ESL 100 Fall 2022

Georges Diouf ESL 100                                                      My name's story       In 2003, when I was baptized, my parents decided to name me Georges Rene Kevin, Georges was  my  father's father and Rene was my mother's father. They gave me their parents names because in my  country SENEGAL, especially among the catholics, it is a tradition because it is a way to honor one's parents. In Africa, names don't really have a meaning in other language or a story behind however, people have to honor their names and do the same thing to make one's parents proud because it is a part of Senegalese culture. The day of the baptism like all baptism in Senegal, my parents organized a party and invited all the family because it is a very great day for all the religion even though they celebrate it differently, that's one pa...

  Gabriela Gonzalez September 20, 2022 ESL 100                                                                          Teacher name      The name my parents chose for me is not the most original name, but the story behind it is. One time I asked my grandmother if she knows where my name come from and she said that came from a teacher. I really get confuse when she told me that, so I beg her to tell me the story. She told me that my father did not choose my name just because is pretty. My name was the name of the first love of my father, his teacher. She said that he always came home after class talking about how beaut...

           Jiawei Li is a very common name in China. It is 李嘉伟 in Hanzi. Li 李 is my family name. Jia 嘉 means good or lucky. Wei 伟 means brilliant or great. The name was given to me by my parents. I think it’s not very special for me because there are thousands of people that have same name as me, not only in English, but also in Chinese characters. I don’t know if there is a story about my name that happened before I was born. I have one sibling; he is my little brother. There is only one character in his name different to mine. His name is Jiajun Li, 李嘉浚 . I think my parents gave him this name because of ease, but they sometimes call us by the wrong name. Sometimes when I talk to my mother in phone, I can hear that she calls my brother by my name. In my opinion, people’s names are not meaningful. Rather, I think names are more like codes for people. People give their children names to call them. If we change names to numbers, nothing would b...

Xuetong Cheng EALING 100 CE September 6, 2022  👍                                                             What is Name A name is just like the soul of a person. A character can let people know themselves more clearly. Everybody knows their name, and every word must have some special meaning. However, my name doesn't have any meaning. In a person's life, perhaps the spirit of a person can be preserved forever. Only the character can carry the energy. In every family, families hope their children have a better life. And they hope that the names behind the children's names contain a different life. However, my name seems like a particular case. Because my name doesn't have any special meaning. My grandfather never cared about me. He didn't care about my name, even more. My father held me when I was born and had all sorts of fantastic...

  My   unique symbol Name is one of the important symbols which can represent people and their personality. Also, different names have unique connotation. For me, the name Yingxin has its special meaning as well. My name was given to me by my mother. In Chinese, Ying,  颖 ,   means new and clever and Xin, 欣 ,   means happy. These two words a 颖   and a 欣   include the wishes from my family. Just like a phrase in Chinese tradition says, name can affect a person ’ s life. My parents believe that I can become a person who is clever and happy forever. However, my love of my name was just the same as my hate of my name when I was growing up.   On the one hand, I was thankful for my family ’ s best wishes. Loving my name is equal to love my family. On the other hand, I hated my name because I was less confident to become a human who is clever and happy. My name gives me too much hope and sometimes it changes into pressure as time goes on. My name is still...

  Jaico George ESL INTG 100 September 17, 2022  The name I wanted                                               The name that my parents gave me is unique and hard to pronounce for some people. I got my first name, Jaico from my grandfather and my last name, George is from my father. Growing up in India, I never met anyone who named Jaico. I must admit that there are both advantages and disadvantages for having such a unique name. It is easier for me to find my name among a long list of people but on the other hand people can easily pick on me. Both mine siblings are named after my maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother, but all of us have the same last name. At home my parents call me Chacko , which is a Malayalam (My native language) version of the name Jacob, and a lot of people are familiar with the name Jacob worldwide.         ...

  Xuanyu Liu September, 17 th  2022 ESL 100 - CE                                                                                           Average Name to Special           My name a average name in China, and does not with a special meaning. My name is from my mother. My name is Xuanyu Liu 轩宇 刘.         During my childhood, I did not like my name because my friends made a lot nicknames for me. Even though I knew those nicknames were not hurtful, I just did not like them. In fact, I had two names. One from my grandmother and one from my mother. Before I was born, my grandmother chose a name for me. It was Guangming Liu 光明 刘. This name has...

  The beauty of name              Every person likes to have a good and nice name because a good name gives a person confidence and a good feeling. A good name should also have a good meaning.             I got my name from my mother. She decided to call me Rukhsar. However, she didn’t know its meaning, but she chose my name Rukhsar because she loved it. At the time it was a modern and new name, so that is why she chose. We lived in a small village and many people had the same and old name. My mother heard my name in a song and she said my daughter’s name should be Rukhsar.              Rukhsar means blush and it means the beauty of one’s face. I love my name because of its meaning.  Most of the poets use my name in their poems. Rumi used my name many times in his Dari poems, and it makes m...

Supannika Yodsanga  September 14, 2022  ESLINTG 100      Who Named Me?      Having a name makes it easy for people to be able to call each other. However, choosing a great and beautiful name with a good meaning is always challenging for parents. When I was born, my parents were arguing about my name. My father wanted to be the only person who named me, but it was rejected by my mother because the name was too common and didn't have a meaning. Every time I asked my mother about my name, she always told me that my father wasn't good at picking a good name. My mother didn't like that my father always picked silly name for me. One day my aunt visited me, and she knew that they hadn't picked a name yet. Therefore, she gave me a unique and antique name.     Supannika, I wish at that time I was able to speak and pick my own name, but I couldn't. Supannika is the yellow flower that is used for praying. In philosophy, it means the lord Buddha's f...

     In China, where I was born, people’s names consist of two or three characters, and a few consist of four characters. My name consists of  three characters. A n ame can follow the elders in a family , or it can be the parents’ hope that their children will have a good personality and life. I come from   half an old-fashioned family and half modern. My father’s side is very old-fashioned. Once our family had a newborn baby, my grandmother had a 丹, dan , that she gave to the new baby. At that time, my mother did not like that character and insisted on naming me. Two of the characters of my name were named by my mothe r. O n e of the characters is 艺 , yi . This character can mean many things, but I think the word means art. I am not good at singing, but I like to listen to music to relax. Sometimes I like singing by myself. The other character is 琳 , lin . This character can relate to the forest because I like the s mell of the rain, and I like...

  Linneker Gonçalves August 31, 2022 ESL 100                               The man who shall be successful                 Names are the way people recognize each other from everybody else. People can be named after a family member or something meaningful to their parents. Names can be unique for many reasons, and mine is no exception.                 The first reason is tradition. My name, Linneker,  was chosen by my grandfather because he wanted to keep the tradition of giving German names to some members of the family. He was really proud of his German roots, so he wanted to show that through the names he had given to some people in my family. For my grandfather, it was meant to keep this tradition alive because it was a way to remind him of his father and how he had to be brave to leave his...