Marguerite
My beloved middle name. It was the name of good friend of my mom's from the LWV. That Marguerite was French, and probably in her sixties/seventies at the time.
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Marguerite
My beloved middle name. It was the name of good friend of my mom's from the LWV. That Marguerite was French, and probably in her sixties/seventies at the time.
I had an Aunt Marguerite. And my grandmas were a Hazel and an Agnes. Grandpas were Clark and Clarence. I would have been Clark if I would have been a boy.
There are at least 2 more Erin Elizabeth LAstNAmes in the US. One was Miss New Mexico, and the other is a chemist. It cracks me up.
Heh. There's another Matilda Azalea in the world. Some woman contacted me on LJ after I announced her birth. Low odds.
My grandma was Tarsilia. That one was never considered. Love my abuela, but... no.
I went through a time wanting to name a boy Rhys. But the whole "how do you pronounce that" issue made me keep looking. I spent too much time growning up answering to Suzi Ummmmmmmmmmm, as people would get stuck on my last name.
There is not anyone else with my same first/last name combination. I've done a bunch of genealogy research, and as far as I've ever been able to tell, everybody with the same last name as me is related. And I know the names of just about all of them.
I had a second cousin with the same name, but different middle name. But then she changed her name when she got married.
I work with a Kip. Only one I have ever met.
One of my college roommates is a Buffy. It's not a nickname (apparently common for Elizabeth [?]); like the vampire slayer, college!Buffy is a birth Buffy. t edit I meant to say -- she's the only Buffy I've ever met.
And Buffy recently had daughter #2, named...
Lily. (The birth announcement said Lily, not Lillian or any other spelling.)
Chatty!co-worker has an uncle named Voyd. Hand to god.
Voyd? Seriously?
My grandmothers' names are Iva and Mildred. There was no way I was going there. But I do think Ivy is pretty.
Voyd? Seriously?
Swear to god. Apparently all the uncles on that side are V names; less-common ones, too, like Varne. And Virgil.
And good old Voyd.