I googled my first name and got this reply: Did you mean: lice? That's not the first time that mistake's been made. In my teens, my NY State boat operator's license read the same way.
My parents made up my name, a combination of my grandmother's name, Lillian and my Mom's name, Elsa. Lillian+Elsa=Lilice, rhymes with Denise. We did the same thing to our daughter, combining a whole bunch of names, the three basic ones from the grandmothers and me. Also in there is my sister's middle name, my SIL's name as well as my first cousin. So the formula is (Elsa+Ellenx2+Elena)+Lilice+Naomi= Elina.
I'll complicate the story. When I was little I was called Lili, but when I went to school it was shortened to Lee. It all changed after Kennedy's assassination. My parents instructed me to change the spelling of my name to Li so as not to be associated with Lee Harvey Oswald. I have been told many times that my name has confused those expecting to meet someone of Asian background, rather than the Poli-Rican (Polish Puerto Rican) person that I am.
There are only seven of me in the entire USA. One is in NY and one Nebraska, both states in which I've lived. Try it with your name. My parents thought twice when my sister arrived, giving her the name Jane. A popular name can come with its own confusion, though. Ask the Sara's in my office.
How am I going to tie knitting to a name? Meet Eleanor the 2nd, as in Lady Eleanor of Scarf Style fame. This is the link to my first one.
Eleanor is as fun as she was the first time. Maybe even better as there were no false starts. And I've learned a new skill – backwards knitting instead of purling.
Life's a Stitch 
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