What Is My Name?
It is important for people to have names, because your name and describes who you are and shapes your identity. I am Charles Fredrick Burke Anderson. I may have common names, but they come from a proud heritage. My name Charles has a long history, and many people have my name, but each person with the name Charles has his own history of how or why he got that name. Even though many people have the same name as me, we are all one of a kind.
Charles Fredrick Burke Anderson, has been passed down to me through both sides of my family. Both my Mother's Father, and my Father's father died before I was born. I was given my name Charles Fredrick Burke Anderson because it had both of my grandfathers name in the one name. My full name reminds my parents of their fathers. I represent both of my grandfathers in my name. My mother's father was named Fredrick Burke, and he
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The surname Anderson originated from many countries, some of which were Scotland, England, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. My form of Anderson originated from Sweden as Andersson, with two S's. In countries around the time when my surname was first used, people would be known as Anders of their village, for example. When the name anders became to popular they would get surnames for their fathers name, for example with Anders, his son would have the surname Andersson, meaning son of anders. Andersson is an example of a patronymic surname, a surname derived from a first name. It is unlike a toponymic surname, which is a surname derived from a place for example the first people with the name Burke would have lived near a burg, meaning fortification, so they would have lived near a fort. The form Anderson I am would have came from Sweden as Andersson with two S's, and when the family got to the United States, their name would have been changed to Anderson with one S by immigration records, because it was easier to spell, and
When you think your average baseball player, what do you think of? The player usually has all of his arms, legs, and no physical disabilities. Anyone who plays baseball would think it is hard to imagine that a person born without a right arm is able to play the game and let only be able to be a pitcher. Jim Abbott faces all the odds and has ten-year career in the major leagues. Abbott had to faces many obstacles throughout life and his playing career. Jim Abbott grew up being picked on since he didn’t have a right arm. When Abbott was younger he would use a steel hook as right hand and other children were afraid of him. Also, they called him names like Mr. Hook.
In todays society no one worries about their children being sold to a plantation hundreds of miles away. People do not stop to think about getting married the marriage be recognized by the government. As children complain about being forced to attend church, or complain about having to go to school everyday, slave children were not afforded these opportunities. For decades slaves were denied certain rights, which many of us take for granted. After the war former slaves worked to locate family members that had long been separated. As the former slaves struggled to get on their feet many returned to work for their former masters, this time as hired help. Taking a brief look in to the life of Jourdan Anderson, a man that valued his family above
My first name, surname, and, for lack of a better term, family name are all uncommon, at least in the United States.
My name is William Barker. That's not my name when I was a slave. It then was Scott William.
Manuel Munoz writes about Mexican names and how people who are not Mexican “butcher” their names. Munoz also talks about the reason why he was named Manuel and expectations he is given based off of his name. I’ve had similar experiences when people say my name, I’ve had people expect things of me based off of my name, and my name has special significance to my family as well.
Charlie had been the victim of his friends and his name had been a common joke in his place of work for when somebody messed something up or broke something. ¨Boy i sure pulled a Charlie gordon there!¨ (Keyes 224). After he realized he was sufferer of their jokes for years he made some changes of who he decided to put himself next to. Again another reason why his life after AI was better off.
“Can you imagine what a mess a world would be without names? (website)Names are very important to a person and their individuality. Ayn Rand’s novel “Anthem” is a book in which the people written about do not have names. The importance of having your own individual names is huge. A name can have meaning given to it, like how the name Sue means lily. Most parents when giving you your name have a meaning behind it and put much thought into what their future child should be named. Names can give you a part of your identity.
The trilogy has a mixture of atypical names. When looking deeper into the specific characters’ roles and having knowledge of history and nature, there are definite connections. The characters influenced the author, Collins, through history and nature aspects and they obtained their names with strategic time put into them. Something as small as a character’s name can help us understand the specific personality better through knowledge of outside materials.
Researching my name I learned that Kathryn means “Pure”, free from anything of a different, lower, or tainting kind; free from irrelevant matter. The meaning of my middle name Elaine is, “bright, shining light”. My last name Voskuyl has a very interesting meaning, “foxhole”. I asked my parents and relatives about our heritage and where our last name came from they all said that the origin of our last name is Dutch. When my grandfather from my father’s side was still alive, he began to tell me his story that he was born in Holden and he lived there for a short period of time. He then started telling me his experience in leaving Holland to move to America with his sibling or member of the Voskuyl family. They traveled in the early 1900s by taking
It is a family one.” (65). Breslin stated, “We decided, after thinking it through, that tradition works for us – having the same name is part of the shared identity we treasure.” (66). In addition, she wants to have the symbol of togetherness by sharing the same surname.
Everyone’s surname has a history behind it, some surnames have been around since the very beginning of Christ and some have been moulded and reformed over the centuries. The Millar Clan has had quite a journey from Scotland all the way down to Southern Africa, to me. Some say it was originally another surname and some say that it was all made up, but I have researched the true and factual origin and formation of the Millar surname. Which I will give a brief over view to how it came to be today all the way up to me, Zane Millar.
My mom’s maiden last name is Vogel. Vogel originates from Germany and Scandinavia. My dad’s last name is Leif. Leif has English and Dutch origins.
The story of my name “Edward” is that it comes from english descent but it has been altered by other ethnicities like spanish it is “Eduardo Lalo or duarte” and other languages have said it differently and it was created back in the 1880s by the three kings of Angelo- Saxon the kings of England and it means “ rich guard ” ( ead “wealth fortune” and weard “guard”)and it was used a lot for people born in england back in the 1880s with the total of 21,397,000 now its not used as often at all .
In today’s society we all want to know who we are and where our names originated from. Our names are what give each of us our own style and individuality, the importance of style and individuality can be related back to our original surnames. Our surnames have come from all areas of the world, each with specific meanings to our family. Surnames or last names have an important meaning to all of us, they give us identity through our family’s history. Looking back into history our names have changed drastically, keeping some people from knowing how their surnames really originated. Surnames originated early in history and did so for many reasons.
It’s kind of hard to believe that I would change my name to Lucrecia because I didn’t really like my mother’s name until recently. I always thought her name was weird and unusual. I never met anyone else with that name. Now, I would be more than happy to change my name to Lucrecia, after my mother, because she means a great deal to me.