Name Game

[e_juliana]

1) Do you like your name?
Yes. It took me a while to grow into it, so I went by "Juli" for a long time. Now I get confused when people call me that. My middle and last names, NSM. Well, "Esther" is fine. It's all queenly and shit. But my last name? Oy.

2) What do you like best about it?
It's fairly unique (well, it was), and has a good lineage (again, Queenly).

3) What do you like least about it?
People either a) mispronounce it (Julie-aaaaa-naa) or 2) misspell it (Julianna). I'll give either of those a pass the first few times, but simple awareness should kick in after that.

4) If you HAD to change your name (witness protection program, whatever), what would you want it to be?
Huh. Brenna, I think. I have good associations with that name. I don't know that I'd ever be comfortable in it, though.

Sadie would be good. But Z's mom already took that.

Comments

[jesseh.livejournal.com]

So, how do you pronounce it? Jul-YAH-nah? More like that?

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

More like that, yep. It's really the difference between the midwestern nasal flat "a" and your run-of-the-mill long "a".

So, Juli-AH-na.

[jesseh.livejournal.com]

Ah, so the "juli" part isn't a problem. OK, I think I've got it. I'll be prepared for if you ever get your ass out here.