[Opinions] Re: Do you have a made-up, mashed-up or diminutive name?
My first name is Starla. My mother didn't make it up herself, and it does appear on top 1000 lists before and around the time I was born, but it probably did start out as an elaboration of Star, or maybe a jazzed-up variation of Carla? She can't remember where she got it from, she thinks it might have been on a soap opera.
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