What's in a Name?

When I was a little girl, my kindergarten teacher insisted my name was Debra. Well I blew up on her. My name was Debralee… DEBRA was my mom’s name! I think I even cried… Why didn’t she understand?! Other names I went by, were Houston, my last name, Gizmo, by my cousin’s man, and when I was eleven they named me Shy Girl. When I was thirteen was the first time anyone ever shortened my first name and it kind of fit me. I was being introduced to this guy, he called me Beverly (it happens a lot) and I said, “No, Deb-ra Lee”… and he said… oh that’s a cool name… can I call you D’Lee… lol and that’s how D’Lee came about…

I often find myself meeting someone whose names don’t really fit them, and I wonder what’s in a name? How does it “fit” you? How does a handsome man with a perfect body get a name like Bob? Bob is a short fat balding mans name (I’m just saying… look at it… it’s a short fat name ha-ha). When I chose the names of my children, was I also filling in the destiny of who they will become? What will their friends call them; will those be the names they stick to when they are grown? Will Gabriel ultimately choose to be called Nicholas? Will he hate that he has three names? I don’t know what got me thinking about that… Maybe because my friend recently told me if I had another child soon it would be a boy. Another boy? What would I name another boy, I gave my sons the best names I could come up with dang it lol. So I came up with Domenic Angelo Nathaniel Mays. I like it. What do you think? I think Domenic goes well with Cody and Gabriel. I am hoping Gabriel will hate being called Gabe as much as I didn’t like being called by my mother’s name. I really don’t like Gabe lol. But he’s becoming a little Gabe. He’s growing up, and has this “I rule, you drool” persona lol. Cody reminds me of a couple Cody’s I’ve known.. A little clumsy, sheepish, smiley, and just easily puts a smile on the face of most people he knows.

Does choosing a name like George, John or Thomas make a child more likely to have a better easier life? Will it make them smarter, more career oriented? Maybe they’d become little politicians.

I guess in the end, I just keep coming back to the thought.. What is in a name?…