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Anyone but Carla

If you could pick a new first name, what would it be?

It’s no secret that CJ is my preferred handle. It’s not that I think CJ is such an amazing first name, it’s just that it beats Carla, hands down.

When I was probably eleven or twelve years old, I started a list of baby names that I loved. I kept it for years and added to it each time I found a new cool name that I thought I might use someday.

I don’t have the actual list anymore but I do remember some of the names that were on it and I would’ve loved to have been named any one of these names:

-Maude

-Cleo (not such a fan now)

-Piper

-Jaen (my Mom’s middle name is Jane)

The boy names I remember from the list were Wolfgang and Dewy. If Bella-Lena had been a boy she would have been named Dewy Piper. That’s facts. And she’s mortified by it, but what can I say, I always liked different names.

August Koch, a great-uncle, really love that name too, August

17 responses to “Anyone but Carla”

  1. carla is ok

    but c j s is that wicked

    place that made us all sick

    eh?

    pfft

    any way you shake it dear one!

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  2. My mom thought I would be a boy, and never bothered to change my name when I was born a girl, lol. It’s interesting how people choose names for their kids… hugs

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    1. What is your first name?

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    1. That’s cute, love that!

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  3. I’m amazed you had a list of baby names at 11 or 12! Girls! I was just always outside scraping knees and elbows on my skateboard or something.

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    1. Lol ikr?! I was baby crazy so young!

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  4. i love the name piper!!

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    1. Me too, I still do!

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  5. You can add another member to the Piper fan club. I like that name.

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    1. Yes it’s so cute!

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  6. My paternal great great grandfather’s name was August Koepp. My dad’s side is mainly German-Swiss, while my mother is Irish-Scottish-Welsh-English. 😀

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    1. Cool!

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  7. my bad. you did not unfollow after all. i apologise for the confusion .have a nice saturday!

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    1. No worries, you as well!

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