The story in my names

     Names play as an important role in our life. It helps people to distinguish everyone. A name may change someone’s first impression on you. They might guess your gender, appearance or even personality through your name. In Chinese ’Feng Shway’, name even affect a person’s whole life. However, I don’t the Chinese name that my grandparents chose for me when I was young.

    My Chinese name is Zhou Xinci. The word ‘ Xin ’ means happiness, and ‘ ci ’ means kindness. They wanted me to have joy in my life and be nice to everyone. It’s seems lovely and special. Nevertheless, my name sounds similar to the name of a famous comedian – Stephen Chow ( Zhou Xinchi ). My classmates used to make fun of my name and it really distressed me. Everyone who came to me just asked me if I was his relatives in a joking way and told their friend about it. It’s embarrassed and I didn’t how to respond. Finally, the teasing and making fun of my name stopped when I got into high school. People become more mature and stopped acting like a children. Growing up, I realized the reasons and the symbolic that behind my name. It has a beautiful meaning behind it. I wish I could be happy everyday and be a friendly guy who everyone likes. I began to accept and like my name. It included the love of my grandparents and I should treasure it.

    My English name is Jessica and I chose this name by myself. It means rich and God beholds. There is also a wealthy landlord’s daughter called Jessica. I like the meaning of this name, it’s always my goal and the name sounds beautiful and simple. It helps people to memorize and remember me. Though I like both of my Chinese and English names, my English name bring me more convenience in my life.

    In short, although I was once hated my Chinese name, I’m relieved now because I know it’s a precious gift from my grandparents. Additionally, a name follows the person until he died. We should choice the name seriously as it could affect his life.