History of my Name

Recently I questioned my mom about my name, Emily. There was no major reason why she named me Emily except that she really,really liked it. My mom wanted to name me Ann and my twin brother Nole and then my older brother Ryan whose name happens to be Ryan. Then together it would be Nolan Ryan who was a famous pitcher in the Major League for the Texas Rangers. She was a big baseball fan and I guess he was one of her favorite players. Thank god, my mom chose Emily instead of Ann because I don't like the name Ann. My mom also wanted to name me Amy,but stuck with Emily. I really like my name which means "to strive or excel", but many other people have the same name. I don't like when other people spell Emily other than that way. Some people spell it like Emilee or Emalee. I think it looks weird and awkward.My name is really easy to pronounce so no one really messes it up. I was not named after anyone in my family. The only names in my family that are named after eachother are all the middle names of the kids in the family.

Growing up I've had some nicknames from my family and friends. Because Jay, my twin, could not say Emily he would call me Mawnee. To this day my mom still calls me Mawnee, Emilou or Lou Lou. Everyone in my family calls me Em and usually not my full name, Emily.My friends usually just stick to common nicknames like Em or Ems. For basketball though, we all got a nickname and mine was E Squared because both my first and last name began with the letter "e". I sometimes wish that my initials spelled out word, so people could call me that.