I Like My Name


I find it funny how certain names have different connotations. On Tiktok there have been multiple trends revolving around different names. They've included:  girl names to stay away from, guy names to stay away from, mom names who are the strictest, along with many more. Honestly, most of the time they're true. I don't know if people with certain names just live up to the stigma surrounding their names or if it's just a coincidence, but I know first hand that guys with J names are bad news, Emilys are stuck up, and some of the strictest moms have the name Cindy, Susan, or Lisa. (my mom's name is Susan so I can attest to that). My name never comes up on any of the lists which I'm kind of happy about because it means my name isn't super common (even though there are like five Kaylas at Troy High) and I don't have any connotation connected to my name.


I've always liked my name. Growing up, my sister always wanted to change hers, but I always felt that my name was a good fit for me. The one thing I don't like about my name is that there is no background behind it. There's no special reason why my parents chose the name for me. I'm pretty sure they just saw it in a baby book and liked it. I'm kind of envious of those who have a story behind their name because there have been multiple occasions in school where I have to write why my parents picked my name and I never have anything to write about. Most of the time I just make a story up. I look forward to naming my own children because I will make sure there is a story behind them. I already have some names picked out, and I know exactly what I will tell my children when they come home from school with a name assignment and they ask me why they are named what they are. There are two important things my mom has told me to consider when picking out baby names, the first being how it looks in cursive, and the second is to make sure that it can be pronounced correctly by someone reading it for the first time. My mom kind of fell through on the second one for my sister whos named Miah (pronounced Maya). Everyone calls her Mia when they see her name, and that's the reason she hates it. I definitely don't want my kids to go through that. My mom told me that when she was deciding between names for me, she just picked the one that looked the best when written in cursive. I always thought that was a bad way for deciding, but I am glad my name looks good in cursive. I will definitely use that as a deciding factor for my own children's names.


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