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Well... it's my own middle name - as well as both the middle name of my maternal grandmother (which her siblings actually called her since they couldn't pronounce Wynona as kids), and the first name of one of my paternal great-grandmothers (she was Rose Marie).

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Growing up, I didn't like my middle name, at all. I thought it had a rough sound - actually, I thought the entirety of "Erica Rose" was a rough sound. Oh why couldn't I have had a name like Emily, or Stephanie, or Tiffany, or Sarah? (In retrospect: I'm very glad none of those uber-popular names were my own. Erica was popular enough!) It didn't help that Rose, or more accurately Rosy, was what my mom usually called me. But I grew into my name, as most people do.

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Yeah, sure, it's a bit filler as a middle name, but it's not the most common one I've come across (looking at you, Ann/e and Lynn and Marie). As a first name, however, it's quite refreshing, and I'd like to see it on more little ones. (I think Lily and Violet are the trendy flowers right now.)

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www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/109399
www.behindthename.com/pnl/69381/91835
http://greens-end.myminicity.com/