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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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[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

I'm Mette Beate and I was named after a close family friend who died a year before I was born (her name was Mette Elisabeth) and got my middle name from my grandmother's aunt who's name was Loviska Finanda Beate. I'm very glad they chose Beate :P

I always used to wish I had a different name. Mette is a very old-fashioned name in Norway, or at least I used to think so. There's mostly women in their 50s with this name so as a little 10 year old surrounded by a bunch of adults where at least one was named Mette, I wasn't exactly happy. For some reason, I wanted my name to be Martina.

Now I like my name. Even though my name is terribly difficult to pronounce for English speaking people (they never seem to get it right) I've grown into it. I do occasionally use Mia as a nickname. My Australian friend came up with it so her mom and little sister wouldn't have a too difficult time with pronouncing my name while I visited them. I like Mia and use it if I go to for example starbucks and they want my name :P It's just easier. But I don't think I would ever officially change my name. I like the meaning behind it: Mette means pearl, Beate means happy

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Would the be pronounced somewhere in the ballpark of "Meh-teh" "Be-AH-tuh"?

If so, that's gorgeous sounding.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's pretty much how it's pronounced! :D thank you <3