Yuyi Morales: Hello my name is Yuyi Morales. First name spelled Y-U-Y-I, confusing isn't it? It is all because of the Spanish. In Mexico where I was born, the letter Y is pronounced as a J. Many people in the United States have a hard time either writing or pronouncing my name, but regardless, when they call me, I always understand. Yuyi is only the shortening of my real long name, Maria de Lourdes, but it is a popular custom in Mexico to give people one name and then shorten it up so that you end up being called a different, a smaller nickname. Yuyi is my real name. It is my lullaby name. It is my Yuyi don't do that name. It is my I love you Yuyi name. Yuyi is who I am. Yuyi is my name.