Jianpingchen(Jenny)
August 25, 2020
My Name
2nd draft
The Hope of My Name
When I was a child, I hated my name. In addition, I was envious of my girlfriends that had some nice, beautiful and female names because I had a name that was more common for boys. My name followed me grew up with some unhappy feelings, but as I was growing up, then, later on, I began to cherish my name.
My Chinese name is Jianping. Jian(剑) means sword in English, and ping is the letter for boy in Chinese. As a result, my name was ridiculed by many people. They always asked why I had a boy’s name, and did you want to be a boy? In addition, someone once said that I had a boy’s character like my name. It was given to me by my father. He hoped I was a boy because he had two daughters already. In that time, Chinese people preferred boys to girls. Moreover, people would despise the family because there was a deeply traditional concep in China.
It is a leaning class that accept something we don’t like. I hated my name because it was attached to some hope, but I was not the hope that they wished for. However, I like it now because I learned from the name to accept, and to be strong because of love.
This is the first time I have seen your Chinese name“剑”. Your name is powerful。
ReplyDeleteI think your name is very good. Although my name is a girl, my character is more like a boy.
ReplyDeleteI think you have a good and special name, and your parents gave you the name to hoped you are strong and smart.
ReplyDeleteI think the 剑 is a very powerful weapon, you can use it to protect yourself.
ReplyDeleteMy name is also neutral, and the reason is the same as yours. My farther want a boy. But I like my name
ReplyDeleteYour name sound nice! Your parent might hope you can be strong and will not bullied by others.
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