Myself
CS
Mary Ann Gallo
LRCT-1020: College Success
18 February 2014
What’s in a Name?: CS
At this point in life I had a pretty decent idea of where my name came from; at least all but the given name of C. It’s fairly too common of a name that it’s either entitled out of its sheer popularity, or that of the name’s religious history. However with me, neither of which is true and I had a pretty basic idea why to then be confirmed by my mother. I was given the name C after my mother’s ex-boyfriend to purposefully anger my biological father of whom I have never met in person. This name has usually irritated me when used rather than C, particularly during school tests or various labels when the suffix of “-er” was excluded due to special limits. Furthermore I find it tiresome to hear, say or write out in its entirety to the point where I would someday request it legally shortened to “C”.
The middle name of J was always simple to understand why this one was given. It really just dates back to my Grandfather, to keep in part of a small tradition that all men within the S family have some varying degree of this as either a first or middle name. I haven’t really found much use to my middle name but I do hold it in a higher place than the first, mostly out of the respect I have for my grandfather. When and if I have a son, he will have his great-grandfather’s full name.
The surname of S is used the most and carries a lot of weight. This was my mother’s maiden name which I held onto after her marriage to my stepfather.
To my knowledge, it came down from my Norse-Scandinavian background originally as “Skina” which means “to shine, or appear”. To counteract how common my first name is, I used S as a nickname for all of grade school. That decision also came with a bad side as I essentially inherited all name oriented insults that my mother and extended family received and since living in a small state, the majority of its association goes to my uncle’s wild antics during his
Mary Ann Gallo
LRCT-1020: College Success
18 February 2014
What’s in a Name?: CS
At this point in life I had a pretty decent idea of where my name came from; at least all but the given name of C. It’s fairly too common of a name that it’s either entitled out of its sheer popularity, or that of the name’s religious history. However with me, neither of which is true and I had a pretty basic idea why to then be confirmed by my mother. I was given the name C after my mother’s ex-boyfriend to purposefully anger my biological father of whom I have never met in person. This name has usually irritated me when used rather than C, particularly during school tests or various labels when the suffix of “-er” was excluded due to special limits. Furthermore I find it tiresome to hear, say or write out in its entirety to the point where I would someday request it legally shortened to “C”.
The middle name of J was always simple to understand why this one was given. It really just dates back to my Grandfather, to keep in part of a small tradition that all men within the S family have some varying degree of this as either a first or middle name. I haven’t really found much use to my middle name but I do hold it in a higher place than the first, mostly out of the respect I have for my grandfather. When and if I have a son, he will have his great-grandfather’s full name.
The surname of S is used the most and carries a lot of weight. This was my mother’s maiden name which I held onto after her marriage to my stepfather.
To my knowledge, it came down from my Norse-Scandinavian background originally as “Skina” which means “to shine, or appear”. To counteract how common my first name is, I used S as a nickname for all of grade school. That decision also came with a bad side as I essentially inherited all name oriented insults that my mother and extended family received and since living in a small state, the majority of its association goes to my uncle’s wild antics during his