Friday Five Thingummy
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revena1. Are you named after anyone? If so, explain.
Robyn is sometimes understood as a diminutive of Robert, and so in that way I am kinda named after my dad. My middle name, Claire, is after my mother's youngest brother, Clair (which is a common boy name in Utah).
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance?
I often think it'd be cool to name a kid something like Thorvald or Hero - Norse sagas and English lit can provide oodles of awesome-sounding names. But I probably won't inflict anything like that on my kids. Well, maybe a middle name...
Mostly, I just use the cool names I come across for fiction characters. I hope there'll be some left by the time I'm ready to have children!
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
I dunno. I can't remember if my parents had specific boy names picked out.
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
One of the other names that Mom and Dad considered was Reeve, which I've always kinda liked. It sounds a little bit more exotic, and I often wished as a kid that my name was more unusual. I like Robyn, though. And when I'm feeling more mysterious, I can always just use "R".
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?
Robin is very common (understandably). I once got on a mailing list for a college recruitment department as Rybin, and then every other college I was interested in sent duplicate paperwork - to both Robyn Fleming and Rybin Fleming. That was laaame.
Robyn is sometimes understood as a diminutive of Robert, and so in that way I am kinda named after my dad. My middle name, Claire, is after my mother's youngest brother, Clair (which is a common boy name in Utah).
2. Do you have your children's names picked out already? If so, is there any significance?
I often think it'd be cool to name a kid something like Thorvald or Hero - Norse sagas and English lit can provide oodles of awesome-sounding names. But I probably won't inflict anything like that on my kids. Well, maybe a middle name...
Mostly, I just use the cool names I come across for fiction characters. I hope there'll be some left by the time I'm ready to have children!
3. If you were born a member of the opposite sex what would your name have been?
I dunno. I can't remember if my parents had specific boy names picked out.
4. If you could re-name yourself what name would you pick and why?
One of the other names that Mom and Dad considered was Reeve, which I've always kinda liked. It sounds a little bit more exotic, and I often wished as a kid that my name was more unusual. I like Robyn, though. And when I'm feeling more mysterious, I can always just use "R".
5. Are there any mispronunciations/typos that people do w/ your name constantly?
Robin is very common (understandably). I once got on a mailing list for a college recruitment department as Rybin, and then every other college I was interested in sent duplicate paperwork - to both Robyn Fleming and Rybin Fleming. That was laaame.
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