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[quote=Anonymous]My DD has a very uncommon name. We have met others with a similar name,  but her spelling is very different than most. She is 14, and when she was younger most people (think Dr offices and soccer coaches) would mispronounce it.   Now more and more people pronounce it correctly. It makes me smile :)

She used to complain that she wanted her name to be (list of most popular 2010 names) like her friends. But recently  she says she is really glad I did not. "It seems there are 3 or 4 girls in my class or on my team with all of those names!"

In the first 4-5 years, I had started to regret it, and resent my husband who told family the name before I was comfortable with it. They bought monogrammed items and I was not strong enough to change it at the last minute.

We got lucky. When she was 5 or 6 we realized that she was going to be special enough that she needs a special name. Her personality is perfect for it too. If she was like I was as a little girl, I would still be regretting it. But She will advocate for herself and correct a teacher or coach when they mispronounce it, and is confident enough to laugh it off if they still  mess it up.

Just last week I said, when she grows up and is VP or someone important one day, someone is going to say "I wonder if that is the same *Kamala* I grew up with" and they will know it is. Her name is so unique. There is only one.

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