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[asteriatic.livejournal.com]

My name is Alexis Sophia.

I was indirectly named after a great-great-great seafaring uncle, Alexander, who brought my Dutch ancestors to Indonesia quite some time ago. My Dutch-Indo Oma (grandmother) loved the name 'Alexis' and wanted to name my aunt that, but there was some confusion in the hospital in Delft and her name was recorded as 'Alice'. That name stuck, so I got the former for myself :) My middle name is not legally 'Sophia' but I decided when I was nine I wanted to have one (up until that point it was my mother's maiden name, 'Deighton'), and I loved that name very much, so I chose it for myself!

From being a baby up until I was eight or nine, I went by 'Alex', and for a short period in my tweens when it was cool to have a '-ie' at the end I was 'Ally'.

I lived in the Netherlands for a while and many people I met remarked upon my name, as most of them had either never heard of it before or they associated it with male hockey players from Russia (it was especially confusing for a few of my friends, exchange students from Latin America, who purely associated it with men).

This community reminded me of Anne Shirley's obsession with elegant names, and it made me smile. Some of my own favourites include Eleanor/Elinor, Olivia, Theodora, and Michaela. I have yet to decide on any boys' names.

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[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

Deighton is my nan's maiden name.

[asteriatic.livejournal.com]

That's pretty weird. It comes from my Dutch side, I believe the uncle who lent that name was originally from England, but all my family in the Netherlands is Deighton. In any event, it's hardly very common!

[lithium-sunset.livejournal.com]

I named my daughter Michaela Rose. Everyone thinks it is so wierd the way I spelled it.

[axel-of-evil.livejournal.com]

My name is Sophia =]