Carla at All of Me…Now is hosting a series of questions for moms, the first question is
about your name. How did you get your name? Did you always love it? Have you
ever wanted to change it?
The first
question is easy to answer. I asked my mom how I got my name and it was simple,
it was from a list of girl names. The second question is a bit more
complicated. Did I always love it? Not really, it is kind of long (seven
letters).
I think the
thing that irked me most was that there was no shortened version of my name.
Every single person in my family (EVERYONE) had a name that had a nickname attached
to it and I didn’t. Now, my dad called me Squirt and my uncle called me Skunky,
but that wasn’t a version of my name. Really, how do you get a nickname out of Heather?
Heath? That doesn’t count, it’s just lazy.
There was a
point where I was mad about the no nickname and living with New England accents
that I decided that if I didn’t have a nickname, I was going to spell my name
the way people pronounced it, H-E-A-T-H-A. (That didn’t last) I was stuck with
it, and don’t get me started on my middle name (I couldn’t wait to get to the
Social Security Office after I got married and drop that one.) Then there was a
point when I would tell people all sorts of fake names (especially clubbing, my
favorite was Louise) then I would see them again and they would call me that
and I would have no idea what they were talking about (I think they thought I
was crazy).
I remember
when I was in high school and the lady I used to babysit for was having another
baby, she had a book of baby names that had society’s perception of names. I
looked up my name and you know what it said? Commonly referred to as less than intelligent
(or something along those lines) and then there was a semicolon and in print
written right there…bimbo. So when people in society hear my name, a vision
of a bimbo pops in their head, fantastic. So for shits and giggles I looked up
my sister’s name (not her real name, her nickname) and it said basically the
same thing. Well aren’t we lucky.
I am the exact opposite. I would have been thrilled with the name Heather. My name is Christine, but everyone growing up called me Crissy. When Three's Company was so popular. So I guess you and I have the same connotation to our names. :)
ReplyDeleteOMG this cracked me up! I mean, right? My name is a boy's name in reality.... oh parents!
ReplyDeleteLOL! Too funny!!
ReplyDeleteHeatha - love it! I had the opposite. Growing up in RI with a name that ends in "A" everyone would add an "er" to the end. So I was always "Jessicer" ;)
ReplyDeleteHow about I nickname you 'Cool H'? hehe
ReplyDeleteHAHA! Sorry, but you totally made me laugh. I can hear the New England accent loud and clear. Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteI want to call you 'Heatha' from now on! One of my other friends is called 'Heathen' - does that go along with 'Bimbo'? P.S. I think the name Heather is beautiful, your post just made me laugh!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, your post cracked me up! I have a friend named Heather who really does go by "Heatha." Writes it that way and everything.
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh!
ReplyDeleteI told a guy my name was Emily once. We just had drinks. A year later he chased me down (while I was walking with my then bf), screaming "EMILY!". It's still one of my favorite stories... sadly, I didn't put that in my blog post about my name. Darn!
LOL This made me laugh!
ReplyDeleteCute post! I should do a name post too! Love all these!
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