I actually believe my boy name (Paul) would have been more appropriate than the name I actually have. Forty-two years later I still have to stop for a second when someone calls me by name. Something like, 'oh yeah, they're talking to me'. I never had any gender identity issues, but my brothers are Stephen and Michael and I got this over-used 50's name that no one ever uses anymore. Gah.
But then, I named my daughter Katherine (Katie) because it wasn't very common, and suddenly it's everywhere. And because we have such a common last name she is the fifth student at her college with the same first and last names. Two even have the same middle name.
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Date: 2005-10-25 05:21 pm (UTC)But then, I named my daughter Katherine (Katie) because it wasn't very common, and suddenly it's everywhere. And because we have such a common last name she is the fifth student at her college with the same first and last names. Two even have the same middle name.