a rose by any other name...

okay, so this is a post about my name.

my name is megan. pronounced "meg-an" some people try and pronounce it "mee-gan" but they're wrong (in my case, although i have no doubt that there are 'mee-gan's who spell their name megan)

i have one of those names where there are a million spellings:
megan
meagan
meaghan
meghan
megann

but today i saw a variation i have never seen before.
Maeghyn

which prompted a web search ('cause, well, doesn't everything?)
i found out that megan is also a family name. so there were lots of variations here:

Spelling variations include: Meighan, Meehan, Meegin, Meeghen, Meegan, Meakin, Meakins, Mekins, Mehan, Mehen, Mehigan, Mehegan, O'Meighan, O'Meehan and many more.

Who knew?