My Beautiful Name

 

           Across the entire United States a total of 1,529 people bear the same name as me. Mayra consists of five letter two syllables. Such a popular name, Mayra is of a Spanish origin and it means “Combination of Maya/Myra/Mara”. In Spanish Mayra means ungida which is anointed in English. I don’t know how true that is. My name was spelled the Spanish way, therefore my name can be pronounced in two ways. It could be pronounced as Myra or May-ra. I prefer it to be pronounced as Myra. My mother, Ana was the one who came up with my name. One day I was in her bedroom lying down in her bed next to her and we were talking about baby names. So I thought about the name she gave me and asked her why you gave me my name? She responded that when she was pregnant with me she would watch her favorite novela, which is a soap opera. As my mother watched her show she had a favorite actor and her role was to be a beautiful, strong, and smart woman. Once my mother heard her name, not only did she fall in love with the role she played but also the beautiful name she had which was Mayra. So my mother touched and rubbed her belly and said out loud, “Your name is going to be Mayra”.

 I, Mayra Vega am Hispanic. I was born here but both my parents were born and raised in Puerto Rico. My last name Vega is also from a Spanish origin, and I took that name after my father’s last name. My father took his father last name also. I asked my father were did the name Vega come from and he only responded that his mother gave him his father name. My grandfather passed away when my father was about nine, therefore my father doesn’t know anything about the name. Since both my parents, and both side of my grandparents were born and raised in Puerto Rico my ethnicity has not change at all.

           What I learned about this is that every name does have a meaning. Also, I not knowing too much about my background ethnicity makes me want to ask question and want to know where my name really came from. Every race has their different culture. Some usual and some unusual, but we should all be able to respect every race, ethnicity and culture and be able to talk about our own.