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The Meaning of a Name The Story of My Search What is in a name? People say that a picture is worth a thousand words. I say that a name is worth a thousand words. My question, though, is what are those words? This was my quest, my search. A search that took me farther down the rabbit hole than I had ever intended it to. My search took me through the etymology and mythology of my name. Through the pages of a book, to the deep reaches of the Internet, and all the way to my mother’s spoken…

Claudia, that was the name that I was gifted with at birth. I wasn't one to give much thought to my own name, it wasn't that I wasn't interested in my name, it wasn't something that I would question or think of. I just saw my name as a title for people to use as a form or reaching out to me when they needed me for a certain task, yet there were moments where I thought to myself... "Why out of all the names would my parents pick Claudia?", it's not that I specifically dislike the name or have…

Fire Wolf Keegan Margaret Rudy. Middle names are overrated. Mine sounds like someone coughing up potato chips. I’ve thought about dropping it someday, but I know I can’t. Because it’s not quite mine. It's my grandma’s. The only thing she gave me. My first name means flame in Irish. But in the Rudy’s it means great-grandma who bakes. It means someone I never met, but am forced to care about. Too me it means Mr. Keegan Rudy, oh sorry, Mrs. It means Oh, wow, you're exactly how I expected you to be.…

My given name is Jennifer Leigh Lyon, but everyone calls me Jenny. My parents named me Jennifer for the sole purpose to give me the nickname of Jen, which they thought went well with Sam, my brother. Leigh is my mother’s name, and she has always liked the idea of a family name and decided to start her own. Lyon, of course, comes from my dad’s family. If you go back far enough on my family tree, my dad’s family comes from a group of nobles who emerged from the city, Lyon, which was founded in…

I love my name. There is nothing embarrassing or funny about it. There is absolutely nothing I would rather change it to. I do not have any reason to want to change my name. In my opinion, names are a very important piece of someone's life. My full name is Tanner Roy Spencer, my parents told me that they chose my first name because they wanted to choose a name that is not a very common name. I have only met three people ever with the same name as me. Once I met a girl at a pool when I was young,…

My Name A Holly is a plant covered in evergreen leaves with red berries all over. In English a Holly is a shrub. This type of plant is very popular in the month of December because of the holiday Christmas. A holly is made into a reed for this holiday and it is meant to represent Jesus Christ’s thorn crown. For many though it is only meant for decoration. I have always loved my name. Originally my parents wanted to name me ‘Morgan’. Leading up to my mother’s due date, my dad realized both my…

Story of My Search William Shakespeare once said, “What is in a name? That we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Everyone is given a name at birth and it is usually their name for the rest of their life. A name is how people are identified. A name is someone’s label; so many opinions come up when you hear a name. I never knew anything about my name rather than it is Alec Hayden Plunkett. It is all I had ever known and I was curious about the meaning of my name, where my family…

The Story of My Search My whole life, I have been compared to the story of Noah and the ark in the Bible, but I never quite understood the meaning behind the name itself. I knew that my first name, Noah, was of Biblical origin, and that my middle name, Daniel, could have been too, but I had no idea where my last name, Swan, could have come from. From going to a Baptist church my whole life I knew the story of Noah and the ark, and knew some about Daniel in the Bible as well, but I was never…

My Name I think I have a really unique name. I also think that people have a personality in their name. Don't you think when you look at someone and know their name they kind of look like their name? I like my name because it means pure. The word pure is a special word that is very meaningful to me. I also think that all people should like their names. Well, sometimes your name is so bad that you can't stand it and that is the only excuse! I have a name that is pretty similar to my twin…

and names characterize those different people. Mr. W. Jackson Pierce would be your boss, William your coworker, and Bill your friend. They are all the same person, but, at the same time, they are also radically different people. So when someone decides to change their name, they take agency over the core of their being. When I was in third grade, my mother told me a story about how my middle name would have been my first name. At that moment, I decided to go by my middle name,…