My full name, Alexandro Granados, has always been a sort of mystery to
me. Ever since I was little I never took any interest in where my name came from
or any other details about its meanings. I never particularly liked my name;
thus, I always made people call me by the shorter version of it, Alex. In all
honesty, I have always preferred my mother's maiden name, Lira, and always
questioned why I didn't get that last name instead of Granados. It wasn't until
time passed that I learned to accept my name, especially my first name, for
what it was and even went as far as to embrace it. I can remember the amount
pride I had for it during my middle school years, knowing that I am the only
one I've ever directly known to have the same first name as I.
In my opinion, high school was
pretty interesting for me whenever the time came for my teachers to take
attendance at the start of the class. This was usually interesting for me due
to every single teacher getting my name wrong, pronouncing it as Alejandro or
even calling me Alejandra or Alexandra. I've always known that they didn't have
any bad intentions though; my teachers were simply just dazed by the odd
spelling of my name. However, I can’t say that I didn't get irritated at times
because of the constant mispronunciations or gender switches. I've caught
myself in certain occasions going as far as raising my voice saying, “a-lek-SAN-dro!”
at the poor teacher or substitute teacher. Even though I was extremely
passionate of correcting those that would pronounce my name wrong, I had no
idea what my name even meant. It wasn't until my junior year of high school
that I started to have interest on where it came from or what it symbolized.
That’s when I finally gave in and decided to do some research.
As I did some research on my
name, I started finding that my first name, Alexandro, meant something that I didn't
expect at all, it meant “defender” and “protector of mankind.” I also found
that my name is of Greek origin. However, I did have trouble finding any more
information other than the origin and meaning. I have also done research on my
last name, Granados. I've only been able to find that my last name is of
Spanish origin, with “pomegranate” being the most stand-out meaning to me. My
last name is actually the inspiration behind my blog name and most of my social
media usernames. Besides “pomegranate,” I've also found that my last name holds
other meanings such as these found on http://www.kabalarians.com/Male/granados.htm:
- The name of Granados has made you rather reserved and, at times, secretive about your personal affairs.
- As a result, people find it difficult to understand you and you suffer through loneliness.
- You are interested in understanding life along scientific and philosophical lines.
- Also, you derive much enjoyment from reading and from being out in nature.
- At times, you find it easier to express your thoughts in writing, rather than verbally.
- 2014, A&G
