박여라. Park Yu-ra. 박유라. Park Yu-ra. They're both romanized the same, so which one is my correct name? According to my records in Korea, 박여라 is the correct spelling of my name (pronounced as park yoh-rah). According to my mind and my heart, 박유라 is my name (pronounced as park yoo-rah). As an adoptee, one of the first questions that one might have, is what was my name? Lucky for me, my family decided to keep my Korean name in my American name as one of my middle names. I grew up with one way of saying my name. I was told my multiple people that my name was pronounce with a yoo sound for the first syllable, however when I went to Korea I learned that that wasn't the case. You wouldn't think that something as small as a name would make a big difference for a person, but it does.
