I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty attached to my name. Vivienne. My parents gave it to me years ago and it has great sentimental value. (They gave me a middle name, too. Whatever.)
Why they chose to spell my name the French way, I have no idea. I haven’t an ounce of French in me. But I love it. I mean, LOVE it. Whenever I’m asked to spell my name, I declare with pride: “Vivienne, with an E Double N E.”
Over the years, I’ve been addressed as Vivian, Vivien, Vivyan, Vanessa, Victoria, and Valeria, which is why I decided to run my business under the name Viv. However, in the interest of all the Marcs, Sarahs, Marijas, and others out there who are as attached to their correctly spelled names as I am to mine and perhaps you to yours, spell it right! So accustomed are they to reading Mark, Sara and Maria, you’ll score bonus points instantly. I guarantee it.
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