Yeah, this is going to sound bitter...
Crayelelynn is a combination of my father's middle name (Crayele) and his favorite sister's middle name (lynn). Originally my first name was supposed to be Aubrey, but when my mother went into the OR to have a C-section, my father decided to name me Crayelelynn. Now, doesn't that sound sweet? My father named me after himself and my aunt, but the name isn't a happy reminder of him, who he is, and when he named me, he was on copious amounts of drugs. No one can spell it, pronounce it, and it's a pain in the bum. People usually tell me how pretty it is, or how unique it is, or ask why I don't want to be called by it. Over the course of my life I've only had ONE person who sees why I don't like the name or want to be addressed by it. I am also the only person in the United States with the name Crayelelynn. It's that unique.
Anyway, I am called Aimee because after my dad left the first time my mom went through a book of baby names and every time she called me Aimee, I laughed. She thought it was cute, so it stuck.
If I ever get married, I'm going to change my first name as well as my last.