I give myself names based on what i am going through and how I define myself during a given time period
Firefly- This name marked an angsty teenage period. Not much to say about it, save that I made many mistakes under this name. Wouldn't change anything, but this was not my favorite name.
Antien- Elvish for Nathan. Means Gift. I gave myself this name and a few have called me that over the past four years.
Antirihen- A revision of the phonetic pronunciation of Antien, meaning Diamond eyes. I redid my old name after my heart was broken. I lost most of my friends and connection to a group of people i loved all at once. A lot of pain changed who I was, and how I saw the world, and so I felt it was time for a different name.
I looked over my life over the past year, and took notes about how the things i had gone through had always had a reason. I had lost a college that I really wanted, a car I absolutely loved, a group of people who cared about me, and the woman I loved. Yet each time (save for the last example), what i lost provided the way for me to receive something better. With this understanding, my eyes changed. I saw the world as more hard but more beautiful. I had, in a hyperbolic, literary standpoint, I now had "Diamond eyes". Thus the name
Aiden- A Name given to me. Means "Little fire". I think it suits my personality. I like it because it comes from a unique viewpoint of my life. Its one of few nicknames i have been given, rather than giving myself. It is a name that expresses how someone else sees me, which i like.
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