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What is YOUR name?

Do you like it?

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

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[scarsnsouvenirs.livejournal.com]

I love seeing everyone's names and commentary.

I'm Laura Caitlin [Common, 3 syllable last name].

I love my name. Laura is pretty timeless, and to hear it, you wouldn't know whether I'm young, old, or in between. (I was born in 1982.) It also is a name in Spanish-speaking countries, which I appreciate because I work as a Spanish-English interpreter. And I like that it's fairly easy to spell--if there's a question, I just say, "Laura with a U." I sort of wish I were named after someone, but it's kinda neat to be the first in the family. However, my mom said that when she thought of the name, she figured, "Laura Petrie on The Dick van Dyke show was a good character, so it's a good name." I wasn't quite named after her, but it's a good story, especially since I ended up to be the antithesis of a 1950s/1960s housewife. The only qualms I've ever had about my name are that there was no "i" to dot with a heart/star/circle in elementary school, but I'm over that. :) I also didn't like that I was always "one of the Lauras" in school, but now I come across fewer Lauras, especially my age, for some reason. Lauren seems to be more common. There's also a tiny pronunciation issue that doesn't bug me TOO much...It's pronounced like the "lau" in "laundry," not Lora, and not Lara. And sometimes, I would like a more nickname-able name, but one friend calls me "Lau," and another calls me "Lalu"...neither are great, but it's endearing when they do it. My mom often called me by my initials, LCA, and I started using that as an online pseudonym when I started LJing, but then more "real life" friends caught on, so now it's my nickname in a lot of contexts, and I like that.

I also love my middle name, even though it got more popular and misspelled , but it was quite uncommon when I was born. My Irish immigrant grandmother suggested the name, so it's meaningful. Traditionally, in Ireland, it's pronounced more like, "Cat-LEEN," but mine is pronounced the Americanized way, which is fine with me.