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My parents were going to name me after one of my grandmas, but the options were Gerty or Myrtle. I am glad they picked Kristin as my first name and used my grandma's middle name Rebecca as my middle name.

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My favorite nickname is from my 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Poe who called me "Brenda Brenda". I'm sure it was because once never got my attention but her version was because "you are too important to only say it once." I was coming off MAJOR reading difficulties and did not feel "important."

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There were 7 "Sarah"s in my preschool class and I didn't like being called "Sarah L (Lattyak)" so apparently I made a plan that summer and eventually told my kindergarten teacher my name was Sarie and it stuck. My mom later found out about my name change at Kindergarten conferences. Funny thing is that now several years later my son also changed his name in kindergarten from his nickname "Jack" to his given name "John" and we didn't know until parent/teacher conferences!