At our recent book club meeting, we discussed the novel, The Calligrapherʻs Daughter and got a chance to talk about each of our names. I was surprised that many people had their personal stories about their names. I found other people who made decisions about their own names. Which name is the primary name. Wishing to have another name. The family choice of names and their stories.
it is interesting to consider what names people would choose for themselves. It is also interesting to see how names define people. How some names seem to foster certain times of personality...or levels of energy. I would be interested in hearing how people would name themselves.
When I was a kid, I thought I would name my daughters after gems such a Pearl, Jade, Rudy, etc. But what really happened was I ended with daughters whose names end with y...Cathy, Sunny and Becky. How original is that? All of their names are exactly the opposite from my name...Muriel. Whatʻs up with that?
