Humanistic Study

Name

By Ira Ernawati

Name is part of people’s identity. It is really important for everyone to differ from other. Well, when I meet people in the first time, they directly ask “what is your name?” I think it is one of the evidence that name is necessary.

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All people in this world have different name. It usually influences by different background as like culture, country, religion etc.  So I believe that every name has own characteristic. Wow... How amazing our name is. Here, I am going to share about my name. Everyone usually call me Ira Ernawati. Ya.. That is my complete name.  When I was child, I ever wondered why this name was given to me then I asked my family. Finally I see that this name was given by my father. When I asked why, he told that it related with a tragedy which is happened in 1991. That was a bout war which happened between Iraq and Iran. At that time, my father was really curious with that war and it was famous thing which was often discussed by many people in the world included my father. So he gave me name Ira. I think it is reasonable whereas Erna has meaning ‘calm, soft’. It was taken from Indonesian word. Then Wati was taken from Java word which has meaning “a girl”. If It is related each other, it becomes Ira Ernawati which has meaning as a calm girl who was born when war between Iraq and Iran happened.

 However the history of my name, I do appreciate that name which was given by my father. I believe my father really gave the best name for me. One thing that maybe is rare for everyone is in the fact, I like when people call me Ira. I do not know why but I think when people call me ‘Ira’. I feel that I have something good in myself, as like motivation and good energy for me. But overall, I like my name. I am proud of having this name.

When some people ask me “do you want to change your name”? Sure, I will say no. I am really comfort with this name. It is a part of my life because most of people who have already known me are used to with this name.  By this name, I have made my story of my life. It is not easy to change my name because I love it.

For some people, name is symbol of pray and hopes. Well, I agree strongly with this statement. Basically, people give name because they have a wish in that name. Every name has each meaning. Even there are some people who want to change their name. Some reason why it happens, it is because they want to get best hope from their name so they look for the best name also.