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Some people would assume that Susanna was named after Susan and some wouldn't, but I think it mainly comes down to your emotional investment in the name. With dd #1, we'd planned to name her Katie and hadn't chosen a formal name for that yet when we met my dh's great-aunt with the same name. I found her to be a very, very strange woman and was already having misgivings about the name after being in her presence for a couple of hours. I was horrified when my MIL told the woman in front of my dh and myself that we were naming our dd after her when I hadn't even known she'd existed until we'd met earlier that day! I briefly went through a period after that where I said that was it, we'd find a new name until one day, I realized I'd never see Katie again and if it made her happy to think someone was named for her, then so be it. We named our daughter Katherine / Katie and never saw Great-Aunt Katie again.

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Do you see your aunt very often? When you'd call out Susanna's name, would you think of the woman you dislike? It's entirely up to you. Susanna is a gorgeous name and it deserves to be used more often, imo. Wish I could have used it.

This message was edited 3/29/2013, 6:54 PM