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 both important and exciting. It’s exciting because what Michele creatively did, you maybe can do too, with your first name. It’s important to Michele because it is a clever way to make it easier for people to remember her first name and also how to spell it and say it. And that you can do too. It’s fun to have fun with something so important in one’s life like one’s first name. For a fun visual, Michele sometimes writes, “MicheLe” because it only has one L. Most Michele’s or Michelle’s agree that it is much better than being called Michael or Mitchell or both!

Misspellings and incorrect pronunciations of first names occur for thousands of people even if they were given a good simple first name by their parents or guardians. There’s been a lot of analysis and written research about the impact of names, but the bottom line is this: the simpler a first name is, the better. Analysis has also found that if a first name is easy to pronounce, it is judged more positively.

So the less simple a person’s first name is, the more likely a person will experience problems with how it is spelled, or how it is pronounced, or both. Believe it or not, there are many people with good simple first names, who also have first name problems.

Here are some examples. There are different spellings for Tanya like also Tawnia and Tania. Confusion continues with the simple first name of Amy when others spell it as Aime or Aimee. Zac or Zack? Zac or Zack sometimes becomes Zic or Mic. Mika can quickly become Mike. Know some Brian’s? Brian is also spelled as Bryan. Kristina, Cristina or Christina?  What about the names of Katherine, Katharine, Catharine or Catherine? First name spellings can be very confusing.

Michele enjoys speaking about first names because they are a universal integral part of society. It helps that she is funny, witty and clever about them too. As she says about first names, and other things too, “the devil is in the detail.” And it is.

First names are important to most people—more important to some than others. The correct spelling and pronunciation of first names show respect and attention to detail. If first names are said or spelled correctly, it’s a win-win for all involved.

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