I was chattin to my brother the other day when we was walking to do the shopping and I swear to God, bout 15 different people hailed ‘im on road yeh, and all a them called him somefing different. I’m like, how do they know who they’re talking to? How does he remember who who he is from one day to the next?
“Your name’s ELIJAH!” I tell ‘im.
So I asked Mahmoud like what kinda effect having so many names mean can do to person cos he know what his name means.
I found out that Elijah means ” My Lord is God in old hebrew” and when I did google my name, I found out that Ayleen means “messenger of God” (it’s greek origin). Well I’m trippin’ cos i never knew dat doooohhhh!
Venetia is a “woman from Venice” so I dunno where mum was goin’ wid dat one really…. tut…
And Benoit means “Blessed” in some french Benedict form thing.
Eh Eh. Never knew mum was so religious, yu get me, like, all into European ting and ting. More time, she just like the sound of it. But I ain’t complain’, I’m just wonderin how my brother can deal wiv all dem names, man. ‘Terror, Smugz, Big Blud”. I can’t even rememeber the rest.
So I’m just askin…
Do you know what you name means? And what if you looked up? Who in your family are you named after? What’s the significance of your name to you? How comfortable with the one you got? Got a nick name or alias? If yes, how come? Do you act different for that nick name? If not, if you could have another name what would it be and why?
