download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewMy maiden name has 20 letters, with half residing at the end — Sheryl Lynn Sirotinsky. Imagine growing up with an uncommon spelling for your first name, "S" instead of "C," and a last name people tripped over. As a youngster playing make-believe, I kept Princess Sheryl and dumped Sirotinsky in fairy dust. AdvertisementI got divorced but kept the nameDivorcing when my kids were adolescents, sharing a surname was important to me.

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