college, not just because the first two letters of my first name are "Em").
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Starling
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Dec 12 2012, 6:32am
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It made me think of a glimmering rose before I thought of a robot!
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Aethelwyne Bolger
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Dec 16 2012, 3:01am
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My feelings about my name have changed...a lot!
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My name is Audra pronounced "Aw Dra" and it's a very southern name although I don't see very many Audra's her in Tennessee than I did growing up in Michigan. I was named Audra Ann after my Granny Audrey and my Grandma Ann. As a child, my grandma got jealous that her name wasn't first, so she would call me Ann and that bugged me (but I loved her). It could have been worse, my mom considered naming me Ann Audra and I told her thank you for not doing that, because it sounded like Ann Arbor.
It was hard growing up because teachers couldn't pronounce my name and the substitutes would aways pause when they came to my name and I thought...here it comes... and they would say Asha or Audrey or Aurora and all the bullies would laugh. The mean girls bullied me because my name sounded kind of boyish and tough and they were all named stuff like Melody and Dawn and Heather (it was the 70's). When my teacher told us what our names meant and that Audra meant noble and stong, I could have died from all the laughter. Their names all meant princess and grace and sweet and other girly things.
Some called me She-Ra, my brother called me Ozzy. I called myself Rainbow or Sunshine (my mom's name for me sometimes) or, after discovering Tolkien, Elfstar. What can I say? It was the early 80's, time of Care Bears and rainbows and unicorns. I never could find my name on anything either, so I bought Ann items or had things like a t-shirt or license plate made (using iron ons and stickers).
When I read Anne of Green Gables, I loved the name Anne and thought of myself as Audra Anne, but that didn't look right. I tried Audrianna, but that wasn't right, either!
Somewhere along the way, I grew to love the name Audra. It meant preserverence and strength (from bullying) and I liked it was noble. Other names I've liked, such as Brianna or the elvish Bellawen, also meant strong and noble and I thought that was cool. I really wouldn't change it now. It is me! I've taken the numerology test for fun (though I don't believe in that stuff) from the kalabarians and the meaning of Audra sounded just like me. I'm starting to find my name on things, and I've created things for myself thanks to the internet. My name never sounds sweeter than when my nieces and nephews call me Auntie Audra or Audra Ann! And it honors my grandparents.
My three favorite names for myself all start with A: Aethelwyne, Arianna, and Auntie Audra (or Lady A). I also love my surname, Morton, and it's Scottish heritage. I think Audra Ann Morton has a nice old-fashioned scottish ring to it. That's me!
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