What’s in a name?
OK, so normally names don’t matter too much to me when it comes to dating people, or even people in general, but every so often one comes across someone whose name is exceptionally beautiful (or on the rare occasion, not very beautiful at all), and as I had such an encounter fairly recently, it got me thinking…
I’ve never really been able to see myself with a Dick, Daz, Del, Chaz, John, Rob etc. My own given name is far too unusual to sit comfortably with that. I’m also very aware that the name sometimes maketh the man, as it were.
For example, many parents choose the names of the children, especially in places like India, Africa, the Middle East etc., as ways of defining how they see them, or how they want the child to be seen by others, or indeed, themselves. In choosing my given name, my parents, although unaware at the time, branded me a “consecrated child of a hero warrior”, and because this eventually did so much for my identity, the importance of choosing a name just as suitable for my daughter was paramount.
Thus, until something fitting presented itself, she remained known only as “squirt”. This lasted for 5 days, and then I found something which fully embodied how I saw her, how I wanted her to see herself, and how I expected the world to see her. She now has a name meaning “consecrated gift of God’s grace”, and she wears it well.
Names aren’t only important when it comes to people…
Studies show that when choosing a company to partner with, other companies look at the names and then see whether a merger would be viable based on that. Choosing a good company name is a long thought out process, as it has to not only reflect what that company is, but make it appealing to its clientele/customer base.
People tend to judge a book less by its cover than by its name, as the name is some indication of the book’s contents.
The same goes for films and songs. And those are only a few examples. I’d be delighted to find a dating site that not only provided one with the opportunity to find and date younger men, but would match on given names as well.
It would be a great way of narrowing the field, don’t you think?
Fyrebyrd
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