wannabe

and wanna be (ˈwɑnə bi)

n. someone who wants to be something or someone. (Associated with Madonna, the singer.) All these teenyboppers are wannabes, and that’s why we can sell this stuff to them at any price.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Floriano	-	Italian
Yuli	-	Russian
Lexie	LEKS-ee	English
Tandy	['tændi]
Bhavana	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam
Luiza	luw-EE-zah (Polish)	Polish, Portuguese, Romanian