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My last name Daly comes from the Irish name of O'Dalaigh and means 'Small Valley'.
https://www.names.org/n/daly/about

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The origin of the name Samantha is Hebrew and Biblical. In Hebrew, Samantha means listen.
http://www.meaning-of-names.com/hebrew-names/samantha.asp

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NatGeo Mapmaker Interactive. (n.d.). Retrieved January 11, 2018, from https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org/

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The nickname I use can be seen as very simple and obvious. I either get called Sam or Sammy. I like my nicknames because I feel they seem more inviting and friendly than Samantha. I have always seen Samantha as formal. When I was younger, my mom would call me by my nickname, Sam, and my grandmother wouldn't appreciate it. She felt that my name was Samantha and that I should only be called by Samantha.

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I have not had many interesting experiences with my names. I have met people with my exact name which seems shocking and surprising at first. People seem to always enjoy the meaning behind my middle name when they learn it is from both of my grandmothers. Interesting experiences with my last name follow the lines of being spelled and pronounced incorrectly. I have seen many different spellings for Daly.

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I love my last name because it isn't common and most people aren't even sure how to pronounce it. Daly connects with my Irish background and binds my family from New York and I together even when we are far in distance. It is pronounced Daily but spelled without the 'i'.

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NatGeo Mapmaker Interactive. (n.d.). Retrieved January 11, 2018, from https://mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org/

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Samantha is not a family name and is actually one of the few names in my family that is not of Irish decent. My name was chosen because my mother happened to enjoy the name Samantha. My middle name is a combination of both my grandmothers middle names. They combined Lee and Ann to form Leeann.