Born in 1976, I was blessed (sarcasm) with a super 70s name. One that I am not a huge fan of. Apparently my dad wanted to name me Monica. Not sure how ‘Lori’ won out. I was at one of my favourite local coffee shops one day when the spunky new girl asked what name I wanted written on my stamp card. No one had ever asked me that before. I told her it’s ‘Lori’ but I didn’t really want it written down on the card. (Ok, I know, it’s not THAT bad) Then she asked me the most amazing question, “What name do you want me to write down then?”. I told her I needed some time to think about it. Wait, no I didn’t!
On the way to my seat it hit me. Claudia! Obviously, Claudia! So on my card went my new name and from then on, whenever I came in, she would call out, “Oh hey, Claudia!”. There were always a few confused faces from people I knew but I didn’t care. My fake name was beautiful!
I was very conscious of this when choosing the names for my kids. I wanted them to love their names or at least be proud enough to have them written down on a coffee card.
What name would you be? Or do you love your name just the way it is?
A bit more…Here’s a link on what’s trendy now…Most Popular Baby Names for 2019 – And Beyond
Growing up I hated my name. I always thought my personality deserved a name that was fun and different. As a child, I would often give my dolls unique names like Mercedes or Valentina. In University I was one of 7 Sarah’s on my floor in residence. I began to hate my name even more. I would often use the name Serena if I was going out or meeting new people because it made me feel confident and a little more unique. Now that I am in my 30’s and have kids of my own I feel more aligned with my name, however I do use Serena the odd time when no one around knows me.
What a great comment. It is really fascinating – how we feel about our names and how it either aligns, or doesn’t, with our personalities. I love that you will use it sometimes. I need to start saying I’m Claudia when I’m at a Starbucks! Serena is powerful!
My dad wanted to call me Crystal. Anyone that knows me knows I’m not a Crystal. I don’t like anything sparkly other than my engagement ring. My mom wanted to call me Brooke, but my dad didn’t want me named after a ditch. In the end I got the name Kim.
This is all funny. Brooke is beautiful – never associated it with a ditch – hilarious. Kim suits you perfectly!
Love this Claudia! I think I kind of suits you, but I do love the name Lori too! I like my name and don’t think I would change it. Charlee got the nickname Chuck from my cousin Jen Clarke when she was a baby and it stuck. Now she gets called Chuck, Chuckie, Chuckles and loves them all, glad that worked out ha!
You wouldn’t change it because Natalie is an amazing name!!! I love the name Charlee – Eric’s dad was Charles and I always thought we should have a Charlie.
Honestly I like my name: Francesca. I was named after my grandmother. But growing up my name exhausted people and I soon became known as Fra, Fran or the worst one Frankie!! So when we picked names for our kids we wanted names that wouldn’t get chopped so we settled on Sierra and Mark. Did it work- Sierra is Sierra but Mark as a kid was Markie?? Now the kids just call him McPhee!!
It’s very old world European. Very sophisticated. I would be happy with it too! Markie Mark 🙂
My given name is JayJ… spelled just like that. When I was young I hated my name, there was never a pencil or pin or coffee mug with my name on it. People would work up the courage to ask me what it stood for. Then started the explanation that if I was a boy my parents were going to name me Jay Jeffrey after my dad. I decided in my 20’s my name was pretty awesome… nobody else has this name and it’s still a conversation starter.
It is an awesome name and I love the story behind it!
Being adopted I actually had another name. Alicia Marie is what my birth mother had named me. I don’t think that name suits me though. Mom and dad named me perfectly with Becky. 🙂
Thanks for sharing that Becky. You’re right, Becky suits you perfectly!
I’m calling you Claudia from now on!
Thank you! I think I could get used to it. I wonder if I would miss Lori???