My Name

                My full name is Ray Patrick Alidon Codera.  To be honest, the only part of my name I really like is my first name Ray and my last name.  I take those names with pride because it’s really unique to me.  And I’m not the first person in my family to be born with this name.  My first name, Ray Patrick, came from my two uncles from my dad’s side.  There isn’t any significant story to the origin of my name.  I’ve inherited this name from many of my uncles and other relatives.  Ray came from my dad’s older brother who served in the military in the Army.  Ray is one of the most common names in my family for generations, and there are varieties of ways to spell it differently.  For example, my dad’s younger cousin name is Rey, and my dad’s sister-in-law name is Rei.  My other first name is pretty common among my family as well.  Patrick came from the day I was born; St. Patrick’s Day.  Patrick also came from one of my uncle’s on my dad’s side.  I’m satisfied with my name Ray because it sounds unique to me and I never met someone with the same name as me.  And also, this name has a lot of significant meanings to variety of languages, even though those meanings have nothing to do with me; Ray means radiant in Latin and grace in Scottish.  I also like this name because the fact my name goes perfectly with almost anything.  My friends jokingly name the days of the week after me, like” SunRay”, “FriRay”, or “SatuRay”.  I can even make a poem or a sentence that has my name involved.  I absolutely hated Patrick and my middle name because they just sound really funny to me, so I always kept my middle name and second name a secret.  I’ve been teased a lot of times in my life about my name because of this famous cartoon character Patrick Star from SpongeBob Squarepants.  A lot of people thought Patrick is my middle name, which I don’t mind at all, there’s no use to try convincing them Alidon is my real middle name.   But I shouldn’t say anything negative about my middle name since it was my mom’s maiden name after all.  If I ever get the chance to change my name, I definitely would.  However, I wouldn’t change my name completely, I would definitely change the name Patrick into something else that’s unique and catches people’s eye once they see my name on a board or attendance role.  Right now, I honestly don’t know what name I really like.  But I’ve been living with this name since the day I was born.  Despite the fact about how much I hated part of my name, the least I can do is be proud of it.