What's in a name??

It occurred to me today as I was re-reading the wedding ceremony program from my BFF Duke's wedding this summer in an effort to clean up some of the clutter in the nest this afternoon that names are a really cool lot that we draw that we have little or no control over but which have much influence over us.

I have a two name family name- named as the legend goes after my mom's two favorite uncles.  The Peep is named for her paternal great grandmother and is the fifth of her middle name on my mothers side.  My sister HillDog  is named for our great grandmother and for our mom's favorite grandfather...

Do we become our name I wonder?  My sister is a little wacky- but her name has a wacky spelling- I am calm and demure- but my name is too- the Peep is movie star dramatic- and so is her name...

And what about nicknames?  Duke has been with us for 20 years but we are the ONLY ones in her family to bestow Dukeness on her- Somehow in 20 years it never caught on anywhere else.

And there are Juniors.  Some parents have no intention of calling their kids by their names- just calling them Bob or Rob or Jr.  That's cool too.  Those kids get to start out cool from the get go.

Now my preggers sister is settling on names with my BIL Bruder and Hallie-Jackon aka Shanequia is growing like a weed.  Will she be a hell raising red haired pale faced little thing or a little spit fire they call Jack??  What if she were called Jack?  What is in a name?  What's in yours??  Please do share...

xoxoxo