Also, my mother is named Mary Michele, and she has NEVER been called Mary. Her one piece of advice about naming a child is never to name him/her one thing and then use the middle name.

She's had people who never contacted her back because they couldn't find her in the phone book and other places - because she's listed under her legal name. And then there's always the problem how to sign her name on documents, that sort of thing. She has so many variations of her signature: M.M., M. Michele, Michele...it just gets really confusing.

Just something to think about.