What's My Name?

There has always been some confusion about my name. During my first few years people called me 'Suzanne', but when I moved to England in 1974 (aged barely three), it slowly turned into 'Suzanna'. The three syllables work better in English in my opinion . I have always preferred 'Suzanna' and was happy to discover that my birth certificate states 'Suzanna' as my given name.

However, I recently came across my birth announcement card and to my surprise it named me 'Suzanne'. So it seems that my parents started this confusion. In fact it was probably my father as he's the one who (unfortunately) spontaneously decided to give me 'Lauretta' as a second name minutes before registering me as a new Amsterdam citizen in 1971.