My name is Heather Kuhnhenn. Its amazing how before this assignment I hadn't put much thought into my name. In the process of really thinking about what my name means of course I jumped to the first thing that comes to everyone's mind my age, Google! My parents were nice enough to counter the more difficult last name with a simple first name, Heather. Which by definition means a low growing evergreen with small flowers. Not the most inspiring of meanings but since my front yard has lots of them I'm guessing my parents took the liking of the plant to heart. I do like my name but one thing about it is there isn't really a way to shorten my name to a nickname. My parents call me Boo, where that started I have no clue but otherwise I don't have a nickname. My name is pretty common and simple and I can't say I would pick such a simple name for my own child but I never have any issues finding souvenirs with my name on it! I've had it for 22 years so I think I'll keep it! Its as much me, as my own personality.
My last name I knew originated from Germany because that is a lot of my heritage. The name Kuhnhenn unfortunately doesn't come up with anything really except a brewing company. Not to mention my family thought we should take pride in our name and try some of that beer a few years ago and it was absolutely disgusting so now the empty bottle is on display in the kitchen minus its gross contents. Growing accustom to how normal Americans pronounce words my family and I, don't leave our name to the imagination anymore. Talking to someone on the phone or in person when they ask our last name we automatically say it, and then like clock work this conversation happens. "Let me spell it for you", anonymous person says "oh that's not as difficult as it looks", I say "nope. You just don't say the h's". Kuhnhenn is not a common name and as much as it is unique I suppose it fits me. So until someone comes along and convinces me enough to change a part of my identity, I have no intentions of changing it.
My last name I knew originated from Germany because that is a lot of my heritage. The name Kuhnhenn unfortunately doesn't come up with anything really except a brewing company. Not to mention my family thought we should take pride in our name and try some of that beer a few years ago and it was absolutely disgusting so now the empty bottle is on display in the kitchen minus its gross contents. Growing accustom to how normal Americans pronounce words my family and I, don't leave our name to the imagination anymore. Talking to someone on the phone or in person when they ask our last name we automatically say it, and then like clock work this conversation happens. "Let me spell it for you", anonymous person says "oh that's not as difficult as it looks", I say "nope. You just don't say the h's". Kuhnhenn is not a common name and as much as it is unique I suppose it fits me. So until someone comes along and convinces me enough to change a part of my identity, I have no intentions of changing it.
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