[MissL]

You "grow" into your name. I always wonder about a grown man "called", Jimmy , Donny, Junior, Bobby, Andy....
I hated my name....wanted to be a Debbie, Susie, Lauie, Monica or Katy...instead I was named for a Great-Auntie, Lola. A name I had to accept, knowing it was different and growing-up had to become LOLA. I was in my late 20's when I had a bit of a clue and now in my mid 40's, I am LOLA. Not Debbie or Katy.

[FITZ]

Someday the Brittney's, Kimmies, Jessicas, Joshuas, Jasons of 15 -20 years ago will be grandparents and their grandchildren will wonder why they had to get such old-fashioned sounding names. Some names seem to belong only to a generation or so --- but names like Michael, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sara don't seem to place you in any particular generation. I knew people who were given overly-ethnic names and they always hated them.