My first name is Albertine. I was born in 1953 in America. It is my mom's middle name and my great-grandmother's first name. I've always loved it. As a little girl, I think that was because it sounded so exotic. Now I love it because hardly anyone is named that. My great-grandmother came from a place that used to be Germany (far north) but is now in Poland. She emigrated to Canada before 1900.
This is my middle name, and I am born in 1996. I used to hate it before, because I didn't know anybody else with that name, but now I think it is okay.