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What's in a Name

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One of Shakespeare's fair maidens once wondered "What's in a name?" and of course, in true curious creature form- that got me thinking too.   My answer- a bit more complex than dear Juliet's soliloquy – seems to depend greatly on the person associated with said name and its placement in their full name composition.   Most people are given at least a first, middle, and last name upon their birth.   We don’t have a choice in their selection or arrangement.   We are stuck, destined in a round-about way to become the person our parents prescribed us to be.   Even through our