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By: Random Friday, Ver. 41 » Keep Up With Me

Random Friday, Ver. 41 » Keep Up With Me — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:20:28 +0000

[...] Heather wrote a post recently about what she was “almost named.” She concluded that even though [...]

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:59:35 +0000

I didn’t have a name for 8 days. I was born on Pearl Harbor Day, so naturally my great-grandmother wanted to name me Pearl. My 19-year-old mother wanted to name me Cinnamon. Where they got “Michele” out of all that, I have no idea, but I am SOOOO grateful! Even if it was the most popular name of 1970 and I graduated with at least 10 other Michelles/

By: Sarcomical

Sarcomical — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:29:24 +0000

i was almost Marty.

yes. that’s what i said.

By: Gooseberried

Gooseberried — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:50:46 +0000

I like the name Heather too, but I’m one of those people that is unfond of common names. So despite my liking of Heather, I wouldn’t assign that name to my child just for that reason. Not that I’m on my way to having kids or anything…

By: gorillabuns

gorillabuns — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:36:07 +0000

You can’t be She-Ra; it was my nickname it high school. sorry….I might have to fight your for it.

I was supposed to be Shane after the movie, Shane – “Shane come back….” wait, you wouldn’t know it. Instead, I popped out a girl. lucky mom.

my middle name came from a Roy Orbison song, “Leia.” I personally liked to go around with Princess Leia buns on my head in the 70′s. because I was cool like that.

By: Angella

Angella — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:32:28 +0000

I LOVED She-Ra. I, um, even had the castle.

But the BEST PART? One of her sidekicks was Angella. WITH TWO L’S!!

See? We were meant to be BlogHer roomies, She-Ra.

By: Aimee Greeblemonkey

Aimee Greeblemonkey — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:26:56 +0000

She-Ra does have a certain ring to it.

I always hated the spelling of my name (French of Amy, odd for a full-blown German like my mom)… but I eventually came to like it. Once teachers stopped spelling it wrong on my elementary school locker, that is.

By: Kiraa

Kiraa — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:37:07 +0000

I feel like people with the name Heather or Ashley or whatnot are so damn lucky. I have an up-and-coming name and spend 95% of my life just trying to get people to spell it correctly and then pronounce it correctly. Who knew two syllables could be so difficult? I’d take Heather any day.

By: Melissa Rhinolegs

Melissa Rhinolegs — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:26:21 +0000

Suebob — I completely agree that names can be generational markers (and markers of race and class, of course). The Melissas, Jessicas, and Jennifers of my generation (born late 70s) are just tomorrow’s Cindys, Donnas, and Sues.

By: Bone

Bone — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:57:04 +0000

I always thought the B was because you thought it sounded like a cool 80′s rap name. You know, like Heavy D, Mike D, or Eazy E.

But now that I think about it, you were like four then, so probably not so much.