The author discusses the challenges and decisions around names, highlighting experiences with common and uncommon names. Despite the prevalence of misspellings in her own name, Sarah, and her husband’s common name complexities due to family members sharing the same name, they opted for a less popular name, Charissa, for their daughter. This decision aimed to provide her with a distinct identity. However, they encountered unexpected challenges with people mispronouncing Charissa’s name, though the uniqueness and beauty of the name remain significant to them.