Natasha is the diminutive of my grandmotherās name. It means āborn on Christmasā which I was not, but I love the wintertime most of all. I think Yelena is a stun of a name but I wouldnāt want it for myself. My daughter perhaps ?
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I hated my name as a kid, because it was so "weird" to everyone. I hated it because the combination of having a unique name on top of looking different was hell to painfully shy me.
Tatiana is a Russian name. Haven't gotten my dna tested but as far as I know I'm not Russian. I've gotten a myriad of nicknames throughout my life (I do not count thotiana, that year was awful) including Tots, Tat, and T, but my favorite has always been Tati.
Everyone has always told me it's a beautiful name. After years of hearing that, I am much more okay with people using it, and sometimes prefer it over impersonal pronouns.
I still can't seem to get over the fact that my dad named me, and the fact that this name was his ex's name.. and for that I keep considering asking everyone to call me by my middle name.
Oct 14, 2024
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I initially had an indifferent perspective on my name. First seeing it as something entirely boring and a little old fashioned in a family full of āclassically namedā american folks, then to seeing it as surprisingly over played the older I got.
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In recent years Iāve essentially truncated my last name to Sage because my surname is difficult to spell & pronounce. I love that many adult acquaintances donāt know my real name and I have this built in botanical association Iāve *chosen*.
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No matter how common the name is in the real world, and Iām no longer the only Caroline like the small town I grew up in, I do find it undeniably sweet.
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I love that many people have positive associations with my name, and thereās a certain joy associated with it because of countless songs in pop culture. For the past few years one of my go to social media bios is āthe one all of those songs are named after.ā
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No nicknames stuck much as a child, besides being called āCā here and there, with my sibling called āB.ā But in recent years my best friend started calling me *Care*, hence the username, and itās the first nickname Iāve connected with and felt loved through. Sorry to all the Caro-s and Carols out there, I always felt frumpy when I was called either growing up.
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My mom causally claims that God, yes God, told her to name me in a dream way before her pregnancy. I like to affirm I was given the name because itās *in my being to care* but I canāt wait to see what nicknames I collect with the more people I meet, love, and am known by <3
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always loved the name Virginia as well, and Chrysanthemum because of the childrenās book.
Dec 24, 2024
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I have a very traditional biblical name as some of you may know and i was sad that it was entirely un-nick-namable but I think it suits me and my personality now. My parents almost named me Kirsten and I sometimes wonder if I would be different if they had gone with thatā¦ and I LOVE when little old southern ladies say my first name and middle name together especially if they preface it with a Miss.
my last name is actually too unique, hyphenated, and ridiculously long and was embarrassing to me for most of my life but Iāve found peace with that too and wouldnāt change it for anything š«¶
Jun 8, 2024
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stretching daily is, to me, where simply surviving ends and LIVING begins. Iām bad at being good about it, but Iām currently making a real effort to do it every single day.
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