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I'm amused, for personal reasons, at your switched allegiance! A twig on my family tree, born before the First World War in England, was named Olivia but chose to be known as Olive; it certainly wasn't popular back then! And she was always called Ollie, I'm afraid, so really she needn't have bothered. Her sister's name was Muriel, and she stayed with it serenely; Ollie named her own daughter Muriel to honour her sister, which I think was very nice.