Namesake

My name is Ann, Ann Maria Cleetus. I kinda did not like my name when i was at school due to the fact that it was very long and was divided into three parts, whereas all my other friends had just two parts and was easy to spell out like ‘Aswathy or Chithra or Krishna’. But for me I had to spread out my name like ‘Ann’ space ‘Maria’ space ‘Cleetus’. And if someone asked my name, it was very difficult to say the full thing out and at most instances i had to repeat my name twice for the fact that it was not understood and not clear to the listener.  I don’t know if it was the way I pronounced my name or have they not heard about such a name!Also people tend to call me 'Annmarie' or 'Annmariya' without a space in between and often wrote it wrong as well but that was not who actually i was and hated it when my name got altered.

Things changed when i joined college and i realized saying your full name was not essentially important. Earlier i used to think, what my dad would feel if i did not tag along his name along with mine when someone asked for my name. In college, i would just mention my name as 'Ann', simple and sweet and that's when i started to like it. Since it’s college, i got all weird and funny tags like 'Annakutty','Annammo' and very many other names (hard to put on public…hehehe)etc.

Another fact I noticed about my name was that when they call me ‘Annammo’, they call me with so much love that I can even feel it in their very tone. ‘Ann’ is a very old name originated from Greek or Latin or Hebrew (any one of those)…Oh ya! The meaning of Ann is ‘grace’. I do get complements from people saying that I am graceful:-P (I dunno how much truth there is to that sentence). And I am not sure if a name actually represents a person whom he or she is.

Nowadays, without my provocation friends call me ‘Annammo’ instead of ‘Ann’. It gets surprising when distant friends call me that. I dunno why they call me, may be they find it easier to call or call me out of love (I love you guys then for this reason).

So bottom line even though I used to hate my name when I was a kid now I am really proud to say that I hold a very prestigious, popular and beautiful name, ‘Ann’ . Thank you to all my dear friends because without you guys I don’t know if I would ever come to love my name with a whole heart.


What!!!! your name has a story too....tell me i would like to know? also tell me the meaning of your names, i wish to know:-)


One thing i forgot to tell you and which i feel is more special about my name is that my name is composed of my dad's name, "Cleetus" and my mom's name, "Maria" and funny thing is "Maria"  also happens to be my paternal grandmother's name and maternal grandmother's name:-) ...Now tell me how many of you are lucky to have four names inclined together to form your name...In that case, i am very blessed and lucky to have this as my name. 


If you also happen to have weird combos like this tell me please:-) i do love company:-)