https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218 Each of your English names has a name story, and just like your last name, it carries a piece of your special identity. You are going to spend the next few minutes of class reflecting on your name story. Consider the following: What do you like about your name? What do you dislike about your name? How/why did your family pick your name? Do you have any nicknames? Where do your nicknames come from? What is the meaning/translation of your name? Do you have a middle name? If so, how/why did your family pick your middle name? Do you like your middle name? What is the meaning of your last name? How does it tie into your heritage in terms of your culture, religion and ethnic identity? Do you have any memorable stories about your first name, middle name or last name? en-us 2018-02-07 19:17:50 UTC 2025-10-28 14:31:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Babyhead.png chandleroliphant https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403709947 2022-11-30 15:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403709947 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867804 My first name was named after one of my mom's favorite actors, Ava Gardner. My middle name is Rose, which is after my dad's grandmother. Ava means lively, which is one of the things I like about it because I think it really describes me as fun and fun to be around. Something I don't like about my name is that it is really popular and so short that I don't have a nickname.]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867804 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867905 The name Louis means warrior. I am also named after my grandfather. One thing I like about my name is that not many people have it. One thing I don't like is that some people think my name is said Louisse. ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867905 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867921 The name "David" means beloved or favorite. When I was little, I did not like my name because it is a Jewish name, but now I know that name does not matter in a person.]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867921 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867992 My middle name is named after my mom's Uncle "Andrew". 
My family picked my name because they wanted my name to be kind of Italin 
My nickname is Nate, but the only people who can call me that are family or very close friends. If you call me Nate as a joke I wont mind. Just don't make it a whole thing.]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867992 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867997 My name means ocean. The things is I love the ocean, it is my favorite thing to do actually. Probably god gave me the gift to love the ocean and that's why I think my parents named me Kai. The bad thing about my name is I think its kinda odd, it doesn't sound cool. ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403867997 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868010 my name comes from the prophecy of Isaiah my name is named by my religion because i am christian my middle name is tomase because my grandpa was named tomas before he died]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868010 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868050 My name is kinda good. Theres nothing I preticualry like but what I dont like is. I play laccrosse and when somone misses a shot on goal all the coaches yell chase to chase the ball and I always think their yelling at me. The name Chase means hunter. My mom named me Chase because when I was born my mom thought somone named Chase was hot. ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868050 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868066 I like my name it means third son because I am the third son of my dad's five kids. My nickname is Trey which means third and Trey'son means third son. My last name is Randolph I love it because it is like Rudolph and I love Christmas.]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868066 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868074

My parents chose my name because my mother wanted to name me after Brendan Fraser, the actor from The Mummy and Doom Patrol.

Brendan means king or prince.

The religion of my family is Catholic.

Most of my family's bloodline is Indian.

My middle name was picked because it was my fathers, I like my middle name because nobody knows how to spell it and pronounce it, not even my father knows how, only my grandmother knows how to spell it.]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868074 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868075 I like that my name is easy to say and no one has ever pronounced it wrong. I do not like that my name is really basic. My mom and dad picked my name because they wanted my name to start with a T like their names did. My sister and some of my friends call me Ty Ty for some reason. My name means "tile maker" which I don't like.]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868075 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868091 The name Luke mean light-giving. One thing I don´t like about my name is that many people that I just meet think that luke is short for something. One thing I also like is that a lot of people have it.]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868091 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868151 I really like that my mom named me William because there are many famous people and figures that was named William. My Mom actually named me William because of the english writer William Shakespeare, a very famous writer, that created amazing plays. My middle name is John because my only grandpa was named that. When I searched up my name it was referred as strong-willed warrior because of William the conqueror, a famous british king in early times. ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868151 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868159 My name means "Follower of Christ" which I think is pretty cool but also only one out of every 405 boys are named that and also only 1 out of 37,861 girls are named Christian. I like my name.]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868159 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868165 I like my name because it is unique. But one problem about it is people always call me tyler when we first meet. My nickname is Ky. 

]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868165 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868170 i like that my name is unique 
i don't like that a lot of people misspell it 
i think my family named me after a flower
amelia means hard working 
leger is a french last name  
 

]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868170 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868182 My name is the name of a very famous singer. I was named after my dad's dad named Thomas. Yes my friends give me nicknames like Tay Tay, T, TT. Yes it is Nicole which came from my Moms grandma. ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868182 28cmotroni https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868189 My name's origin comes from my dad, who is named Chris. My nicknames are baby Chris and little Chris. The meaning of Christopher is Christ-Bearer. My middle name is Marco, which is my Grandfather's name. ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868189 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868191 The Greek translation of my first name is "rival." My middle names are Olivia and Adora. The name Olivia means "life." The name Adora means "beloved one." ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868191 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868207 I like that my name is short

My last name comes from my culture ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868207 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868217 2022-11-30 16:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868217 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868222 The thing that I like about my name is that it is unique.The thing that I don't like my last name because I am always First or second. My family picked my name because it was my grandpas name.]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868222 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868273 Over the years, I have learned to love my name. I always disliked it because i had never seen my name on someone else before, but i have learned to love it. The two parts of my name mean ocean and waterfall, Kai means ocean or shell and Lyn means water or waterfall. Also, my name originates from Finland   ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868273 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868302 When I looked up my name it had two meanings one was ¨God is my oath¨ and ¨beautiful¨. My last name is Italian and my mom and dad thought the name Isabella was pretty ]]> 2022-11-30 16:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868302 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868337 my name means son of jack. my dad wanted to name me Brody but my mom did not approve, so we decided to name our first dog Brody. my brothers name is max so my mom named me jackson because she thought max & jackson sounded good.]]> 2022-11-30 16:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868337 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868362 My name is Ava and I like that it is very short, but I don't like that it is common. My family picked my name because our last name is very long so they wanted me to have a short first name and I don't have any nicknames. The meaning of my name "Ava" is Bird. I do have a middle name and it is Ann, my middle name is a family name, and I don't really like it. My last name doesn't have any meaning that I know of and everyone on my moms side has this middle name.]]> 2022-11-30 16:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868362 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868517 My first name isn't very common in the 21st century anymore, but it is more of a name you would give someone in the 70s and 80s. My parents focused on what my name means a lot. My name means victory. My name could have been Yaelle, a very Jewish name, but it's not because my mom found out that it means goat. Because Nicole isn't a Jewish name, my middle and Jewish name is Shelly. My last name used to be Binyaminov, but then got translated to Benjamin.]]> 2022-11-30 16:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403868517 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403869723 I like that my name ends with a c and not a k. Marc is a French masculine name born from the Roman God Mars. I don't have any nicknames. My middle names are Anthony and Hugo. These were picked as my middle name because those are my two grandfathers names. ]]> 2022-11-30 16:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2403869723 28nsantoli https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405249908 I love the sound of my name. I think that i don't like my name is kind of long so i tend to use the nickname. My name was picked after my dad's uncle whose name was Nick. My nickname is Nick. My nickname does not really come from anything my mom used to call me Nick so i use it now. My name means victory to the people. My middle name is Anthony. It was my dad's best friend's name. I love my middle name. My last name Santoli means godfather. it is an Italian last name and that is what we are. i don't have any stories about my names. ]]> 2022-12-01 14:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405249908 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405432073 There's nothing I really love about my name, sure it's unique. But I don't love the way it sounds. It's also wayyyy to Italian for my liking. I'd rather have a regular name like my brother, Anthony. I have a middle name but I don't necessarily like that either. It's Peter and I just don't like it. My middle name was picked by my mom and she got in from my great uncle (I think)]]> 2022-12-01 16:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405432073 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405432132 I like Dan more than Daniel because Daniel sounds really professional, and Dan sounds better and cool. My name also means that apparently I can judge people, but when I do Dan there is a literal google definition like when you search up what a word means. It has something to do with Karate,which I actually did so that's funny.]]> 2022-12-01 16:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405432132 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405432696 When i see my name i feel like it is unique than other names because my name isn't as popular as others. Something i dont like about my name is that im a Jr so when my mom calls for my dad i think she calls for me so i go downstairs for nothing and it starts to get annoying. I think my family pick me for the name Eric is because i think they wanted a Jr. I dont have nicknames. My meaning for my name is a ruler. My middle name is martin and i dont like it.]]> 2022-12-01 16:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405432696 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405433450 The name Richa means a religious hindu song. My parents named me Richa because my sisters name means singer. So its a singer and a song. One thing I like about my name is that my name is not confused with anyone else. So there aren't multiple people with the same name as me. And one thing I don't like is that many people pronounce my name wrong. ]]> 2022-12-01 16:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405433450 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405433574 I like my name as it is short and easy to spell though dislike it as it is too close to other names. I do not have any nicknames. I don't have any particular stories about any parts of my name.]]> 2022-12-01 16:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405433574 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405433885 I like that my name is Zachary. It reminds me of the word zing, like the zing of lightning. But it does sound sort of nerdy. I also think my middle name is really cringey. It reminds me of this dude in my kindergarden class that was really name and always skipped birthday celebrations for some reason. I also looked my first name up and it's really lame. It means "to remember." Super nerdy.]]> 2022-12-01 16:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405433885 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434063 I'm not a huge fan of my name, but I like when people call me Abby instead of Abigail. When my mom or dad get mad at me they call me "Abigail". I was supposed to be named Ava. While my mom was in labor, my grandma said "Abigail" in the hospital room. Ava, ended up being my middle name. Abigail is joy of father in hebrew. ]]> 2022-12-01 16:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434063 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434681 I like that my name Is Not Aidan with an "a" but i like that it is Aiden with a "e". I don't like that my sister named me. My family only told me that my sister named and i know nothing else. I don't have any nicknames. I don't have a middle name. My last name is a sword. And they use it at weddings to bring peace and i don't know. I do not have any memories about my name.]]> 2022-12-01 16:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434681 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434741 I like that my name is very popular. But I don't like how people misspell my name all the time. My family picked my name because they thought it was pretty. Some nicknames I have are "Soph", "So", "Soap", and "Varvar". And my nicknames are just kinda made over the years. My name means Wisdom. My middle name is Lynn. My family picked lynn because it's also my moms middle name.]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434741 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434749 I like my name because it is easy to say. I dont like my name because most people relate it to Kylie Jenner. I also dont like it becauses theres many ways to spell it and people spell it wrong alot. They picked my name because my sisters name is Lila so they thought Lila and Kylie sounded good together.]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434749 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434774 Me llamo Alissa Chavez 

my first name is not how you normally spell alissa. the way that some people spell alissa is with a Y but I spell it with an A and whenever people spell my name they always spell it with the Y and my name means joy.]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434774 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434927 What I like about my name is that it's spelled differently. My name means war, lively, and bright headed. I do not like my middle name because it sounds funny and I don't know the meaning.]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405434927 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435014 I love my name i really like the sound of it when people mispronounce my name. i am used to it by now. Aarav is an Indian origin meaning "peaceful" my grandfather wanted this name because he used to be in the army and his best friend died his name was Aarav so my family named me Aarav]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435014 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435056 I love my name! I love my name because of many reasons as I love my name because it is long but can also be short in many ways like through it being Matt or Matty. I also dislike my name though, as I don't exactly like how common it is but still the positives outweigh the negatives and I love it! My family picked my whole name because of my dad as I am a junior and am named exactly after him. With my whole name I have a middle and last name as my middle name is Craig and my last name is Steenweg. My name means the gift of the lord. I love my name Matthew!]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435056 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435060 I don't like or dislike anything about my name. My parents chose the name Eddie because my dad's name is Eddie and I think his dad was named Eddie as well. I don't have any nicknames. I have a middle name and it's Lucas. My uncle's name is Lucas and my grandpa is Lucas also. My last name Hernandez, ties into my ethnicity, and is a common Hispanic last name. ]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435060 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435086 The name ¨Jaden¨ means God has heard.I like that my name starts with J, J is just my favorite letter in the alphabet. No one has ever gave me a nickname since its kind of a short name but when people call me ¨jay¨ it just sounds weird to me.]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435086 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435168 I don't like my name because people always mess up the spelling.]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435168 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435200 I like Landon because it means Long Hill which is funny, I don't really like my name because people mess it up a lot. I don't have any memories about why I was named Landon but I think it must've had some meaning.]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435200 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435420 I don't like that my name means "olive/olive tree" in latin. One of my nicknames is Liv.]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435420 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435602 My name is Addison Katz. At first my parents named me this to try and be unique but now I know so many Addison's. My family named me after the show Grey's Anamaty. My name means "Son of Adam".]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435602 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435837 I think my name is pretty cool to be honest. I personally don have any nicknames, cause Dominic sounds chill and cool. My name comes from Latin origins, meaning of the lord, or lord. I believe my parents picked my name from a christian saint. So yeah, overall I like my name]]> 2022-12-01 16:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405435837 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405537188 I like my name is because it is short and it means "blooming."]]> 2022-12-01 17:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405537188 https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405583593 I like my name because it's not too long or too short. I like how it starts with a T and how it's pronounced. My parents wanted a name that started with T just like my mom. They ended up on Taylor. ]]> 2022-12-01 18:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/chandleroliphant/Alpha8218/wish/2405583593