My Name

My name is Brianne Alyssa Velardi. In English, my name means noble and strong. My middle name means noble and kind. How original, I guess I am noble. Brianne is an ugly name. It is the notes that floated through the air as the radio played and fell to the ground.  I wasn’t named after anyone but I wish that I were. There are actresses with the same name as me yet; they never get famous enough to care about them. Isn’t that significant? Brianne is a loser name. These actresses. I would like to get to know them and help them. Help them make me proud of my name. They would go places and when asked their name, they would respond “Brianne” and the other speaker would say “wow, what a beautiful name.” But the thing is, what if they fail? What if they fail so hard that whenever people hear the name “Brianne”, they think of failure. I don’t want to be a failure. I want to be me. Maybe, it is best for me to have a somewhat unique name. No one can judge it, and no one really cares. People pronounce it Brianna and that irritates me to no end.  It’s the ugly version of Brianna. And if anyone doesn’t pronounce it Brianna, it’s Brian-knee. The worst possible pronunciation is Brian. It’s embarrassing. My brother hates being called Christian but he can always be Chris. I am always Brianne to my family. Thankfully, some of my friends call me Brie. I would like to be named something else. Something much better than Brianne. Brianne as Marnie or Harmony or Melody or Bella. Something, anything other than Brianne will do.