Amala

What's the point of having identification if someone doesn't approach it correctly? We all have names we are born with, we don't get to choose them, but yet we can change them. In some cases it doesn't even matter what we change it too, because the government look at us as a number. Our social security number is how they identify us. Or in court, your identified like a case number. Rachel Ingber once said “ a name represents identity, a deep feeling and holds tremendous significance to its owner.” Sierra Marie Smith holds my deep feeling and significance. These three little words have three huge meanings.
Like others, your name has huge meanings, for the simple fact of it can have several meanings. In many languages it can mean something different than your dominant language, as mine is English, and in English Sierra means “a long jagged mountain chain.” Rather than in Basque it typically means …show more content…
I am mixed with African American and Indian. In that case, they named me that but I could've gotten a name such as Amala. I chose Amala because it means the purest one. Your name can go a long way, all the way to finding out who your ancestors are. My purpose is your name has many reasons and evidence behind it. We all should approach each other correctly. No one wants to be called something different or their name spelled different.
Frequently, I go through telling people it's not Cierra, Ciara, Ciera, or Sieara, it's Sierra! The main thing I tend to tell people is, it's with a “S” not a “C”. Which leads to the next question “Why is it pronounced like a C but spelled with a S?” And my answer follows I do not know ask my parents, like I said we can't choose them but can change them. But I don't mind going through that, I like my name. I get my middle name from my grandmother, Marie. I sometimes like to think I'm related to Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, we all have dreams right! Overall our names is what we make of