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First off, my parents wanted me and my sister to have names from the bible which both of ours are! My father also had a grandmother named Sarah so they wanted to keep it in the family.

My first middle name, "Marie," is from my mom's side, which was her aunt's name!

My second middle name, "Jing" was taken from my Mandarin name when I was in the orphanage in China! My full Mandarin name is "Chen Jing Hong"

My full name is a dedication to my ancestors as well as my culture!

My middle name is after two grandmothers on each side of my family.

My last name is of Scottish decent. The road I grew up on is mainly MacPherson's that all moved down the street.

My last name is often mispronounced but it's simply said "Ready". It is of Hungarian origin, where my grandparent immigrated from, there are royals from the past with the same name.

My last name is Ukrainian! My grandfather's parents came to Canada from the Ukraine when my grandfather was a baby, and our last name at that point was "Surkanovitch". For reasons unknown to me, they cut the name in half when their ship landed here and the name stuck.

A few nicknames I have are Mandy, which was only used by my father and Amanda Panda because it rhymes with Panda. My name is fairly easy to pronounce and is quite common, it is very rare that people spell it incorrectly, but I have had it misspelled a couple times.

My middle name is “May” named in honour of my grandmother who passed away before I was born Finally my last name is my Fathers last name that is a common Asian last name.

My middle name is Elizabeth, and this name is special to me in a different way, because it is the name of my mom’s mom, who passed away before I had the chance to meet her. I have multiple people in my family with the name Elizabeth (either as a first or middle name) as a tribute to my grandmother.

My last name is Yik. It is the surname of my dad’s father. Interestingly, my grandmothers surname was YICK, and my grandfathers surname was YIK. So when my grandmother married my grandfather the only thing she had to change in her surname was a single letter.

How to pronouce: ee-oh-ah-na

Sarah is a biblical name, it comes from the Hebrew Language meaning Princess or noblewoman. When I was born my mom had two names picked out, Sarah or Vanessa. My mom tells the story that when she saw me for the first time she knew I was a sarah because I had a button nose and that she would call me button nose Princess... not my fav but she likes it. I often get my named spelled without and H.

My last name is Church, I'm not sure of the significance. For the last several decades there has been an important tradition in the Church family relating to our family crest. When a man in the family turns 21 he gets gifted a family ring with the Church family crest on it (which is a greyhound holding a clover). I'm very proud to say my dad was the first to say it's time to change that tradition, and not me and my sister both have a Church family ring.

As an adult I still face the same issues with my name. My boyfriend annoyingly calls me Amburger from time to time, and I am still left with the dichotomy of feeling proud to be an Amber, like the orange gem, and disappointed to Disney decided that my name was the name in virtually every show and movie created in the early 2000's. Part of me wishes my parents named me my middle name-Beatrice- like my Great-Grandmother, but I am sure if that were the case, I would find issue in that as well.

I have a nickname that my family and close friends use which is Aaru. I appreciate this nickname and holds alot of memories and is special to me. Also, my full name is 25 letters and is difficult to spell and pronounce. Aarushiya would not fit on the attendance list and I would always need to correct my teachers from K to Grade 12.

Nickname: Cass

The story of my name is really not that interesting. Essentially I was the first born grandchild in my family so everyone was very opinionated and so my mother decided to keep my gender a surprise until I came into the world. As far as I am aware, my parents had a very strong feeling I was going to be a boy and so a variety of boy names like Jacob and Jeremey were selected. Although it dawned on both of them when I was born a chunky little lady that they had not considered any names for if I was a girl. My mother worked as a RECE and so many names were banned from being an option and so my father left it to my mother to decide. Kaitlyn was very popular the year I was born but my mother changed it to Kailin due to bad experiences with students with the same name. Other than that I believe being a teacher she considered my name's unique spelling to be easier to learn to write as I got older. My last name derives from German background as far as I know and was once actually "Aylward" but my grandfather adjusted it when he married my grandmother to sound better. This is all I am aware of, tragic I know.