uniqueness in names
Anmol Singh
English 118-1884
Name essay
4/25
Uniqueness In Names Names are the single most important things in a person’s life. They can dictate your whole life, from the relationships you develop to the opportunities in life that you are offered. A person with a unique/different name may not make friends as easily and may not be as social because of the shame of having a different name. The drama that comes with unique names is a lot to handle for some because of how people butcher the pronunciation of your name or maybe even how others might make fun of it. With a name like Anmol I can tell you how both those reasons held me back as a child and made me hate my name. It was hard introducing myself to others because the sounds my name were not natural and I had to pronounce it in a way that didn’t scare the person off. Being such a social and friendly kid I had to resort to my nickname of Mol which has stuck with me for so long that my full name seems like a distant past. My nickname just sounds better and I feel much more confident when introducing myself. This goes to show that names can boost or decrease your confidence and cloud your identity if you don’t know how to make the name your own but if you do and show others that judging you by your name is not the same as knowing you and your personality then anything is possible for you as an individual. Though my nickname makes me feel more comfortable I am coming to the realization that I am the owner of the name and the name does not own me. In Sandra Cisneros piece titled “My name” a young woman named Esperanza states that she dislikes her name so much so that given a chance she would baptize herself under a different name. She has inherited the name but she feels it is an ugly name that does not fit her personality at all. She feels as if her name was inherited from such a time where it would have fit a girl of her age but in the modern day
English 118-1884
Name essay
4/25
Uniqueness In Names Names are the single most important things in a person’s life. They can dictate your whole life, from the relationships you develop to the opportunities in life that you are offered. A person with a unique/different name may not make friends as easily and may not be as social because of the shame of having a different name. The drama that comes with unique names is a lot to handle for some because of how people butcher the pronunciation of your name or maybe even how others might make fun of it. With a name like Anmol I can tell you how both those reasons held me back as a child and made me hate my name. It was hard introducing myself to others because the sounds my name were not natural and I had to pronounce it in a way that didn’t scare the person off. Being such a social and friendly kid I had to resort to my nickname of Mol which has stuck with me for so long that my full name seems like a distant past. My nickname just sounds better and I feel much more confident when introducing myself. This goes to show that names can boost or decrease your confidence and cloud your identity if you don’t know how to make the name your own but if you do and show others that judging you by your name is not the same as knowing you and your personality then anything is possible for you as an individual. Though my nickname makes me feel more comfortable I am coming to the realization that I am the owner of the name and the name does not own me. In Sandra Cisneros piece titled “My name” a young woman named Esperanza states that she dislikes her name so much so that given a chance she would baptize herself under a different name. She has inherited the name but she feels it is an ugly name that does not fit her personality at all. She feels as if her name was inherited from such a time where it would have fit a girl of her age but in the modern day