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I had a guest post recently by Larry Ackerman, who wrote about his use of the name Larry instead of Laurence. It was an intriguing idea - how, when you have a name that is easily reduced to a nickname (such as Larry), it is oftentimes bestowed upon you with or without your blessing. Most people …

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If you doubt the impact that changing a name can have on a life, consider Barack Obama. Yes, it’s true that his given name at birth was Barack. So how, you may ask, did he change his name? When he was a child everyone referred to him as Barry, the same derivative of Barack that his father chose. …

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