The Namesake

In the book The Namesake, there is a boy named Gogol Ganguli. Gogol’s name is very different compared to everyone else and he has struggles with having a different/unique name. When I first started reading the book in class, Gogol’s name really stuck out to me. The reason being because of how unique it was. I feel bad about how Gogol had struggles with his name because I felt that everyone should love their name, no matter what anyone else thinks about it. Now, I don’t personally have a different/unique first name such as Gogol, but my middle and first name are different compared to anyone else.
My full name is Elijah Aukaiholohohonuloa Ohai. My first name, Elijah, was given to me by my parents. They knew that they were going to be giving birth to a boy and so they really liked the name Elijah. They told me that they didn’t have any other options to choose between because they liked Elijah so much. My parents got the name Elijah after the prophet in the bible. Now I know that the name Elijah isn’t a very unique or uncommon name but the thing is, I only know three other
The name Ohai comes from an ancestor whose name was Kekauamokuohai. The word Kekauamokuohai means The Battle of Mokuohai. This battle of Mokuohai was fought on the island of Hawaii, in the year 1782. This battle was in the early days during Kamehameha I’s wars when he was trying to conquer the many different Hawaiian islands. I really love my last name because of how unique it is. The crazy thing about my last name is that if you know anyone that has the last name Ohai, they are definitely related to me and the rest of my family. There is no other person (who isn’t realated) that has the last name Ohai. So just remember, if you ever meet anyone in your lifetime that has the last name Ohai, they are related to me in some type of way. I like that I am a guy because then when I get married, I won’t have to worry about me getting/changing my last name from Ohai to something