About my names

I have a 4 part name. First name, Middle name, Confirmation name, Last name.

I don’t need to say the names, but they each have a story.

My first name — is really the english version of a greek name, it means “crown”. You can guess it based on the name of this blog. But how did I get it? Well, my mother had a favorite character in a soap opera back in the 50’s. I got named after the character!

My middle name, is the same as my father’s middle name. I was the third son. My father had that middle name because his father had that middle name… so though I haven’t checked on it… This is a middle name that got passed down the generations.

My confirmation name came form my uncle who sponsored me. Well that’s not unusual, but that uncle’s first name is exactly the same as my father’s middle name.. That uncle is from my mother’s side. The way the name is placed is after my middle name, the name begins with a C.. so I have a C squared in the middle of my name. Part of Einstein’s famous equation.

My last name is interesting. We’re of Italian heritage, but my last name is not really Italian, though you can find families with it or a variation of it in Italy. My last name is often used as a first name, and the way the name came into being is interesting. You see before the 1600’s no one had that name. The name itself is a Welch word. But someone wrote a novel… yes people wrote novels in the 1600’s and there was a character in the book with that as a name. Somehow the name caught on from that and lots of people around Europe adopted the name, or some variation on it…. So again.. My first name came from a character in a soap opera, and my last name came from a character in a 1600’s novel.