Rachel Halliwell gave her daughters unusual names but Merrily doesn't like hers at all – and wants to change it when she's 18
Twelve years ago, when we named our daughter Merrily, it didn't occur to us that she might grow up not liking what she was called. She's the namesake of one of my husband's former work colleagues: a gregarious, attractive girl, who was funny and edgy and whose moniker seemed somehow to sum her up. We thought (hoped) that our own Merrily might turn out to be similarly unique.
The first sign of trouble came when Merrily was four and her reception-class teacher pulled me to one side to say she was refusing to answer to her name. "She's surrounded by Charlottes, Annabelles and Lucys," the teacher said, before adding, somewhat pointedly, "At this age children really don't like to feel they stand out."
That's when I felt the first...
Twelve years ago, when we named our daughter Merrily, it didn't occur to us that she might grow up not liking what she was called. She's the namesake of one of my husband's former work colleagues: a gregarious, attractive girl, who was funny and edgy and whose moniker seemed somehow to sum her up. We thought (hoped) that our own Merrily might turn out to be similarly unique.
The first sign of trouble came when Merrily was four and her reception-class teacher pulled me to one side to say she was refusing to answer to her name. "She's surrounded by Charlottes, Annabelles and Lucys," the teacher said, before adding, somewhat pointedly, "At this age children really don't like to feel they stand out."
That's when I felt the first...
- 11/20/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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