Research the origin of your name. Talk to your parent(s), grandparents or other family members that may know something about how your name came to be and look through websites and/or books. You should include your first, middle and last name in this study. Then, think about how your name suits you.

Besides the origin of your name, in the essay answer:

*Are you really a “Mary” or “Bob”? We hear people all the time say “You don’t

look like a ……” Does this fit you?

*What should your name have been if not the one you have?

*Is your nickname a way of creating an image away from the formal/informal

name you were given?

*What image do you project: from your name to your handshake to the clothes

you wear?