Your Name?


Name n. A word or words by which an entity is designated and distinguished from others*

What's in a name? Do you like your name? If not, why? Would you ever consider changing your name?

My inspiration for this post lamented that her name is synonymous with old people (thanks to Brit humor exposure). Curious, I googled her name and found some interesting stuff. Long before Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell & Elle McPherson came along, there's Mildred Kornman, one of the world's first supermodels in the fashion industry. She might have used an alias during her modeling days but she is still a Mildred. So there, one who's a famous trend-setter and very easy on the eyes too!

Photo source: Mildred Kornman

According to namestatistics.com, Mildred is the #60 most common female name & there are nearly 400,000 Mildreds living in the United States. Unfortunately, mine didn't even make the list.

Anyway, whatever our names are, be it chic to the ear or exotic to the lips, we'll all grow old one day. So...

Even the beautiful Nicole Kidman must live with Nic (as her obnoxious ex-TC used to call her) when she's old and shriveled as she matures.

It's best to have a name that you can grow old mature gracefully into. An adjective-derived name like mine or some other funky ones just doesn't cut it.

For example:
Kid 1: Is that your Nana?

Kid 2: Yeah, my Nana's Lil' Kim.
Kid 1: Shudn't it be Old Kim, instead???

* As defined in Free Dictionary