'Siobhan's Macbook' Renamed to 'Siobhan's Macbook (2)' ... Why?

My Macbook has strangely renamed it's to " Macbook (2) without reason. Does anyone know why this is and how I can change it back? I'm worried that it has created a duplicate of my profile and applications etc. somehow. The location of all applications and installs is now 'Siobhan's Macbook (2)' rather than 'Siobhan's Macbook'.
I have already renamed to the correct title in the 'Computer Name' section under "Sharing".
Any help would be gratefully appreciated!

see this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12184493&#12184493.
JGG

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