A Puzzle

Xin Yang

A Puzzle

My name is Xin Yang. My first name was named after my grandfather and Yang is my family name. To be honest, my name doesn't mean anything or I haven’t figured it out yet. I only asked my father the meaning of my name once. He told me that it was similar to my grandfather’s, so it can remind him of his father.

I didn’t like my name when I was a child because it has the same pronunciation as the heart of a sheep and other kids just loved to make fun of it. Also, it’s a complicated word to write, 杨鑫. It takes forever to write my name before a test because the characters have many strokes. After I entered high school and my classmates were more mature, there were no more jokes about my name. Then, I started to accept it, but it still means nothing to me.

Today is the first time that I really thought about the meaning of my name other than the time I asked my father about it twenty years ago. I guess it’s about time that I need to think about it. It may take a long time, but the meaning of my name is worth figuring out.