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[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

What is YOUR name?

Do you like it?

Have you ever wished you had a different name?  What was it?

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[eveyalecia.livejournal.com]

Emily Valecia.

I've always loved my name. I think it's beautiful, and it's always felt like the right fit for me. Even though Emily has always been very popular, I've never felt like "one of the Emily's." In fact, I didn't even meet another Emily until fourth grade, and then a couple more in high school, but we hardly ever shared classes. One time (and only one time), I was one of three Emily's in a class and I ended up being "Emily Star" because we had name tags and I dotted my "i" with a star. :) I've never worked with another Emily either. Currently, I'm employed in a county-wide library system with 18 branches, and I'm the ONLY Emily in the entire system!
My middle name is a combination of my grandmother's names: Valeda + Patricia = Valecia. Pronounced Vuh-lee-sha. I really like it and I like that it's unique, but I have always been glad it's my middle name, not my first name, so I don't have to deal with mispronunciation. I get enough of that with my last name, which is Bolam.

I've never really wished to have a different name. I've always loved names so I've experimented with different names when I was younger and playing pretend, or when I got a bit older and was imagining myself into fantasy lands/stories. But I've never wanted to actually change my name.