Personal Narrative: The Origin Of My Name

“So your name is tía, like as in aunt in Spanish.” asked the boy who has only taken one year of Spanish, which he slept through. “Well, uh, no,” I started, “ it’s spelled differently. There’s not an accent over the I.” My name has always been a little unusual, and I have always had to explain that it did not mean aunt in Spanish, nor was it spelled like the warm drink. Constantly having to explain my name has made me hate me it. While not everyone appreciates their name, researching and learning more about the origin of my name gave me the understanding to hate mine a little less.

My dad always told me he never wanted to name his kid's usual names, and when I said I hated my name, he told me for a half an hour how great it was to have a unique name. However, my dad didn’t always want my name to be Tia, and my mom definitely did not. Polka music, and swing, and brass bands were always playing in my mom’s childhood home. The Big Bopper was my Nana’s favorite musical group; one of their songs was titled, Chantilly Lace. It was played for countless hours and my mom knows every word to the song. This made my mom want to name me Chantel Lacey. However, my dad had other ideas for the name of his first daughter. Fishing and …show more content…
There are many different origins of the name Tia, but the earliest known is derived from the greek goddess Thea; she was the goddess of the sun, light, moon, and dawn (Campbell). The name Tia is also a short form of the Roman goddess Laetitia, according to sheknows.com. Laetitia was Roman goddess of celebration and happiness. In Japanese, the name Tia means Tenshi, which translates to "angel". The name Tia gained popularity in the 1950’s when the coffee liqueur, Tia Maria began production. The name Chantel, however, is similar to the french word Chant meaning sing or song, which I find to be hilarious because I am a terrible