I was born Edith Clara (old names - long ago - first name after my aunt, middle name after my grandmother. As I got older, I didn't like the name Edith, or for that matter, Clara. So I just signed everything Edie Clare except for certain legal papers, (marriage license, deed to our home, little stuff like that. If anyone calls me Edith, I just say Edie! I love the name Edie Clare. My husband calls me Ede. I love that too, but only he can call me that. It is a deep term of endearment. My uncle used to call my Aunt Ede and so with my husband it stuck. No one else calls me that! And that is how it is! A name is pretty darned important to a person and if one has to live with it, it better sit good with them, right? The little boy across the alley calls me Grandma Edie, my grandkids call me Grandma and our son calls me Mom. Three best names in the book! Edie