Write about your first name: its meaning, significance, etymology, etc.

Until this moment I had no idea that my name meant Youthful. It is perhaps a little late to discover such a thing. Sky Father is also mentioned which at least has some form of accuracy as my dad was in the Air Force. But like the sell-by date on perishable food the youthful meaning was lost on me some time ago. Never a popular name, I was gifted the name when it was on a tiny peak.

For most of my life it has been a comfortable enough label. Although my adolescent years were unnecessarily awkward as an acne prone face and a so-called ‘romantic’ name was an easy pairing for ridicule and unkindness.

I have never quite understood the letters that come after a word to help pronounciation in dictionaries. I suppose I should have paid more attention. This somehow makes my name feel rather brutal.

But in Urdu, I am loving the look.