reachthestars wrote:
I'm Gillian. Which is shortened to Gill. My mom keeps apologizing to me for not spelling it Jillian LOL. And people need to learn how to LISTEN... I'm not Julia for crying out loud. I'll answer the phone and say "Thank you for calling (store), Gillian speaking." and I hear "Hey Julia, blah blah blah..." *sees red*

haha I have the same name and get the same mix up all the time. In what world does Jill sound like Julie anyway? I get Julie, Julia, Julian... seriously people. I did find out why I got the weird spelling though. My mom liked Gillian ( with G pronounced like the G in fish gills ) and my dad liked Jillian, so they compromised and took mom's spelling and dad's pronunciation. lol thanks mom and dad, that spelling made me 'Gilligan' far more times than I care to think about.

The only odd names I can think of in my family are some of my cousin's kids
Aris (a boy)
Bo Clifford Thomas Lastname (his last name is also a common first name lol)
Lydia Danger Lastname (ok, I love this one)
Jubilee (love this one too)