The name thing
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same_sky1. What does your first name mean?
(Kisha) Rainfall. (Also suggested were Kitten and Favorite. I liked Rainfall best.)
2. What does your middle name mean?
(Lynn) Lake. Or Pretty. Or Beautiful Waterfall.
3. What does your last name mean?
(Yayer) Vulture. *sigh* Marriage didn't help me out greatly there.
4. So what does your name mean when put together?
Pretty Vulture in Rainfall?
5. What would you have been named if you were the opposite gender?
My mother refused to even consider the possibility that I was a boy, so I don't know.
6. Any other name oddities?
Mom fell in love with the name after meeting one in high school. She was the preacher's daughter, and I believe that the traditional naughty-girl stereotype was quite accurate. Sometimes I think she had kids just so she could name me Kisha. :)
7. Do you like your name?
Yes. I didn't when I was very young, but it grew on me. I was embarrassed about it then because it was unusual.
8. What do you like best about it?
I like it because it's so uncommon. I've met very few other Kishas, though there are more and more now. And furthermore, I'm pretty certain that I'm the only Kisha Yayer in the entire world, which is kind of cool. ;) And I'm extremely happy that Mom spelled it like she did. I hate it when people spell it Keisha. It looks silly.
9. What do you like least about it?
No one can spell it, and there are frequently people who mispronounce it. It's Key-sha, not Kish-a. It drives me CRAZY when people get it wrong continuously. Except for M's family, I don't mind when they do it since there's a language thing. And do not even THINK of shortening it to Kish, or I might kill you violently.
10. If you HAD to change your name (witness protection program, whatever), what would you want it to be?
Sydney Chance. Well, maybe. That's the name I'd give a little girl if Magnus didn't hate ambiguous names. I'm negotiable on the Chance part, but it's the Sydney he objects to. No idea about last name.
And something else I ran across while looking up what my name means. I'm fully aware that my name is a more common name for a black girl than a white girl. Apparently, the collapse of the IT market was only part of my problem. This BET article cites a study that was done about names. Resumes with female names popular in the black community were called for an interview less than similarly qualified (or less qualified) white names. They specifically mentioned Kisha! Hmph. :p
(Kisha) Rainfall. (Also suggested were Kitten and Favorite. I liked Rainfall best.)
2. What does your middle name mean?
(Lynn) Lake. Or Pretty. Or Beautiful Waterfall.
3. What does your last name mean?
(Yayer) Vulture. *sigh* Marriage didn't help me out greatly there.
4. So what does your name mean when put together?
Pretty Vulture in Rainfall?
5. What would you have been named if you were the opposite gender?
My mother refused to even consider the possibility that I was a boy, so I don't know.
6. Any other name oddities?
Mom fell in love with the name after meeting one in high school. She was the preacher's daughter, and I believe that the traditional naughty-girl stereotype was quite accurate. Sometimes I think she had kids just so she could name me Kisha. :)
7. Do you like your name?
Yes. I didn't when I was very young, but it grew on me. I was embarrassed about it then because it was unusual.
8. What do you like best about it?
I like it because it's so uncommon. I've met very few other Kishas, though there are more and more now. And furthermore, I'm pretty certain that I'm the only Kisha Yayer in the entire world, which is kind of cool. ;) And I'm extremely happy that Mom spelled it like she did. I hate it when people spell it Keisha. It looks silly.
9. What do you like least about it?
No one can spell it, and there are frequently people who mispronounce it. It's Key-sha, not Kish-a. It drives me CRAZY when people get it wrong continuously. Except for M's family, I don't mind when they do it since there's a language thing. And do not even THINK of shortening it to Kish, or I might kill you violently.
10. If you HAD to change your name (witness protection program, whatever), what would you want it to be?
Sydney Chance. Well, maybe. That's the name I'd give a little girl if Magnus didn't hate ambiguous names. I'm negotiable on the Chance part, but it's the Sydney he objects to. No idea about last name.
And something else I ran across while looking up what my name means. I'm fully aware that my name is a more common name for a black girl than a white girl. Apparently, the collapse of the IT market was only part of my problem. This BET article cites a study that was done about names. Resumes with female names popular in the black community were called for an interview less than similarly qualified (or less qualified) white names. They specifically mentioned Kisha! Hmph. :p
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