What Would You Name Yourself?

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Originally Posted by ToriBear

[color=Indigo][b]Hmm, well, I like my name, cause it's a name that not many people know.

Ah, that's right. Tori Amos isn't as big a name as it once was. I'd never spell your name wrong.

Originally Posted by JWBear

Several generations of women in my mother's family were burdened with the name "Lavancha". Fortunately, my grandmother and mother both bucked the trend... Although, I did have an Aunt Gleytus and an Aunt Zelda...

There was a Zelda in my family - a very common Eastern-European Jewish name at one time. Of course, if I honored that today, my kid would just get made fun of due to the video game.

Originally Posted by Drince88

How does she pronounce her name?
My sister (spelled the same way) is the same as Gene.
A high school friend was Gene-ee.
Around here it would be pronounced closer to John, but maybe more Jawn (like yawn, with a J like in John) sound. (As the French would pronounce it, I think)

All three are spelled the same way.

My coworker pronounces it Gee-nee. I was spelling it wrong for a while (Jeannie) and was very embarrassed when I found out. I'm kind of protective over that sort of thing.

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

As a kid I hated my name because I could never find anything with my name on it.

See, and I insisted on Jennie, which meant that even though I had a popular name I never had much with my name on it either. Worst of both worlds.