One in a Million (Well, 1 in 1,413,056 to be exact)
I'm a child of the 70's.
I'm a child of the 70's with probably THE most popular name of that decade.
Hello, my name is Jennifer and I am 1 in 1,413,056 . That's according to How Many of Me.
Think about that. Nearly 1.5 million people have my same first name. No wonder I was always Jennifer M. in school. I don't think I was ever in a class without at least 2 other Jennifers throughout my school years. There were a few classes where there were 5 of us!!!!
(It didn't help that I don't have a middle name. But that's a blog for another day.)
Even as an adult I can't escape the multiples of J's. In my department alone, there are 4 people, including myself, named Jennifer. Heck, there used to be 5, but she moved on to a bigger market. I will proudly say, I was the original Jennifer... well, at least in the last decade there, probably.
When the subsequent Jens got hired, I was given a nickname by some of my co-workers. Back when JLo first got popular, someone decided to dub me JRo. And so, that name has stuck, 7 years later.
So, it seems, I will never get to just be Jennifer. There are too darn many of us!
I guess it's no wonder that once I signed up for this NaBloPoMo gig, I was quickly contacted and asked if I wanted to join The Circle of Jens group. Jen Y. over at A Thousand Times No said the powerful and many Jennifers out there make up 2% of NaBloPoMo. Woot! Shout out to us all!
She gave me the idea to blog about all things Jen.
So from one Jennifer to another, thank you!
2 comments:
My sisters middle name is Jenifer...I love it. I'm the one that got bugged as a kid, Jazz berry jam and what ever else the pesky kids could come up with.
At one point, we had 7 Jennifer's in my class. Class of 1993. I think only a couple had teacher nickanmes.
I myself, am an Emily before Emily was cool.
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