what does your name mean?

a name is a name is a name right? did/do you ever wonder what your name meant/means? why am i asking? because i believe that a person's name can also influence how one behave and interact with other people. syempre how can you socialize properly and with confidence if your name is procopia di buh? ang hirap mag-introduce ng sarili kung medyo di ka nagagandahan sa pangalan mo. i've had that difficulty kasi nung grade school at highschool, kawawa ka kapag pangit ang pangalan mo (whether first name or last name).
in my case, my first name is ok. it's a safe, pretty common first name.

my last name though, my, my, my......that's an entiiiireeellly different story. i've been teased endlessly because of my last name. when i was in highschool someone even said it's a good thing im a girl because i get to lose the last name when i marry. yep...teen-agers can be cruel sometimes...puberty is such a difficult stage indeed.

college was different though. nobody cares if your first name is procopia or what your last name was. college is the big leagues. i used to think that the weirder the person's name is, the more intelligent they were. twisted logic huh? hehehe....