Date: 2005-10-25 07:02 pm (UTC)
I know it took a while for my parents to decide, and they had many different opinions. My mother's cousin chimed in to, suggesting a bunch of Spanish names which my mum laughed at, and even though I think they are pretty, I have to admit that they would have sounded ridiculous to my Norwegian surname, and also together with my sister's typical Norwegian name. The name I almost got, was Emma. My best friend thinks I'm lucky to have gotten the name I've got because she doesn't think I'm "an Emma", but I sort of disagree. It's not my name, but I don't think it would have been too far off. In fact, I've given the name to a character based on my child-self, and I think it's the best one I could have chosen for her.

My mum says that I might have been "Ola", "Olof" or "Erik" if I'd been a boy. Probably both Erik and Olof, she said. And if that had been the case, I have no doubt, I'd have selected Erik, myself, because Olof was NOT a popular name for my generation, while Erik was pretty common, and not remarcably ugly, either (which I think Ola is). I think Erik might have suited me, the way Emma does. It's not me, the way my real name is, but it is something I could have been, not too far out of the blue.
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