I’M GLAD I’VE GOT A NAME, BECAUSE I’M USING IT FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH*
What does your name say about you? Do you think it reflects who you are or who you’ve become? Are you able to get past the popular associations that load it down? When we were choosing names for our children, besides wanting them to be names we liked and felt comfortable with, we also had the requirement that they work both in America and in Sweden. Thus, no names starting with J since in Swedish J is pronounced with a Y sound. I dwelt lovingly over lists of names in baby name books, but the MEANINGS didn’t weigh that much...