The Story of My Search
The only thing that cannot be taken away from oneself, no matter the circumstances, is your name. This is why I think it is important for one to know what his or her name means. When I began thinking about my name, I started by interviewing my parents. I knew that I was named after my grandfather and my mother, but I did not know the origins of their names. I researched my first, middle, and last names using the Internet, interviewing my mother, and utilizing the library. I did all of this in the hope of finding out not only the origin but also the meaning of my names. The first thing that I did was interviewing my mother on why she named me what she did. The second thing I did was search for the origins and meanings …show more content…
I started with the name Robert. I discovered that the name Robert was actually the number one baby name for boys from 1924-1939 and was in the top five from 1906-1971 (Robert-Popularity of Robert, How Popular is the name Robert?). I had never known that Robert had been such a popular name. I also found that I share the name Robert with one of Hollywood’s most popular actors, Robert Downey Jr. (IMDb). This made me realize you can share a name with somebody and never even realize it. As I continued my research, I discovered that the name Lee had never been as popular as the name Robert, but it is still not as uncommon as I expected it to be (Lee-Popularity of Lee, How popular is the name Lee?). Finally, I moved on to my surname. My surname is the name that interests me the most because it is the name that tells the most of my family’s origin. The surname Brand, in 1920, was mostly found in the state of New York (ancestry.com). This shows that there were possibly many Brand’s immigrated into the United States at this time through Ellis Island. I then learned that I shared the surname Brand with Russell Brand (Celebrity Last Name-Brand(Celebrities)). Russell Brand is a British Comedian, who has starred in many movies and is becoming a popular celebrity in America as well as in Great
The only thing that cannot be taken away from oneself, no matter the circumstances, is your name. This is why I think it is important for one to know what his or her name means. When I began thinking about my name, I started by interviewing my parents. I knew that I was named after my grandfather and my mother, but I did not know the origins of their names. I researched my first, middle, and last names using the Internet, interviewing my mother, and utilizing the library. I did all of this in the hope of finding out not only the origin but also the meaning of my names. The first thing that I did was interviewing my mother on why she named me what she did. The second thing I did was search for the origins and meanings …show more content…
I started with the name Robert. I discovered that the name Robert was actually the number one baby name for boys from 1924-1939 and was in the top five from 1906-1971 (Robert-Popularity of Robert, How Popular is the name Robert?). I had never known that Robert had been such a popular name. I also found that I share the name Robert with one of Hollywood’s most popular actors, Robert Downey Jr. (IMDb). This made me realize you can share a name with somebody and never even realize it. As I continued my research, I discovered that the name Lee had never been as popular as the name Robert, but it is still not as uncommon as I expected it to be (Lee-Popularity of Lee, How popular is the name Lee?). Finally, I moved on to my surname. My surname is the name that interests me the most because it is the name that tells the most of my family’s origin. The surname Brand, in 1920, was mostly found in the state of New York (ancestry.com). This shows that there were possibly many Brand’s immigrated into the United States at this time through Ellis Island. I then learned that I shared the surname Brand with Russell Brand (Celebrity Last Name-Brand(Celebrities)). Russell Brand is a British Comedian, who has starred in many movies and is becoming a popular celebrity in America as well as in Great