Re: What's the closest name to your own you'd use IRL?
in reply to a message by New_Chloe
My best friend growing up was Erin and her mom was Karen. Erin's middle name was Caitlin which is another connection to Karen.
I think the closest I'd go is Katherine or Emmeline. Neither are very close but people always confuse Katherine with Caroline and Emmeline has the same ending. I've thought about naming a daughter Caroline as a kind of "girls can do this too" tradition starter, but then I'm like, meh, I don't love the tradition anyway. It's like "I'd like to have a child who's exactly like me, with the same name and everything, so that I may live vicariously through her!"
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I think the closest I'd go is Katherine or Emmeline. Neither are very close but people always confuse Katherine with Caroline and Emmeline has the same ending. I've thought about naming a daughter Caroline as a kind of "girls can do this too" tradition starter, but then I'm like, meh, I don't love the tradition anyway. It's like "I'd like to have a child who's exactly like me, with the same name and everything, so that I may live vicariously through her!"
This message was edited 12/19/2014, 1:41 PM