Introducing Cassandra. Or Maybe Juliet. Or Sabrina?

Did you have a really common name growing up? I definitely did. Not only was I never the only Katie  in a class, I went all through grade school being one of two "Katie S."'s, and we were always in the same class.

If that weren't bad enough, by the time I got to college there were TEN Kate/Katie/Katherine's on my floor in the dorms. Including my roommate. Yeah. That happened.

So while I feel like being one of many encouraged my adolescent desire to change my name, I also think it is really common to want to change your name in your early teens. The feeling of wanting to be someone else, and that maybe, if you had a different name you'd actually be that other person. Someone cooler, or more feminine, or whose actually been to France and talked to boys.

I always saw myself as a Sabrina or a Cassandra - those girls sounded like they knew how to wear eyeliner and skirts and were probably from Europe.

What would you have named yourself at thirteen?