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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a not popular name. I wanted a popular name. I was jealous of the Jennifers. I named my kid popular names and they love the names.[/quote]

+1. My whole life I imagined what it would be like to introduce yourself and not have to repeat yourself or correct people who misheard and assumed that your name is a much more common one that rhymes with yours. [/quote]

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My next door neighbor who was a sweet old lady never heard my name correctly and after a few times correcting her I gave up. For 10 years she called me a different name that sounds similar to my actual name but is much more popular. I had a teacher in middle school who never could pronounce my name correctly and instead called me by my middle name all school year and I never got used to it bc no one else called me by my middle name. My name was always being misspelled on certificates and forms and mail. Every time I introduced myself I got used to just also spelling my name and explaining it right away bc I knew otherwise they’d ask so I’d preemptively tell them. It gets old having an unusual name.

Was any of this traumatic? No, but annoying yes. I really wanted my name to be Sarah, bc I liked the name but mostly bc I hated having to correct people all the time.[/quote]

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