My first name is Shanna - rhymes with "banana." I have to spell it a lot, and I am always getting called Shawna, Sheena, Shana, Shannon, etc. Which has always fascinated me, because my name is pronounced just like it looks. Did most people flunk phoenics or something?

My middle name is Rae. I am named after my grandfather, whose middle name was Raymond. In fact, dozens of my cousins also have the middle name of Raymond, Ray or Rae ... it's kind of a family thing. I carried it on ... my son's name is Dylan Ray.

I'll wager I'm the only Edna
Maybe here ... but my grandmother's first name is Edna, and her middle name is Earl. Who knows. My other grandmother's name was Clara Cornelia. I always thought that was pretty.