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1: What is your name? Renée
2: Do you like your name? Yes.
3: How popular/rare was your name when you were born? In my state yes, in the country as a whole, no.
4: Have you ever been bullied for your name? Yes. Growing up in the 90s, there was a TV character named Sha'naynay (or however) and OMG I hated that heifer. She made my life hard.
5: Have you ever been able to buy lunch bags, posters, necklaces ect. with your name on without having to personalize them? When I was a kid, never. As an adult, occasionally.
6: Has your name ever been in any books, movies, tv shows or video games? There is a song called "Walk Away, Renée".
7: Do you know anyone else with your name or have you ever met anyone with the same name personally? Yes, two other girls in my class, one of which also went by Renée.
8: Have you ever wished you had a different name? Yes, when I was a kid for obvious reasons.
9: Do you use nicknames? What are your nicknames? No. I hate nicknames as a general rule.
10: Do people misspell your name? A-L-L T-H-E T-I-M-E.
----- Rena got put on my birthday cake one year.
----- My cousin named her daughter after me but didn't know the correct spelling and used Renae.
----- Colleges were also guilty of spelling it Rene. I'm not a guy!!!!!!!!!!!
----- Forget any computer system ever putting the accent mark. Even my birth certificate didn't get it right because it was typed on a typewriter (yeah, yeah, I'm old).
----- A former supervisor worked with me 5.5 years. That woman spelled my name wrong EVERY SINGLE DAY on the daily duties list, always putting Renea.