Sierra Jenice: A Short Story

When I was born, my parents named me on the spot. You want to know how I got the name, Sierra Jenice? Well, you better keep reading then, it's somewhat interesting. My mother and father came together to name me. Probably the only thing they ever agreed on, but I’d say I got a pretty nifty name out of it. I’ll tell you the origin of my first, middle and last name. Also what it means to my family and even to myself. Can't forget the stories to how they came up with the ideas! We’ll start with my first name, Sierra. My first name, Sierra is of spanish origin. It actually means “mountain range”, a specific range with sharp jagged peaks all over. It also means “saw” because of the high populations of lumberjacks in the mountainous regions my name originates from. When my parents named me, in 2000 “Sierra” was the fifty-third most common name in the United States of America. But yet, my parents never knew anyone named Sierra so they thought it’d be a good name. Now it's the four hundred and fifth most common name in the USA. They loved camping at Hargus Lake in Circleville, Ohio, where I'm from. The camper they had at the campground was a Sierra camper. Don’t ask me why they chose to name me after that, maybe I don’t want to know why and maybe it’s for …show more content…
It doesn't have an origin, other than it came from my mom. My mother made my middle name by using the first letter of her name, Jeanette, so J. And used her middle name Denise, to create Jenice. My dad loved the idea, they agreed that it'd be my name, for there little girl. The name can't be that common unless someone thought it was pretty, randomly. I couldn't find a statistic on how popular it is. But that's really all I have about my middle name. But I really do like my middle name. Its special to me and my mother. “Its special to me, like you are to me” is what she always tells me. She wanted it to be unique and something to show i’d never be able to forget her. Lastly on to my last