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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PPs with common first names -- my name is Emily, which was the top girl's name for more years than I can count, and I think was only replaced by Emma. It's still incredibly popular! I went by "Emily6" at a sports camp in high school because there were so many of us. My name is so common that I have met multiple women with my exact same full name (First Middle Last). Crazy popular.

Yesterday I went to the doctor and the person who checked me in read my name, smiled, and said "Oh, that sounds like a celebrity name." I laughed but she was definitely being honest. It was really sweet.

Other people don't experience your name in the same way. They just hear the name itself, they don't hear the years of feeling like one of many. You just have to let it go.[/quote]

Names can also change how they are perceived over time. For example, I am an Emily born in 1974 and only really knew one other person with that name growing up. I still have to get used to the fact that it was so popular for such a long time when I was in my 20s and people were naming their babies that left and right. The Emily in the thread above had a completely different experience than I did with the same name, only separated by probably about 15 or 20 years. [/quote]

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