The Name Game
The past year has been full of debates regarding kids names, and the ability for kids to choose to be called by a different name in school..... so yeah, lets delve a little deeper into the name game. The fact is that not one single person on this planet gets to have any input on the name they are given at birth. I know no one asked me my opinion on the name I was given. Did I like it? Did it resonate with who I was? Who I would become? Did it embody the essence of me? Is it something I could see myself responding to for the rest of my life? The people responsible for us (parents, relatives, guardians) choose our First names based on their own values, rules, criteria, beliefs, etc. There are those who research the meaning of names, and then give their children names that embody certain values like bravery, honesty, faith, hope. Others use a set group of family names, like royal houses which have lists of approved ancestral names that one can choose from. Or families that giv...