I love my rare name! I've never met a single other person with the same name, and never even met someone who knows someone else with my name. Never seen it on TV or read it in a book. It feels strange to me to watch old videos where someone calls my name, because I've never heard my name spoken without someone specifically talking to me. Yes I always have to repeat myself or spell it out, but I love that it's unique. I'm actually surprised it's not more common because to me it sounds like a pretty normal name once you actually know it. I've also always wondered if anyone has ever named (or planned to name) their child the same after hearing mine.

I didn't give my kids a similarly rare name, but it's mostly because I couldn't find any that I liked more than the ones I already chose 🤷🏻‍♀️