My Name Chanel Research Paper
From birth, a name is a powerful piece of who a person is. The name that is given to a person is what helps identifies one from another. My name, Daneisha Chanel Rayford, is what describes me as a person, and I could never picture myself with another one. I would like to consider my first name Daneisha to be unique. It is one of those names that most people fail to spell right. However, I can honestly say there are not many Daneisha’s in this world. In my opinion, how I was given the name Daneisha is the most unique thing about me. The Creation of my name all started at a baby shower that my mom’s co-workers decided to surprise her with. They told her that if she had a girl she must start her name with the letter D in representation of her name Donice. Like the sweet,
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lovely lady that she is my mom accepted those demands. My mom’s co-worker decided to put all the names that started with the letter D in a bowl to draw to see what I would be named. One of my mom’s close friends loved the name Daneisha, and put it in the bowl to be pulled. My mom hated the name Daneisha but that was the one she pulled. Not wanting to break a promise she named me Daneisha. Even Though my first name has a beautiful story behind it, my middle name Chanel does not.
I would love to say I was named after one of the world’s most famous fashion designers CoCo Chanel; however I was given the name by a cousin whose middle name was Chanel. Even though my name Chanel does not have an interesting story behind it, but it does have an interesting meaning. The name Chanel has a French origin and in French the meaning of the name Chanel is: Canal; channel. However in America, people describe a Chanel as a cheerful and friendly person. I feel like the American meaning fits me more than the French meaning. My last name Rayford is the most important name to me. It groups me with the most important people in my life, and let me know I am apart pf something special. The name Rayford has a French origin and in French it means counselor. I think counselor is an odd meaning for the name Rayford; however I think it suits my family well. My family has always been the ones to try to fix other people problems. So knowing the meaning of my last name makes me proud to be a Rayford. Doing all this research about my name has open up my eyes and let me see there is more to a name than
letters.
lovely lady that she is my mom accepted those demands. My mom’s co-worker decided to put all the names that started with the letter D in a bowl to draw to see what I would be named. One of my mom’s close friends loved the name Daneisha, and put it in the bowl to be pulled. My mom hated the name Daneisha but that was the one she pulled. Not wanting to break a promise she named me Daneisha. Even Though my first name has a beautiful story behind it, my middle name Chanel does not.
I would love to say I was named after one of the world’s most famous fashion designers CoCo Chanel; however I was given the name by a cousin whose middle name was Chanel. Even though my name Chanel does not have an interesting story behind it, but it does have an interesting meaning. The name Chanel has a French origin and in French the meaning of the name Chanel is: Canal; channel. However in America, people describe a Chanel as a cheerful and friendly person. I feel like the American meaning fits me more than the French meaning. My last name Rayford is the most important name to me. It groups me with the most important people in my life, and let me know I am apart pf something special. The name Rayford has a French origin and in French it means counselor. I think counselor is an odd meaning for the name Rayford; however I think it suits my family well. My family has always been the ones to try to fix other people problems. So knowing the meaning of my last name makes me proud to be a Rayford. Doing all this research about my name has open up my eyes and let me see there is more to a name than
letters.