November 5, 2007
What’s In A Name?
Do you know what your name means? Is it an old, family name? An unusual spelling of a common name? Or did your parents just make it up, making you unique?
Well, my name was unusual when I was a kid and I hated it. Teachers couldn’t pronounce it properly which always made me dread the first day of school each year. I could never go to the 5&10 with my friends and buy the cute stuff with my name on it because my name wasn’t there. My mom would have to special order personalized pens or jewelry or hair clips with my name on it. It didn’t make me feel special at all. It made me feel different.
But that was then. Now I actually like my name. It feels right. And I do like looking up my name to find out more about it. Amazingly, I wasn’t the only one with that name back in 19…uh, a long time ago. According to Baby Name World, there were 597 baby girls born in the US the same year I was who were named Marisa. That’s right, almost 600 of us. That may not seem very significant to those with common names but to me, that’s simply amazing. I never would have guessed that there were so many other little girls dealing with having to point out to people that MARISA is not the same as MARCIA and had one more letter than MARIA.
So, did you find your name in the database? Were you one in a couple hundred or one in several thousands the year you were born? Let me know! I’d love to find someone with a number lower than mine.
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My name is Bryce and according to that database there were 338 of us born the year I was born. That’s means I personally know about 2% of all ‘Bryce’s born in 1979.
Also, apparently my name means dappled. I wonder what that means?
Interestingly, the database shows 650 babies with born in the same year with the inferior “Brice” spelling.
That’s very interesting!
My name means “From the sea.” Which turns out to be quite appropriate since I’ve always been drawn to the ocean.
I didn’t check my own name spelled differently – mariSSa – which I also consider to be inferior.
Hi marisa,
My name is Pankaj, my name means Lotus Flower. This is very un-common name in india because no one want that his/her child name means a flower which is grow in mud.
Check this out: http://www.namepedia.org/en/firstname/Marisa/
It’s about your name.
How sweet! Names, their origin, their meanings – simply fascinating!