I gave my daughter an uncommon name. People always pronounce it wrong but I still love it.

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• My name Sara is pretty common, especially spelled with an h. 
• I named my daughter Charissa Anne, giving her an uncommon name first. 
• It was a popular name decades ago, but now it's popularity has dwindled and that's why I chose it. 

I was named after my great grandmother on my father's side and my great-great aunt on my mother's. My name also appeared on the top 10 girls names lists throughout the 80s, so everywhere I went there was another Sara(h).